'The Morning Show' recap: An Italian cascade of talking, sex and dangerous driving

Mitch and Alex fight, and then they dance, because nothing matters

It's pointless to write a traditional recap of this episode, because it would just be a lot of "they talk" and "they talk again," so let's sum it up this way: It turns out that Alex, who's been AWOL from work, was on her way to Italy to see Mitch, because she wants him to deny that they ever had (consensual!) sex, even though they did. She believes that being tied to him in Maggie's book via their affair will sully her reputation. When she gets to his mansion, she finds Mitch in quarantine with Paola, who makes herself scarce so that Mitch and Alex can Have It Out.

The Having It Out goes about as you would expect. They fight, because he doesn't want to lie anymore, but she thinks this is a very inconvenient moment for him to develop principles. She wants him to release an official statement saying they never slept together, arguing that he owesshe thinks being connected to him will ruin her life. There's some more fighting, but then they make up, because fundamentally neither one of them really cares about consequences of anything for anyone except themselves. So they hug, and they dance, and everything is okay, because nothing matters!