Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jerin ya buɗe tare da mai gabatar da labarai Will McAvoy yana shiga cikin kwamitin a Makarantar Koyon Jarida ta Medill ta Jami'ar Northwestern kuma yana ba da jawabi mai rikitarwa game da faduwar Amurka a matsayin ƙasa, yana girgiza masu sauraro. Daga nan sai ya tafi hutu na makonni biyu don barin ƙurar ta kwanta, kuma ya dawo aiki kawai don gano cewa mai ba da umarninsa da kuma mafi yawan tawagarsa suna barin shi don wani mai ba da labarai. Ya kuma gano cewa maigidansa, Charlie Skinner, ya yi hayar sabon mai ba da shawara; Mackenzie MacHale, tsohon budurwar Will wanda Will ke da mummunan tarihi. Ya yi zanga-zanga, amma Charlie ya kasance mai ƙarfi, ya nace cewa Mackenzie zai gina aikinsa a Arewa maso Yamma kuma ya taimaka wajen samar da sabon, ingantaccen watsa labarai. A ƙarshe Will ya yarda Mackenzie ta yi aiki tare da shi amma a ƙarƙashin yanayin da zai iya korar ta a ƙarshen kowane mako. A halin da ake ciki, an yi gargadin labarai game da
fashewa a gabar tekun Mexico, amma babu wanda a cikin gidan labarai ya yi imanin cewa ya cancanci a bi shi. Godiya ga bayanin da ba a san shi ba wanda aka ba wa ɗaya daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar Mackenzie, Jim, sun fara fahimtar cewa gobarar da gaske fashewar man fetur ce da ta faru kusa da gabar tekun Louisiana kuma har yanzu ba a toshe ɓarkewar mai ba. Will ya yanke shawarar ɗaukar lamarin kuma zubar da man fetur na Louisiana ya ƙare ya zama babban labaran labarai don wasan kwaikwayo na maraice. Nunin su ya ƙare ne kawai don yin labarin game da zubar da man fetur; duk sauran tashoshin labarai ba su fahimci tsananin halin da ake ciki ba kuma sun kafa shirye-shiryen su akan samfurin iPhone.