“I know what the show needs,” Alex tells Maggie in the clip. And although Alex has her game face on and her script memorized in the hopes of swaying Maggie to believe her as a victim of Mitch’s horrifying behavior, it appears Maggie is buying none of it. Both women have run in New York media circles for a long time-and in doing so they’ve also been circling each other. The dynamic between Alex and Maggie is deliciously fraught, as seen in this exclusive clip from this week’s episode. And although she seems to have the public fooled, a few people within her orbit are onto her-most notably, her new coanchor, Bradley Jackson ( Reese Witherspoon), and the seasoned journalist Maggie, played by a wonderful and icy Marcia Gay Harden. As viewers have witnessed throughout the season, Alex knew a lot more than she’s let on to the public regarding her coanchor Mitch Kessler’s ( Steve Carell) bad behavior. Jennifer Aniston is easily the most delightful part of The Morning Show. The Apple series is Aniston’s first real return to television since Friends, but Aniston’s Morning Show character, Alex Levy, is a far cry from the bubbly, naïve Rachel Green.
