The Morning Show Season 3 Ending Explained – How does Alex stop the merger?

The Morning Show Season 3 concludes with a busy installment, but a season highlight nonetheless, in “The Overview Effect”. Episode 10 concludes this latest storyline in a truly satisfying fashion, with the UBA staff members working together to try and stop Paul’s merger plans from going through. And as you’d expect from the number one hit series for Apple TV+, there are plenty of twists and turns to come in this final chapter, leading up to an emotive ending.

There are live TV breakdowns, offers and counteroffers, the outcome of the proposed merger, and, of course, a huge decision to Bradley that rounds off the season in a tantalizingly open-ended way. Season 4, anyone? Sure — it was confirmed before this one even started anyway.

This article contains plenty of spoilers, so you’ve been warned.

The Morning Show Season 3 Episode 10 Recap

The finale opens with a depressed and paranoid Bradley. She’s just resigned from UBA on live TV after Paul’s well-timed threats and her Capitol coverup story looks set to go public. Cory attempts to speak with Bradley, who is hiding in her apartment after these traumatic events. Bradley tells Cory to go away, admitting that Paul knows all about the coverup.

Paul updates Alex on Bradley’s crimes. He lies to Alex though, saying how he promised to help Bradley and that she chose to resign on her own accord. Alex tries to contact Bradley next, but she ignores her calls and messages.

Alex decides to confront Bradley herself in person. Bradley confesses to her sins but still insists that Paul cannot be trusted. She is adamant that he is surveilling her, and that he knew all about her private conversations with Laura. He must be listening in.

How does Alex prove that Paul is spying on Bradley?

After this conversation, Alex starts to become more suspicious of Paul. She sends Bradley a text message, purposely including the wrong information about Bradley’s hometown to test the waters. Back at her apartment, Paul falls for the text message hook, line, and sinker, casually mentioning the wrong hometown in conversation. Alex is now certain that Paul is spying on Bradley.

After Paul leaked a false news story about Cory, the CEO is questioned about the predatorial allegations against him. Cory defends himself, stating that this is all just mind games from Paul. He wants to get back to work immediately, to save the company and the merger. His legal team advised him to lie low instead.

Leonard refuses to help save UBA, so Cory gives his old frenemy Cybil a call. Cory then meets with Reed, hoping to negotiate terms on a new, sizeable loan from Sloane to save the network.

Why does Chip have a breakdown on live TV?

Elsewhere, Stella decides to tell her team the truth about the merger. They agree to go public with Paul’s plans to sell UBA after the deal has gone through. They plan to interview a guest who can make this vital announcement on live TV. Chip ends up being their special guest. He nervously tells Yanko and Chris and the whole planet this shocking news. Chip means well, but his honest approach comes off as more of a rant. Enraged by Paul’s plans, Chip then has a full meltdown on live TV, swearing lots and threatening Paul in the process.

This meltdown may look bad, but it has the desired effect. Shareholders start to vote against the merger. Amanda updates Paul on this sudden change. They are now losing votes. Paul then decides to ambush Cory, battling back the only way he knows how.

Paul manipulates Reed so that the UBA loan is rejected. He then offers Cory a way out. Paul promises to make the sexual harassment claims go away and offers Cory $10 million for his troubles. All he wants in return is for Cory to sign an NDA. Cory rightfully declines Paul’s offer.

What is Alex’s counteroffer?

Cory accepts defeat and phones his mother to inform her of the ensuing media storm. But Alex has a plan brewing in the background. She interrupts the boardroom vote to make a counteroffer. Alex proposes that UBA merges with rival network NBN.

Angered by Alex’s betrayal, Paul asks to speak with his partner outside. She directs him into a nearby room, where Paul is ambushed by Stella and Kate. Stella lists all of Paul’s crimes. She knows that he forced Kate to cut the transmission during the rocket launch to hide their navigation malfunction. He then buried the results using the UBA hack.

How does Alex stop the merger?

Kate adds that he has been lying to NASA for months now and when she told Paul about safety concerns, he fired her. Alex brings up the fact that Paul was spying on Bradley and blackmailed her into resigning too. Paul asks Alex what she wants, offering to delay the vote. Alex asks Paul to walk away from the deal and to make things right with NASA and Hyperion. Paul surprisingly admits defeat himself and agrees to pull out of the merger altogether. The mounting evidence against Paul ends the merger.

How does The Morning Show Season 3 end?

Two weeks later, Bradley is being questioned about the sexual harassment lawsuit against Cory Ellison. She defends him, yet tells the whole truth about his love for her. They then bump into one another after their separate meetings. Bradley admits that she misses Cory. This is a bittersweet moment for Cory, who looks emotionally winded by the comment.

Unsurprisingly, Alex and Paul break up. Paul tells Alex that he will have to sell off a major share in his company if Hyperion isn’t already dead. He regrets his actions, wishing he’d concentrated on their relationship instead.

Season 3 of The Morning Show ends with Alex and Bradley heading to the FBI headquarters together. It would seem that Bradley is ready to turn herself in. She heads into the building with her brother Hal. It looks like they are finally about to admit to their crimes concerning the Capitol attack.

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