Journalism enters USA with sex, scandals, and classic USA political dramas
By Yakov Gavrilov
USAs recent mini-series casts an alternate version of the Clinton family as the main cast. The new name of this political family is the Hammond family.
Elaine a recently divorced first lady of former president Bud Hammond; loses the 2008 presidential election and takes the possession of Secretary of State â Ring a bell.
The former first lady has not one daughter in the new mini-series but 2 twin sons. Douglas Hammond the younger brother the Chief of Staff of the white house and is waiting for his wedding to take place. The older brother takes little light into the political powers of the White House and wants to open a night club as his business.
Thomas Hammond the first openly gay son of a president that has had near death experiences last Christmas because of the pressure of being forced to come out to the world at a young age.
This is where the only main cast member thatâÂÂs not in the family makes an appearance. Susan Berg a journalist gets her hands on this information.
She refuses to put it in the newspaper because it goes against journalisms ethics if she wrote a story on it but she does blackmail the first lady into having an interview with her.
She uses this information to get the former First Lady to talk about the hostage situation in Iran, with three journalists being held at gun point.
Susan Berg tells her editor about the near death experience with Thomas Hammond and he gives the information to another female employee and tells her to write the story.
Susan is infatuated the Editor and when she receives the news that the story has been written by another female employee she accuses him of cheating on her.
He tells her that the newspaper industry is a dying business and needed the story.
Susan did not believe that is the true reason he gave her the story
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He admits to it and tells her itâÂÂs because she has been caring more about the story than she has about him.
Susan walks out the news room telling him that the relationship is over and goes to the Secretary of State at a nearby elephant park.
Pleading forgiveness and telling her what her what her true intent was that she did not want to print the story and what her editor did to her.
Elaine fells sympathy for Susan because she has been in that situation where a man lies and cheats to you and tells her the current situation of the hostages in Iran.
Elaine continued that she invited her hear because she adores Elephants because after they mate the female elephant dethrones the male and takes charge.
Later in the politically protected vehicle Elaine tells her security guard that she is going to run for president once more.
The episode ends.
47 stars out of 50