The Newsroom - Charlie Skinner Losing It

[@arbitterm]

I fucking love how quickly Charlie goes from chewing them out to defending them when the situation escalates.

[@Tret64]

Me too. He was like a father to them all. "I can chew them out, but as soon as you attack them, you're mine."

[@Warcodered01]

@@Tret64 I mean that's why he was chewing them out.

[@TheKyrix82]

It's simple. There's a chain of command. They're his people, thus they're his to punish or reward accordingly, no one else's

[@gr8hnd10]

Sam Waterston is one of my favorite actors. Whatever the role, he always delivers an exceptional performance, and he’s still actively working and in demand at age 78. He’s as skilled at comedy (as in “Grace and Frankie”) as he is drama. Everything he does is solid. I never tire of watching him. I loved him as Charlie.

[@pjkokkovas5170]

What really got me was when Don looked right at Charlie and lied. Charlie knew he was lying and Don knew he knew. But when Charlie's widow told Don how happy Charlie was when Don refused to bring her to the newsroom, I felt that

[@nikunjdixit1175]

See, that's what I didn't buy. I can totally get Charlie wanting Don to not do the interview but nobody can tell me, from looking at this scene, that Charlie was happy that any of this happened. Charlie was livid at Don, Sloan, and Mac and justifiably so. I can totally understand him hating himself for asking Don to get the Princeton kid but he was really just trying to keep things together until Will came back and they were actively disobeying him.

[@alexh8613]

Except that was a complete lie. Charlie dies right there. And Don tells him that he couldn't find the possible rape victim. There would be no way that Charlie's widow would have known how Charlie felt, as he died before he could talk to her about it

[@magnadelusor4249]

@@alexh8613 damn never thought about that

[@ttime441]

I mean we all know Charlie wouldn’t want to do the interview, that just cause what his character is like, he only says he wanted one because he knows Pruit will fire someone if they don’t

[@TheHogsmeade]

@@alexh8613 Charlie's widow never said he said he was happy "after" Don said he couldn't find her. She said Charlie was counting on him saying no. That means, while Don was given the assignment, while Don went to talk to her, while Don made up his mind to deny Charlie, in short, while Charlie was alive, he told his wife that he wishes Don would deny him when asked about it, and that's what she said to Don. Watch that scene again. She said Charlie was "Counting" on him. Not that Don was happy after he denied. It's Aaron Sorkin. He's not a stupid screenwriter.

[@Andy13april64]

I teared up when I watched it on dvd, so powerful, truly outstanding acting by Sam. Totally convinced me. Also it is one of the Greatest Tv shows ever made.

[@titan8084]

saddens me that, that was how he was gone. Charlie deserved a happy ending

[@ThatLadKev]

He went out on his feet, in a newsroom, doing the news and fighting for the survival of good news. Also screaming expletives to everyone in sight. Sounds like he went out exactly as he like to

[@mehoymenoy8841]

I think the next few episodes show that he did have a happy ending. His friends and family loved him and knew that he was fighting with all he had for the thing he loved the most, good news.

[@jasonkoch3182]

Charlie had a happy ending. He went out defending his newsroom.

[@quietstorm6710]

It really is ridiculous that ive seen this show 6 or 7 times and I still cant handle this episode. Glad I have eye patches. 😢

[@knightofsvea604]

Same... 😢

[@PaddyRoon7]

Charlie mentions to Sloan that he didn't think he could win this fight with this guy. Before this he was making them do pointless stories to get viewers. He had given up. He knew the next fight would be the death of him so he chose not to fight. But when push came to shove he could never back down. He'd die protecting those he cared about. That was the choice he made. The first time I watched this I was sad that he never got a chance to win. After repeated viewings I realize the important thing was that he decided to try. He was never going to win. It was a futile effort and he did it anyway. He gave his life for his cause and his friends. Sam Waterston is a legend and this show has produced some of my favourite heroes in all of fiction, chief among them Charlie Skinner.

[@Hivlik]

“I’ll be back in a minute”

[@jfassettx123]

Infamous last words

[@kharilane1340]

I knew as soon as he said it that this was his last episode and then some splashed water on my face. I'm still looking for the culprit.

