'Press' Episode 4 Recap: "Magic"

This week, the fallout from the Joshua West story shook up everything on Press. Broken from the failure to print an edition for the first time in the paper's history, Amina orders Holly to write a front-page apology. This despite The Post's grabbing the story, plagiarizing Holly's notes, and getting it up in their stead breaking the dam of silence around it. Over a dozen women have come forward, but Amina refuses to touch the story again. She declares she's resigning at the end of the day, and The Herald will take its lumps and move on.

Over at The Post, owner Emmerson has made an appearance. Sure, he's pleased Allen did some real journalism (no matter what he did to get it done), but the Prime Minister's family photos wound up running next to it. The PM is enraged: Photos he didn't want on the front page, winding up next to a giant "Sex Pest" headline. He's so mad, he's barred The Post from the press briefings. Emmerson wants Allen to apologize and make it go away. First he asks, and then he stands on Allen's neck until it is done. But Allen's pride is now wounded by this forced capitulation. He's officially at war.

Meanwhile, Leona drags James to meet up with the terrible right-wing Wendy Bolt from the premiere episode. Apparently, Wendy is a family friend, and she's decided she wants The Herald to manage her coming PR crisis. What's she done? Does it matter? It's really all about Bolt versus Edwards going from restaurant to restaurant and bar and drinking, all on The Herald's dime, so that they can argue-counter-argue over the principles of journalism. And after all that, it's not for her at all. It's West. He wants Edwards to interview him for The Herald, which will act as his PR cover and in turn, make the story go away, which Amina agrees to run.