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Episode 10/22 B-12

With the studio ravaged by a virulent virus, and Ricky and Ron having absconded with most of the writing talent, Matt calls in old hand Andy Mackinaw. Inexperienced writers Darius and Lucy also get their first sketch approved - until a tragic real-life event forces the studio to cut it. Meanwhile, Jack orders Jordan to agree to a magazine interview to deal with the controversies surrounding her, and she reveals to Danny that she's pregnant.

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Episode 11/22 The Christmas Show

It's Christmas, and Matt is determined to bring the spirit of the season to LA. Tom and Simon jump at the opportunity to assist the writers, keen to spend time with one member of the team in particular. Following a visit to the obstetrician, Danny is forced to confront his feelings for Jordan. Meanwhile, Harriet is offered a career-changing opportunity, and some homeless musicians fill in when the house band call in "sick."

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Episode 12/22 Monday

The cast and writers return from their seasonal break to prepare for the first show of the new year, and love is in the air. Lucy agrees to go out with Tom, Matt bids in an online auction for a date with Harriet, and Danny's pursuit of Jordan is entering the realms of stalking. Meanwhile, Jordan's nemesis Hallie Galloway, the head of alternative programming, pitches an idea for a near-the-knuckle reality show.

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We're used to how the comedy show is never funny and we've seen characters like Jack be practically rewritten in front of our eyes because they just weren't going anywhere. Somehow you can still love the show because so much of it is so good but it gets harder for a few episodes now because the story of Danny pursuing Jordan is a mis-fire. It's clearly meant to be romantic and funny, and you do want the pair to get together, but it rapidly escalates into truly uncomfortable stalking and it takes weeks to get back to liking Danny.

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Episode 13/22 The Harriet Dinner (Part 1)

Matt's in a frenzy trying to outbid his rival and win the auction to be Harriet's dinner date. Meanwhile, Tom's nascent relationship with Lucy is threatened not only by some harsh Hollywood truths but also by Jack leaning on Tom for a favour. Then Cal has a truly bad night, Jordan learns the strength of her new rival - and two people are going to get stuck on the roof.

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Episode 14/22 The Harriet Dinner (Part 2)

It looks as if Matt and Harriet's convoluted, on/off relationship is heading to a new level - but one of them has had enough. Danny and Jordan are still stuck on the roof and Cal is tearing up the studio floor to get the coyote to catch the ferret that was sent in after the snake he lost.

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Episode 15/22 The Friday Night Slaughter

While Jordan and Danny's relationship gets ever closer, Matt is too damaged by this latest and seemingly final row with Harriet to write the week's comedy. Withdrawing from everyone, he fixates on the time he first met her - when he was a junior writer on Studio 60.

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A tour-de-force episode both for Matthew Perry as the younger Matt and also for writer/creator Aaron Sorkin. What could have been a simple flashback episode is much richer than that, with moments in past and present playing off each other, and a very nice line in how we all reshape the past in our memories.

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Episode 16/22 4am Miracle

Attorney Mary Tate interviews Matt and Danny about a writer who was fired long before they took over the show - and is now suing over sexual harrassment. Matt's drinking and drugs problem continue to affect the show while Harriet is off shooting her film. Jordan and Danny practise looking after an animatronic baby.

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Studio 60 was cancelled about now. Rumours of its death and then rumours of its resurrection flew so much it's hard to pin a date on it, but this was the last episode aired in the show's normal slot in America. It was replaced by new drama The Black Donnellys, which did even worse in the ratings and was also cancelled. That was replaced by a reality series which did fine.

Very unusually, production was not stopped on Studio 60 even after the official cancellation, so six more episodes were made and they aired a few months later.

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Episode 17/22 The Disaster Show

The prop department staff stage a wildcat strike with just minutes to go before this week's Studio 60 comedy. Then the cue-card teams follow suit and everything that could conceivably go wrong, does. Trying to hold it together is director Cal, faced with striking crews, panicked actors, and no sign of Matt and Danny.

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Perhaps it's my imagination but the first of Studio 60's final episodes, written and filmed after the series was cancelled, feels less pressured. It's also the first one to give Cal (Timothy Busfield) enough to do as Matt, Danny and Jordan are all absent. Plus there are very self-aware scenes between him and his old West Wing colleague Allison Janney that are a delight.

If you've ever been involved in any show, from school to the West End, you will feel deeply for the characters as they suffer through a gloriously calamitous night. It's wonderful - yet rather than making you think Studio 60 shouldn't have been cancelled, it makes you think it should always have been like this.

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