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I Simply Must Know What Dale Does to The Girls on the Bus Next
Cole Escola as the moral compass of presidential-campaign reporting? Sure, why not!
Melissa Benoist plays an overly chipper reporter named Sadie McCarthy for an ersatz New York Times who is covering a variety of ersatz Hillary-like candidates (Joanna Gleason and Hettienne Park’s characters both fit the type) during a primary, as well as a Trumpy movie star (Mark Consuelos) and an uncomfortably sexy and straight take on Mayor Pete (Scott Foley). Dale, a devious yet stuffy reporter covering a Biden-esque figure (who, by the way, tries to prove he’s fit enough to run a 5K, thendies) at this in-universe Times, is introduced in the show’s third episode as an immediately antagonistic presence toward Sadie. Dale and Sadie already hate each other for reasons of competitiveness — whoever covers the candidate who wins the primary might get a shot at the White House beat — and the natural enmity that lies between twinks and ingénues who wear quirky hats.
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