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elleng

(130,908 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2013, 11:37 PM Oct 2013

Watching The West Wing for sanity.

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Watching The West Wing for sanity. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2013 OP

I thought it was just me. onehandle Oct 2013 #1

LOVE IT! elleng Oct 2013 #2

Leo's closing speech in that episode is the stuff of legend. Aristus Oct 2013 #5

What a great idea! I may just have to steal that idea!!! archiemo Oct 2013 #3

How did they resolve it ? jakeXT Oct 2013 #4

'Then shut it down.' elleng Oct 2013 #6

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. I thought it was just me.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 11:50 PM

Oct 2013

I'm on 'Let Bartlet Be Bartlet' for the fifth time.

elleng

(130,908 posts)

2. LOVE IT!

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 11:53 PM

Oct 2013

Watching Santos select his cabinet.

Aristus

(66,377 posts)

5. Leo's closing speech in that episode is the stuff of legend.

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 11:25 AM

Oct 2013

Sorkin's writing and John Spencer's acting; masterful. Simply breathtaking.

I think Sorkin made a mistake having all the staff members repeat the mantra: "I serve at the pleasure..."

Having one of them say it and the others nodding and/or adding "Damn right!..." or something would have been better. It nearly ruins one of the greatest moments in the history of television drama.

"We're going to raise the level of debate in this country; and let that be our legacy..."