#newsreader s3

[helen-norvilles-female-rage]

Ok so I’ve just finished the first half of the season and I had to come here and scream because episode 3 was fucking INCREDIBLE.

The fish?? Helen’s BPD struggle?? The 8 minute improvised Helendale scene (you will always be famous)???? Queen Noelene screaming at Lyndsay and possibly getting a job at Public Eye????? Dale threatening to walk away?? Tiananmen Square massacre reporting and Helen’s triumph??? Jesus what a ride

I’m SO SCARED of where they’ll go next though (looking at you dead!Dale and Helen quitting therapy even though she had some good reasons) especially since they’ve already shown most of the stuff that was in the promos

Now excuse me, I need to go take a walk like an overexcited puppy

[aquarines]

he can go from playing a soft bisexual socially-anxious disaster to a bisexual insane serial killer cunt all in a span of one year... sam reid's range

[lioncourtz]

SAM REID as Dale Jennings

The Newsreader 03.02 | "A New Era"

[bloodofakashainme]

Season 3 Trailer of The Newsreader📺

[pynkhues]

Anything particularly interesting said during the q&a?

Lots actually! It was a really good Q&A.

Michael (creator) talked quite a bit about the original premise for the show being about a lavender marriage between a nurse (Helen) and a reporter (Dale), and while their characterisations haven't changed tremendously, the show itself has, and putting Helen in the newsroom changed a lot of things.

He pitched the show to Jo Werner about 8 years ago, and Emma Freeman was immediately on board as director, so they really got to grow the show together as the creative team has been consistent since then. It means they're all really proud of it.

One of the major changes they made during development was about brining in the actual archive news footage and structuring it around those events, which was a big shift and a huge ask of their writers, but it's paid off.

Bringing in the cast though added another layer to creative collaboration, and especially in s3, all the cast, especially Anna and Sam got to do quite a bit of improvising.

Michelle Lim Davidson, who plays Noelene (and is s t u n n i n g in person, omg) was also brought into the writers room each season to help really root Noelene in her Korean-Australian heritage, and she said s3 feels like a culmination of that and will be an important part of the season. She got very emotional about it and said really beautiful things about what Noelene has meant to her and the pride she has in representing Korean-Australian women, and Asian-Australian women on TV. Also! Michael kept hyping her up as a playwright, and I googled when I got home and her writing debut is on at Griffin Theatre in June, so Sydney folks should get on that!

It seems to be a Noelene-and-Rob-figuring-stuff-out heavy season, and I am delighted by that, because I have a huge soft spot for them.

The scene where Noelene gives birth has made Jo cry every time she's seen it (which Michael estimates is about 40 times haha) and they're all really proud of it as a scene.

Stephen Peacocke had a very hilarious tangent here about Rob's arc, and talked a bit about Australian football and the VFL and stepping into that as a Sydney actor, but also enjoying playing a character who just stays out of the fray (and this season being about realising that he loves that his wife is in it and wants to support her).

Also a Helen-tackling-her-mental-health heavy season, and Anna and Michael literally went to therapy together with her in character to figure out how to start writing Helen in therapy (amazing).

There's a big confrontational scene between Helen and Dale late in the season that involves this, and the way they shot it meant Michael and Emma had to hide in a pantry together lmao. It also meant Anna and Sam got to do quite a bit of improv because none of them could see each other.

Sam said that when he started, both Michael and Emma told him the show doesn't work if Helen and Dale aren't in love with each other, even if it's a type of being in love that we're not used to, and that's basically the emotional root of their relationship and the show.

Michael reiterated a couple of times that the show is a tragedy (RIP us), which particularly came up with a question about Gerry. Emma had to convince Michael of the last shot of Gerry, but now he really loves it, because he wants to tear Dale down for betraying him, but sees him and realises Dale's a broken man.

They were asked a bit about what news stories they'd adapt if it was set in modern times, and the general consensus was that there were too many (Sam said he's not really a 'news' guy lmao), but Michael said COVID and Trump, and Sam said Dale would probably end up on Fox News which was the no. 1 most heartbreaking thing he could say, haha.

