The end of an era

[vernard]

The West Wing is gone.

I have to admit that I got onto The West Wing bandwagon late. At least 4 seasons late. But I managed to catch up by watchign reruns. Still haven’t seen them all. But got most of them. And I found that its shows like that that almost redeem much of the inane crap that is on Television.

Like many other fans, I noticed the dip in the quality of writing when Sorkin, the original creator and writers of the series’ scripts, left the show. I also noticed that it was headed back up again near the end of the series. I thought it was amusing that the British gov’t started modelling many of their actual government strategies after the ones that were presented on the show.

And I will weep for the loss of a show that made me honestly think even for a moment that politics couold be a respectable profession.

Comments

[arasirsul.livejournal.com]

made me honestly think even for a moment that politics couold be a respectable profession

Dude, it's just TV. :)

[vernard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it was good tv. *sigh*

[reannon.livejournal.com]

Four years late? Yeah, you missed all the good years. I'm glad you caught up in the reruns - I have seasons 1-3 on DVD and have no intention of buying the non-Sorkin years. The "dip" in quality was more like a headlong lemming-plunge off a cliff. But at least the scripts were in on time!

Sorkin could have made us weep for the end of the Bartlet administration. Instead, we felt what Bartlet was obviously feeling at the end - anticlimactic, a letdown, and a job unfinished.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'll miss that show. It was nice to dream of politicians not run by special interest.