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'The Morning Show' Recap, Season 2, Episode 2: 'It's Like The Flu'

Alex tries to negotiate her return to TMS in a couple of different ways, while Mitch eats gelato in Italy and feels sad.
Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) has a new look as the second season of <em>The Morning Show </em>kicks off.

The opening image of this week's episode is meant to represent the hard truth that New Year's Eve revelers in Times Square are gross. Well, they were gross, back when there were any, back when people crowded together without fear. So perhaps trash nostalgia is the appropriate emotion as the maintenance crews clean up after last week's big New Year's bash. Let's get right to these warm memories of early 2020, a time we all are eager to relive.

Alex and Bradley are mad

After the New Year's extravaganza, Cory breaks it to Bradley that Alex is going to come back. Bradley is very irritated and announces that she thinks she's going to be sick tomorrow (cough cough), so he shouldn't expect to see her at work.

What seems to be a couple of weeks later, Alex arrives at accompanied by her team, including her agent Doug, played by Will Arnett. (He's not playing his character from , but if you imagine he is, it's a lot of fun.) Up on the executive floor where her new office will be, Alex is literally given a squeeing standing ovation by some of the young staffers like she's

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