The Paper

After a magical weekend sweeping the Ohio Journalism Awards, Ned tries to find the right time to ask Marv for a bigger budget, while Esmeralda loudly plays the grief card.

Ned and Mare ditch the documentary crew, leaving Adam and Adelola in charge of the weekend edition, while Esmeralda recruits Ken to be her son's pretend dad.

Ned and Mare search for a journalistic crusade and find themselves at her apartment, while Oscar negotiates the rights to Mr Digit with Marv.

Mare finds a great story after Ned has a bruising interaction at his police source's gun range, while Esmeralda plans a not-so-scary haunted house.

Ned and Mare's crusade is delayed when their new podcast gets too spicy, while Esmeralda pays the price for embarrassing the company.

Ned invites journalists to witness the paper's 125th birthday and finds out what it is like to be the story. Esmeralda has to make up years of skipped HR training and gets creative.

When a tornado threatens Toledo, Ned struggles with his emergency messaging. The staff at the Cincinnati Chronicle consider Mare primitive. Esmeralda tries to prove she is not a narcissist. Travis and Adelola storm chase.

Ned forms a secret team after he's told he can't cover an important story. Esmeralda forms her own covert squad to find out what Ned's secret team is up to.

Ned tries to protect Mare from nasty rumors. Esmeralda interviews to be the consort of a powerful 90-year-old. Marv and Ann go undercover to help with the investigation.

Ned finds publishing his and Detrick's big story will require sacrifices, as do other worthwhile things. Esmeralda goes undercover to expose prejudice. Mare has a choice to make if she wants to play in the big leagues.