'Press' Episode 3 Recap: "Don't Take My Heart, Don't Break My Heart"
Press opens this week with a bizarre moment of non-news that once again makes those at The Herald look a little off. A phone call comes in from one of their journalists overseas, Chris Cartwright (David Schofield), who is supposed to be chasing down a story of some rebels. The phone call certainly sounds threatening, until Amina and Holly get a good earful and realize it's "Standard Arabic," which is a nice way of saying "a television program." Their reporter passed out drunk and butt-dialed them.
It's a strange way to start a week that seems to be about #MeToo. Considering the landscape in which Press debuted last year on BBC One, it was inevitable that the series would get around to diving into a story about a powerful man sleeping with his underlings. It starts when Holly gets a tip-off about Joshua West, who apparently likes his women young and finds them by offering an apprenticeship scheme.
Technically the girls are above age, which is a relief. The girl who comes forward, Rachel Gilmour (Emma Paetz), says she was 18 when it took place. But otherwise, it's your standard-issue woman coerced by a man in power. And there are others too, including the one he did it to just before Rachel. She's not willing to go on the record, seeing it as a learning experience that helped her be harder in the world and get further.
