Apple TV+’s The Morning Show released a trailer for season 2, which will try to clarify the huge cliffhanger which occurred at the close of the first installment of the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon-led Apple TV+ series. The first season ended with Aniston (Alex Levy) and Witherspoon (Bradley Jackson) as they attempted to take down UBA president Fred Micklen (Tom Irwin) and others responsible for protecting Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
The series is loosely based on the real-life issues that plagued The Today Show after anchor Matt Lauer was fired for sexual misconduct and the 2013 book by Brian Stelter called Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. The Apple TV+ series focused on the behind-the-scenes machinations, carried out mainly by male executives, to unseat female journalists from coveted television jobs.
In the trailer, which promotes season 2, a new UBA is hired, and Alex left the show and revealed her side of the story in a jarring tell-all interview. “There is a cost to success and fame,” said a voice-over as the show’s main characters faced off against one another as each attempted to carve out their spot in the morning show landscape. “I thought we were a team,” Bradley told Alex as she confronted her for abruptly leaving her behind. “There’s been a lot written about The Morning Show and a lust for ratings that made even the worst behavior permissible,” said Julianna Margulies’ Laura Peterson. “Do you feel that the most important issues have been addressed?” she questioned.
The female power forged by Witherspoon and Aniston helped to make the flagship first drama series from Apple TV+ must-see television before its 2019 debut. Its second season will tackle the topics of racism, sexism, and homophobia. Witherspoon claimed in an interview that the definition of leadership in the workplace had undergone a dramatic change. These dynamics will be explored at length during the show’s second season and the culture that perpetrates those historically difficult-to-navigate issues.
The Morning Show’s second season will prove if the series will manage to sustain the momentum generated by its highly-anticipated initial debut and continue to push forward as must-watch television for fans of the streaming service. In a show where the characters are so over the top, and every sentence is punctuated with a huge dramatic point, it’s difficult to take seriously. Is it a Shakespearan drama or the best dramatic camp? If the trailer is any indication of what viewers can expect, perhaps it’s a bit of both.
