Jennifer Aniston in 'The Morning Show' (Image credit: Apple TV+)Īnd who could it be? Well, if you’ve been reading this review carefully, you know it’s Mitch’s old co-anchor Alex, who all but tries to climb the gate to get inside even after learning that Mitch was exposed to coronavirus. “God forbid your kids think you’re a three-dimensional person,” Paola snaps at him. Just maybe, Mitch! He tries in vain to get Paola to delete the interview he sat down for - just as she tells him that he shouldn’t apologize, because it makes him look weak, and Jesus, give me a break.
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The action of “La Amara Vita” begins as Mitch and Paola are wrapping up their 14-day quarantine and he muses that he should perhaps spend more time with his kids during this global pandemic. acceptance of never getting to rehabilitate his image and dying instead of practicing safe driving. And you know what? I was wrong! Good on the show for surprising me, by not killing Mitch by COVID but killing him instead by his.
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Especially after one of Paola’s interviewees came down with COVID, it was easy to imagine that Mitch might get it too. When, earlier this season, the specter of the coronavirus pandemic reared its ugly head, it seemed to be no accident that part of the story took place in Italy, which was an early vector of the virus’ spread. I suppose I should give The Morning Show credit. In the show’s worst moments, many of which are indulged in “La Amara Vita” - such as when we watch Mitch frolicking with his dog and Paola - Mitch appears to be a figure we are meant to feel was given a slightly rough rap. The issue is how The Morning Show views Mitch Kessler, which is at best in doubt. Many excellent television programs are about truly heinous individuals. And it’s not that Mitch Kessler being an odious character is inherently a problem.
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Whatever issues I have with Mitch as a character do not fall on Carell, as much as the casting choice itself was seemingly used to weaponize how charismatic we’re meant to find Mitch - a man who starts the series by being fired for sexually predatory practices, including raping a woman who proceeded to kill herself via overdose when he tried to get her to defend him. On one hand, Steve Carell is a naturally charming and funny actor, one who has proven in other roles that he is fairly gifted at heavier material too. This extra-special episode isn’t avoiding the rest of the characters without reason, because this episode - spent entirely in Italy, primarily at Mitch’s villa - also appears to be Mitch’s swan song.Īnd boy, oh boy, good goddamn riddance. Only three regular or even semi-regular performers show up in this episode: Carell as Mitch, Valeria Golino as Mitch’s new best friend and documentary filmmaker Paola and Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy, who we last saw leaving Las Vegas before the Democratic presidential debate she was supposed to moderate for UBA. If you watch enough television, specifically enough dramatic television, you may already have a good idea as to where “La Amara Vita” is going. But the show has made this choice, just as it has made the choice to dedicate an entire episode solely to Mitch and his exploits. It would be easy to bemoan the fact that The Morning Show has chosen to make Mitch Kessler, as portrayed by Steve Carell, into a more pitiable figure than one who deserves all the scorn in the world. That’s the line that I’m drawing for “La Amara Vita,” an episode that is arguably going to be very important in the context of the show’s second season, but which is so wildly misguided in its attempt to build sympathy for a character who is almost entirely unsympathetic, save for the fact that he’s being played by someone who engenders sympathy thanks to a previous role.
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Putting it simply, there are times when The Morning Show is face-meltingly stupid in some of its creative decisions.