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Oct 6, 2022 · Pilot: Directed by Tom McCarthy. With Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Meredith Holzman. After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.
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- Tom McCarthy
- 2022-10-06
Oct 7, 2022 · ALASKA DAILY - “Pilot” – After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily...
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Oct 7, 2022 · This was a fantastic pilot episode. Not only does Alaska Daily introduce us to our lead actor, and show us how complicated but intelligent she is, we also meet the rest of the main...
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"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of Alaska Daily, and the first episode of the series overall. It serves as the series premiere, and it premiered on October 6, 2022 on ABC to 3.59 million viewers.
After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage. Her journey to find both personal and professional redemption begins.
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Eileen Fitzgerald is a prolific reporter who is working on an explosive expose about the soon to be Secretary of Defense. With a willing source and documentation, Fitzgerald publishes the story. Problems begin the day after publication. Steve, the target of her story claims her proof is forged. Eileen’s paper wants to take a step back, but she is adamant that she is right. Soon stories are being circulated about Eileen and her abusive behavior. Now she has become the story. Four months later, Eileen is alone in her apartment working on a book about her story, when Stanley Kornik arrives with an offer. Eileen has become persona non grata at her paper, and Stanley sees this as an opportunity for Eileen to get back in the game, with a compelling story.
Stanley wants Eileen to join his paper and take up an investigative story about a murdered indigenous woman. The story is appealing to Eileen, and though she has her doubts, Eileen is soon on a plane to Alaska. Met at the airport by Gabriel, Eileen quickly adjusts to her new home. Her paper is run out of a strip mall, and when she is introduced to the rest of the reporting staff, some are less than enthused with Eileen’s arrival. Her initial approach to investigating the death of the indigenous woman is met with failure. Stanley pairs Eileen with Roz Friendly. Roz is annoyed at seeing Eileen take over the case but agrees to work with her because Stanley promises that this story won’t get buried.
Eileen and Roz meet with the mother of the victim, and thanks to Roz’s truth about her own experiences, a connection is formed. The mother agrees to help them and tells both reporters that her daughter didn’t have her crutches when they found her body. The fact that the victim was reliant on crutches is brand new information and negates any theory that the deceased walked out to the tundra and died from suicide. Back in the newsroom, with some help from Eileen, a new reporter with the paper, Ami breaks a huge story about a prominent citizen. When Ami confronts him for a comment, she is left wondering if she should write her story. Convinced by the everyone including a pep talk from Eileen, she writes her story that makes the front page.
Main Cast
•Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald •Jeff Perry as Stanley Kornik •Grace Dove as Rosalind “Roz” Friendly •Meredith Holzman as Claire Muncy •Matt Malloy as Bob Young •Pablo Castelblanco as Gabriel Tovar •Ami Park as Yuna Park •Craig Frank as Austin Teague
Recurring Cast
•Joe Tippett as Jamie Goodwin •Irene Bedard as Sylvie Nanmac •Veena Sood as Rushmi •Kourtney Bell as Karla •Randall Batinkoff as Jordan Teller •Bill Dawes as Concerned Citizen •James McDaniel as General Raymond Green
•The episode was filmed between October and November 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Alaska Daily: Created by Tom McCarthy. With Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Meredith Holzman. A journalist seeks a fresh start in Alaska working for a newspaper in Anchorage.
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- 2022-10-06
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Oct 6, 2022 · S1 E1: After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.
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Episodes. Sort. S1 E1 - Pilot. October 5, 2022. 47min. TV-PG. After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage. Available to buy. S1 E2 - A Place We Came Together. October 12, 2022. 41min. TV-PG.
