Plot hole: Will is telling Mac that the DOJ is being out-lawyered by a group of financial institutions, including Lehman and Countrywide, both of whom went out of business in 2008, well before the date of this episode on New Year's Eve 2011.
The Newsroom (2012)
1 plot hole in season 1 - chronological order
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr.
Genres: Drama
Factual error: Most of what Will says about the Challenger's O-rings is wrong. First of all, he says they are meant to keep hydrogen from leaking out of the SRB. SRB stands for Solid Rocket Booster, meaning they use solid fuel, not hydrogen. The hydrogen was in the external fuel tank. Second, the O-rings were tested for cold, and NASA engineers recommended against launching that day, with one of them even refusing to sign off on the paperwork if the launch was to go forward. NASA overruled them and went ahead with the launch anyway, with all the disastrous consequences that ensued.
Will McAvoy: [Old footage of the 9/11 report.] I've been searching for Biblical quotes. None of them... We don't know how many are dead. It's gonna be a lot. It's gonna be thousands. We don't know who attacked us, we don't know what's coming tomorrow, and I don't know what I'm doing. But I make you this promise: I'm gonna be with you all night. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here.
Trivia: Jeff Daniels won his Leading Actor Emmy Award for season two the night before he began filming Dumb and Dumber To.
Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.