"Oh, Stella Bak, what have you done? It feels devastatingly full circle that Stella's career at UBN began with Cory Ellison telling her to take the Head of News job and burn it all down, and it ends with her doing exactly that, except the only real victim here is herself. (I mean, an AI CEO going racist on main can't be great for shareholders, but that will bounce back.) The moment The Morning Show introduced AI in the season premiere,"
"Let's be clear, it's not that Stella deserves to be so utterly humiliated on an international stage and her entire life imploded in the span of five minutes whilst standing next to Kara Swisher. She's been treated like shit by a whole bunch of powerful people in her life. And that thing about her assuming her father was disappointed she couldn't even pull off a suicide correctly when she tried to kill herself during the Paul Marks debacle? Chilling."
"When she meets with Mia and Marcus to discuss Chris's future at UBN since all Chris's big interview on Bro Hartman's show did was make people love her more and she has a lot of leverage as far as negotiating her contract goes, it seems like Stella won't be giving in to any of Mia's demands for Chris out of pure spite."
Stella Bak rose at UBN after accepting the Head of News role amid encouragement to 'burn it all down' and ultimately triggers a public meltdown when an AI CEO delivers a racist on-air moment. The episode humiliates her internationally and damages her standing while she stands beside a high-profile interviewer. Stella has faced mistreatment from powerful figures and carries traumatic history, including a failed suicide attempt and belief in her father's disappointment. Stella repeatedly acts selfishly and refuses to concede to Mia and Marcus regarding Chris's contract despite Chris's growing popularity and leverage.
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