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THE NEWSROOM
December 14, 2014  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

SERIES FINALE: Last week’s episode generated headlines and controversy by including a volatile and accidentally timely subplot about accusations of rape on college campuses – but ended with a development even more notable. It was a very sudden death of one of its main characters – a surprise that allows series creator Aaron Sorkin to go out not with a whimper or a bang, but with a eulogy, for the series as well as the character. And it’s a series that has never gotten its full due, but has been building to an emotional and provocative conclusion.

 
 
 
 
 
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