They were asked if they could play any other role on the show, who would they pick, and Stephen picked Dennis, and both Michelle and Sam picked Lindsay, which is hilarious.

(Emma interjected there with the fact that Lindsay is the character they get the most feedback on, mostly in the sense of omg, I've worked for a guy exactly like that).

Then they were asked if they took anything from set - Emma had taken Dale and Helen's business cards, and Sam didn't even realise they had business cards and seemed lowkey jealous about not getting them, haha, Stephen had a pair of trackies (sweat pants, for Americans), Michelle had nothing because Noelene loves knick-knacks and Michelle hates them, and Sam apparently has stolen or been gifted half the set - he was gifted Dale's 80s TV for his birthday, and he's kept Dale's computer, among other technology, apparently, haha, his wig, and a pair of high waisted blue jeans that were custom-made for him by the costume designer and feature in the finale, which I am now very much looking forward to seeing, haha.

That's all I can remember right now, I'm sure more will come to me in the morning!

[neverswungonswingingstars]

Dale in The Newsreader episode 1

[isabellaofparma]

gay tim from camera shows up for 0.2 seconds, smiles like the sun itself, makes dale want to kill himself even more, then disappears. we must live on these crumbs as we would not survive more

[ken-doll-roy]

I've never seen somebody crash out on screen quite like how Sam Reid just did on The Newsreader S3. Fucking HAUNTING performance. Incredible.

[creativelycomplex]

Now that I’m done season 2 of ‘The Newsreader’, I can finally read this iwtv and the newsreader crossover fic I’ve had bookmarked since June.

[wildflowermimsy]

The way season three of The Newsreader isn’t airing until next year and Helen Norville Nation is already winning. 😍🫶🏻🔥

[xenobean]

Fuck. That was a trip. Probably the single most stressful season of television I have ever seen.

I had hoped that Dale truly accepted himself throughout this season but that was probably naive of me.

Given his (very) negative experiences with his bisexuality I get why it went that way.

I do see the ending as positive though. I interpreted it as him being finally allowed to find out who he is in a place where almost no one knows who he is.

I hope he stayed in Germany. With a few German lessons ('Bitte Schön' was not the appropiate response for that situation) I think he could be truly happy.

Yeah on one hand I kind of wish there were more scenes of Dale engaging with his sexuality positively but on the other hand, as others have said, Dale had to break to move on.

I believe this is a powerful story about accepting oneself rather than sinking into a deep pit of shame and repression. I can't even begin to describe the talent a show like this requires. This show is so stressful (at least for me) to watch especially because of the acting. The characters feel real.

I also believe that as we get more queer characters in media that doesn't revolve around queerness itself, it is important to have tragic stories too. Yes, even ones that are incredibly uncomfortable to watch and have unhappy endings.

I am happy that Dale got his freedom in the end.

[helen-norvilles-female-rage]

Well, just finished the last episode. My heart is full. I have no coherent words yet. That was beautiful. And the most stressful show I’ve ever watched. Time for another long walk

[lestcat-de-lioncourt]

I shaved Sam Reids hair off and stole it so he could do season 3 of The Newsreader.

Your mother fought the demons

Your brother saw the light

And now we pray the unborn

You and I can't stay alive

Son of a wolf, when the fight is calling

Son of a wolf, and the night has come

Son of a wolf, can you hear me calling, haleluja

[lioncourtz]

NEW Sam Reid interview for TV Insider

It's mostly about The Newsreader S1, but at the end he teases about IWTV S3

link

[bloodofakashainme]

They got her out of the house omggg🥹🥰

[lou-iz-stat]

Can I just say that I really appreciated that Dale Helen never became enemies even though they were competing with each other for the number 1 spot? They never spewed hateful words at each other and if something unethical was happening they didn't take advantage of each other to get ahead. They were always kind to each other and for the most part had each other's backs. I just really loved how wholesome they were with each other this season especially towards the end of the show. The platonic love that they had for each other was everything 💖