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ALASKA DAILY 1x06 You Can't Put a Price on a Life It's a local story, ours to tell. Let's tell it first and best.

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1x06 of Alaska Daily was heartbreaking and scathing. The ep addressed systemic inequalities in searches for missing white women are treated vs how searches for missing Indigenous women, after a white woman falls overboard from an Alaska cruise ship and an Indigenous woman goes missing in the woods.

Stanley and Roz’s deadpan exchange where Stanley (the paper’s editor in chief) is required to do an obligatory reprimand of Roz after she raises questions about the inequalities at a press conference and says he is “talking” to Roz about her “behavior” was gold.

“Are you done ‘talking’ to me?”

“Yeah. Good chat.”

And then Stanley heads out to the woods to join Roz in the search for Jade. I appreciate Stanley.

The gala having Indigenous performers while a million dollars is being spent on the search for one white woman and almost nothing spent on the missing Indigenous woman — Jade’s search gets done by the community, not official forces. A gala attended by the wealthy who are profiting off the governor’s puff PR “task force” where most of the money is spent on PR not resources.

The rapid-fire dialogue and the wry or deadpan humor of the team of reporters and the friendships among the reporters at TDA is enjoyable and the show finds humor while being raw about a range of issues from corruption to inequalities. I also liked that this ep developed Stanley and Roz’s friendship, the mutual respect, Stanley being a mentor and ally.

It’s interesting how the show depicts Roz, Eileen, and Stanley’s different kinds of angers. Roz’s anger is deep and quiet and stirred higher by being not listened to, not heeded, being overlooked. Trying to get people to listen. Eileen’s is sometimes a bulldozer and at times, well-intended white liberal crusader but she doesn’t always stop to think about the real personal impacts, she latches onto causes, but genuinely cares. Stanely’s anger is a tired anger. He knows how broken the system is. He’s given almost no budget to run the paper. He believes in the power the press has to bring about change, uncover truths, so Stanley tries to push and encourage his team to do work past the external limits set on them. Stanley and Roz in different ways both live in frustration, boxed in, but they know where the hidden cracks in the walls are and how to apply pressure to get them to crumble. While Eileen rams her her way head-on at every wall.

The whole cast is stong, and Hillary Swank, Grace Dove, and Jeff Perry (who plays Stanely) deserve a ton of critical attention of their roles in this. The show itself deserves a lot more attention. I hope it gets a S2.

Don’t sleep on Alaska Daily.

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Alaska Daily, Season 1 episode 7

“Are you hurt?”

“No, I’m okay.  Thanks.”

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[blris96]

Hey Bonnie!

I see that you watch Alaska Daily, and I kind of need some new shows to watch, so I was wondering if it’s worth the watch or not?

Thanks!

Hi London!

I LOVE IT! I fell in love with Alaska Daily from the first episode and I would like more episodes and/or a full season order. Hilary Swank is having twins though so we’ll see.

Give it a go! I’d absolutely recommend it. I was hooked from the premiere! It’s onq Hulu too for bingeing purposes. New episodes air on Thursdays at 10pm EST/9pm CST on ABC in the States.

It is absolutely worth the watch in my opinion. Alaska Daily juggles multiple storylines per episode with ease (literally ALL are well done, which is very rare for network television), the overarching case is very realistic (missing indigenous women who no one cares about until now) as well as interesting and the characters are compelling (Eileen Fitzgerald, who is Hilary Swank’s character, is the main and is very relatable to those of us like myself who aren’t the best with people).

The show also shows us a realistic portrayal of mental health issues. They don’t gloss over it, and it’s very realistic. Most shows don’t bother showing them. This one does.

I’d say it’s a cross between a drama and a crime show. There’s corruption and a bunch of other things.

It’s honestly one of the most realistic shows on television right now. Also of note, the premiere over 7 days on all platforms did a 1.69 in the 18-49 demo (that’s amazing for a premiere and almost never heard of).

Alaska Daily is one of those shows where the hour flies by when you’re watching and at the end you’re like “MORE PLEASE”. At least in my opinion.

[sumireskakei]

second episode is done and yall......i didnt think it would end so soon we got so much and i cannot wait where this story goes!!! trying not to be spoilery with this post but bro....abc needs to make more of this i absolutely love them i love the developing dynamics between eileen and roz, yuna and austin's coffee rounds and how the team looks to him to comfort yuna, claire!!!!!! bob eating the damn burgers anyway as well as stanley having a piece, and more gabriel please omg

i tagged all the characters because i might just for sure get back to giffing for this show yall pls stream

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ALASKA DAILY 1x06 You Can't Put a Price on a Life