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variety.comSelome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “The Stanford Student,” the sixth episode of “The Morning Show” Season 3.
Oh, Alex. After being embroiled in constant scandal throughout the first two seasons, Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) has spent Season 3 of “The Morning Show” on a moral high ground, from blowing off a glitzy broadcast from outer space in order to report on abortion rights in Texas to helping Chris (Nicole Beharie) stand up to the racism of network board president Cybil (Holland Taylor).
But then Paul Marks happens. Episode 6, “The Stanford Student,” sees Alex interview Paul (Jon Hamm), the tech billionaire attempting to buy the network, on her show in an attempt to unearth his past and investigate whether she and her colleagues will be able to maintain their journalistic independence under his ownership.
Alex confronts Paul on air about a piece of intel she’s received: An anonymous previous mentee of his — it’s current UBA news president Stella Bak (Greta Lee) — feels she was taken advantage of, having sold him a billion-dollar idea for $50,000 when she was too naive to know better.
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