As an Aaron Sorkin fan, a proud Michigander, like star, Jeff Daniels, and an aspiring journalist, I was obsessed with this show after episode one. Then I kept watching and episode after episode was not disappointed.

Every American, whether they realize what it’s from or not, has seen the epic first seen of this show in some capacity. Daniels’ “America is not the greatest country in the world” speech struck a cord with many and has been shared on social media countless times.

However, the cleverly written, and incredibly honest speech isn’t even close to where Sorkin’s brilliance stops. In the beginning of the second episode where the team introduces “News Night 2.0” to the world, Will McAvoy’s second brilliant speech gives the world hope that maybe, one day, all news sources will actually be a public service, as they were meant to be.

One criticism the show often gets from journalists is that Sorkin purposely uses actual news events to one-up their coverage of events from our past. That doesn’t seem like Sorkin’s character and it indeed is not, Sorkin admitted that he uses real events in the show so that the show seems more realistic. He didn’t want it to be a fictional story in a fictional world, he wanted viewers to be able to relate. I’d say that it’s more of news coverage that reporters should strive for, instead of bashing the way that it was handled.

The writing and the easy-to-love characters still make it hard to accept that the show only ran three seasons.