History Heartwarming / TheNewsroom

-->'''Will''': I have been searching for a, uh, biblical quotes. None of them... We don't know many are dead. It's going to be a lot. It's going to be thousands. We don't know who attacked us, we don't know what's coming tomorrow, and I don't know what I'm doing. But I'll make you this promise... I'm going to be with you all night. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here.

-->'''Will''': Hey Mac, it's me. Look, I'm not just saying this because I'm high. [[spoiler: I've never stopped loving you. You were spectacular tonight.]] (''{{Beat}}'') [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Can you believe we got Obama?]]

* [[AFatherToHisMen Will personally walks to the police station to bail out Neal.]]

-->'''Will''': I have been searching for a, uh, biblical quotes. None of them... We don't know many are dead. It's going to be a lot. It's going to be thousands. We don't know who attacked us, we don't know what's coming tomorrow, and I don't know what I'm doing. But I'll make you this promise... I'm going to be with you all night. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here.

* In Season 2 we find that Will's first day at the anchor desk was on [[TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. With all the other anchors grounded at airports or otherwise immobilized by the national emergency, it fell to Will, who was only the legal correspondent at the time, to anchor the worst possible tragedy imaginable. By midnight, he had been on air for almost 16 hours, and he gave this speech.

-->'''Will''': [[spoiler:''You do''.]] Hire her.

** This also puts a whole new spin on why the flight attendant was so insistent about Don staying quiet and in his seat. It's not paranoia to be scared of someone taking control of the cabin when four terrorists doing just that caused a tragedy so shocking it changed the course of history. The implications of his protests visibly hit Don in the face when he remembers just what they're so desperate to report -- and why they're so desperate to report it.

** An additional touching detail to this scene: Don stops his tirade as soon as he notices the insignia on the pilot's name tag. Though it's never revealed within the show, the insignia actually belongs to [[spoiler: United Airlines. Two of the four planes hijacked on 9/11 - including the plane that went down in Pennsylvannia thanks to the heroic resistance of the passengers - were from United.]]

** An additional touching detail to this scene: Don stops his tirade as soon as he notices the insignia on the pilot's name tag. Though it's never revealed within the show, the insignia actually belongs to [[spoiler: United Airlines. Two of the four planes hijacked on 9/11 - including the plane that went down in Pennsylvannia thanks to the heroic resistance of the passengers, were from United.]]

* Don telling two airline pilots that [[spoiler:the United States killed Osama bin Laden.]] Although we don't get to see their reactions, [[spoiler:Lonny (who was an MP in the US Army) gets to tell two New York City police officers.]] If there were any groups of people most affected by the news, it'll be them.

* After Don, whowm the rest of the staff have not been getting on with, stands up to one of Leona's sons in episode 4, Will calls out across the room:

* Elliot got the crap kicked out of him chasing a story in Egypt: a couple of busted ribs, a broken arm, a lot of bruises. When he gets home, everyone cheers (and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny sends him a couple of strippers]]). When he walks into Charlie's office, Charlie immediately asks if he can hug him. No, because of the ribs. So Charlie gives him a kiss on the cheek.

* After Don stands up to one of Leona's sons in episode 4.
-->Will: "You're a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] newsman, Don, I ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!"

* After Don, whom Will and the rest of the team have had friction with, stands up to one of Leona's sons in episode 4, Will shouts across the room:
-->'''Will:''' "You're a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] newsman, Don! I ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!"

* After Don stands up to one of Leona's sons in episode 4.
-->Will: "You're a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] newsman, Don, I ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!"

-->'''Will''': And if there's any fallout, I'll be standing right next to you and in front. I'll always be standing right next to you and in front.'

-->'''Will''': And if there's any fallout, I'll be standing right next to you and in front. I'll always be standing right next to you and in front.

* The Rudy references, especially the one at the end. And the hug Will and Mac share.

* Elliot got the crap kicked out of him chasing a story in Egypt: a couple of busted ribs, a broken arm, a lot of bruises. When he gets home, everyone cheers (and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny sends him a couple of strippers]]). When he walks into Charlie's office, Charlie immediately asks if he can hug him. No, because of the ribs. So Charlie gives him a kiss on the cheek.

-->Will: "You're a [[ClusterFBomb fucking]] newsman, Don, I ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!"

* Will's reaction to it looking like Mac was using him to help her boyfriend's campaign for Congress. He incredibly calm and kind, assuring her that he knows she didn't know that her boyfriend was using it for notoriety and that she is "annoying ethical".

* Elliot got the crapped kicked out of him chasing a story in Egypt, couple of busted ribs, broken arm, a lot of bruises. When he gets home, everyone cheers (and sends him a couple of strippers). When he walks into Charlie's office, Charlie immediately asks if he can hug him. No, because of the ribs. So Charlie gives him a kiss on the cheek.

** The look on Will's face when Mac says "Happy Valentine's Day". Just... the look on his face. Damn. Damn it, Jeff Daniels.

* The Rudy references, especially the one at the end. And the hug Will and Mac share.

* Will's reaction to it looking like Mac was using him to help her boyfriend's campaign for Congress. He incredibly calm and kind, assuring her that he knows she didn't know and that he is "annoying ethical".

-->Will: "You're a [[ClusterFBomb fucking]] newsman, Don, I ever tell you otherwise, you punch me in the face!"

* Jim talking Maggie down from her panic attack in episode 3.