[@ogichi32]

Sam Waterson is such a great actor, that he could depict how a man is building up to a massive heart attack. The panting, the trembling in his voice, the calm before the fall- I’ve seen heart attacks and this is really accurate.

[@gaynorprice-jones1826]

I adore Charlie Skinner but dammit I love, love, love Sam Waterston - this man cannot put a step wrong.

[@michaelleary9233]

Same here, doing three shows this year and still going strong.

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

I legit cried when Charlie collapsed and died.

[@themooseisontheloose]

I normally couldn't watch The Newsroom in it's 3 awesome series. I'd have to watch it on demand because I'm usually umpiring baseball when an episode aired. So when I saw this episode on demand, in my bedroom, it was needless to say I screamed "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" My mother came in and wondered WTF was going on, I said "Charlie just dropped!"

[@abhimanyukarkara4218]

His death didn't go in vain. Because of him they got to keep their show on and Mackenzie got his post to fight on. But they could have given a better exit to his character.

[@subarnafigo3566]

They killed him..

[@LSPig]

"I'll be back in a minute," His last words😢

[@marvinrichardduran8961]

"Samuel Atkinson Waterston's "Jack McCoy" revives from The Hospital from Newsroom Series finale and returns to The Law & Order's twenty-first central police season on 2/24/2022!" - 1:48

[@KasbashPlays]

Goddamnit did you absolutely *have* to cut the video before everyone's reaction?

[@eltoro4814]

Poor Charlie losing his shit in the pre-season finale episode of #TheNewsroom #SamWaterston #AaronSorkin

[@alexh8613]

A parting gift from Mrs. Lansing??? What the fuck??? That's not a thing. Pruit owns the company. He can do what he wants

[@tyes77]

If employees have a really good contract, it's nearly impossible to fire them. Its the reason why Eisner couldn't be fired before the end of his contract was because it had clauses which would nearly bankrupt disney if he were to be fired.

[@alexh8613]

@@tyes77 It may cost him a million or so, but Pruit is the type of guy that would pay it, just to get rid of him

[@detmstr341]

And I thought Waterson was a hard ass on Law and Order.

[@ChronicleEpicGamer]

Inside he was wanting his team to fight against him

[@winternow2242]

Does Charlie really think that Sloan needed to be put up to anything?

[@buckwheat7254]

You mean why was the script written that way?

[@JoshSweetvale]

Well he did ask. In his mind it was either Sloan going rogue (again) or a team effort.

[@Bacbi]

all these years later and I am either very wrong or just got the joke :p

[@PR0MAN01]

Matt Christman was right, he really does look like Toucan Sam.

[@watsyurdeal]

What episode was this?

[@atkinsm0607]

Season 3 ep 5 - Oh Shenandoah

[@Noamalmoggg]

Amazing actor poor char :*(

[@tombo1984]

Such a poorly cut scene. You missed everyone's reaction.

[@douglasrau5094]

Search for "Charlie Skinner falling to the ground". That clip picks up where this one leaves off.

[@tombo1984]

Douglas Rau I have it on Blu Ray. Just pointing out that the uploader of the video damaged it by cutting it.

[@douglasrau5094]

I own all 3 seasons too. I think on Blu-Ray. At least season 3 on Blu Ray. Such an amazing show. I would rank the seasons 1, 3, 2 but 1 and 3 were really equally amazing.

[@tombo1984]

Douglas Rau For me. I didn't like the story arch in season 2/3. Preferred the stand alone episodes.

[@nikunjdixit1175]

Look, as much as I hated what Charlie was asking them to do, Don, Sloan, and especially Mackenzie were very disrespectful to Charlie. They knew the amount of stress he was under, they knew he wasn't a young man, and then they ganged up on him without Will being there as a voice of sanity. I mean Mac definitely should have handled this better.

[@MukulVermamukulverma]

Temp!

[@ChewyThomson]

How will Jeff Newsroom fix this one??!

[@TheWilsones]

I prefer to call it The Goddamn News.

[@TheSsdd86]

you just couldn't fucking wait to cut the video for more 5 seconds ?Just asking ?

[@rjeffrey743]

Lol

[@tylerlaird9543]

Hate to tell them. But they did indeed kill Charlie