Welcome to the second season of "The Newsroom," Aaron Sorkin's drama about how he wishes the media had covered the news. The season picks up a year after the first season ended, covering August 2011-November 2012 and touches upon the government's antiterrorism policies, Occupy Wall Street, Troy David, Trayvon Martin, Benghazi and obviously the primaries and general election. These stories are woven into the big mystery of the season: Genoa.

The episode, which lays the foundation for the second season, begins with...