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Production crew cancels outdoor shoot due to wildfire smoke; staff scrambles inside.
Cory reacts with frustration after the lead actress quits his film mid-production.
Chris poses at a photoshoot with her Olympic-themed doll.
Bradley, now a teacher, lectures her students about journalism and media literacy.
At a bar, Stella receives unwanted advances from a man who sends her a drink.
Stella’s private rendezvous underscores ambivalence about leadership pressures.
At an industry party, Cory seeks an agent’s help replacing his film’s lead.
Alex calls Cory; she says Bradley returns to TMS, urging a catch-up.
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Bradley and Chip at a restaurant
Cory Ellison confronts Stella Bak at a bar about her affair with Miles, demanding an overall deal at UBN in exchange for silence.
Stella and Miles make love
Alex, en route with Justice Briggs, encounters a climate protest
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In the TMS studio, Mia Jordan cues Bradley Jackson; Bradley conducts a Broadway interview distractedly and botches the Friday sign-off as crew reacts.
At Cory Ellison’s New York sublet, Bradley Jackson and Cory discuss returning to the same building, agree on boundaries, then embrace and start kissing.
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On set, Yanko greets Ariana warmly and builds a heartfelt, flirty pre-segment monologue, teasing the coordinated proposal plan that producers are quietly readying.
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Bradley and Cory dancing on the rooftop as a singer performs.
Bradley and Cory flirt and discuss their pasts. Cory shows Bradley pictures of his film locations.
Mia at apartment with friend Zaria, brief conversation about job situation and emotional support moment.
Mia and Andre at pool hall discussing UBN corporate politics and her career frustrations about changing workplace.
Chris and Marcus intimate bedroom scene, Chris pauses intimacy to check on daughter Naima upstairs.
Mia advises Chris to confront accusations on Bro's show, encourages bold strategy despite conventional wisdom.
Bradley confronts Cory at apartment about Wolf River cover-up, Cory discovers her investigation, orders her out.
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Outside the club, Alex pitches Bro on O24/Paris; he deflects with jokes and scheduling excuses.
Alex and Bro negotiate: he wants UBN presidential-debate hosting in exchange for Olympics participation.
After a fight, Stella leaves Miles. A montage shows Cory at his computer, discovering a connection to Fred Micklen.
Following the disastrous AI presentation, a montage shows Stella breaking down and Celine calling an emergency board meeting. Stella tells Miles she is ready to leave.
At the airport, Stella's voiceover reads a letter to Mia, encouraging her to seize the coming opportunity before she boards a flight to Naples.
At the UBA karaoke party, Ben warns Chris her Paris spot is uncertain.
At the UBA party, Chip sings "You Don't Own Me" at karaoke.
Claire, in Yanko's bathtub, asks him to run away with her, and he questions his career.
Alex has Bro over for a thank-you drink at her apartment and asks about his "real" persona.
UBN building: Yanko cautions Claire before her planned on-air statement; authorities converge as music swells.
Following his mother's death, Cory sits in the dark as her alarm beeps, then makes a manic voicemail.
Cory, looking disheveled, arrives at Celine’s apartment. They listen to music as he looks through her records.
Cory delivers a nostalgic monologue to Celine about the 90s mail-order "Columbia House" CD club and his youth.
Alex finds Chip, who informs her that Bradley went to Belarus against her wishes and is now likely detained. End credits.
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Bradley is detained in Belarus, held in a harsh cell with loud music used for torment, and is repeatedly interrogated by an officer.
Corey is shown contemplating in a park, then reviewing internal Martel Chemical emissions data, noting that the numbers differ from the official EPA report.
UBN's CEO Celine Dumont confronts Cory at his home about Alex's lawsuit. Alex interrupts their meeting, demanding dirt on Celine to fight her forced resignation.
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