[This story contains spoilers from the fifth episode of The Morning Show .]
Well, that didn’t last long.
After three seasons of will they-won’t they tension between Billy Crudup and Reese Witherspoon ‘s characters on The Morning Show , ousted CEO Cory Ellison (Crudup) and comeback anchor Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) finally, briefly got together.
But quickly after their kiss in episode three — in which they ended up in bed together — Bradley received information from an anonymous source tipping her off that Cory could be involved in the larger cover-up story she’s investigating this season. In order to get to the truth, she peeks through Cory’s phone while they’re on a date, and eventually her suspicions bubble over into a scorched-earth confrontation, where Cory is so