The Newsroom, Season 1

Mac:
A miracle. A miracle happens. We become a team again. We all hate this, right?

Gary:
We're gonna hate it more after 10 minutes of no air conditioning.

Mac:
No, not the power outage. We hate what we're doing. We hate that we're covering Casey Anthony and Anthony Weiner. We hate that we have to do it to save the ratings. We hate that we have to bump important stories. And we're starting to be not very pleasant people to be around. Guys, this is real. I'm not making this up. Just a minute ago when I was prepping for a pretape with that idiot who's still sitting in the studio-

Sandy:
Are you talking about me?

Mac:
No! Yes. When when I was prepping for her pretape I said, "God, please show me a sign that I'm not doing a big thing badly." And right that second all the power went out. And so obviously I thought, "There's my answer."

Will:
Raise your hand if Mac's freaking you the hell out right now. [He and Don raise their hand]

Mac:
No, listen to me!

Will:
Just tell us how we do the show if the power doesn't-

Mac:
By being a team again. And that was God's plan.

Will:
Keep God out of this and talk more about electricity.

...

Mac:
Does anybody think we're not good enough to pull this off?

All:
No!

Sandy:
Should I still be sitting here?

Mac:
I'm so sorry, Sandy. I know you had your heart set on entertaining us with private details of a man you were sexting with and maybe a "Playboy" spread, but we're not able to do pretape. So if you want to do the show, you're gonna have to do it live.

Sandy:
I already committed to Fox, and no offense but it's a bigger audience.

Mac:
Shoot! Does anybody think we can't do this?

ALL:
No!

Mac:
This is a blessing in disguise. I say the power going out is the best thing that ever happened to us. I say the power going out is what is gonna save this-

[The power goes back on suddenly]

Mac:
-Son of a bitch!