Leo's Looking Old and Toby Can't Hold it Together
I love the television show West Wing. Well It's the only show on TV I watch other than Pimp my Ride and I only get to see that if I'm laying in bed and just so happens to come on. But I've been watching, thanks to Bravo and it's 4 times a day everyday, West Wing episodes, for about 6 months now, and am happy to say that I have seen every single episode. It's easily the smartest show on TV. I don't understand half the reference to 18th century literature or to Presidential idioms concerning Howard Taft. But somewhere deep down I know I want to. Anyway...I should say "I loved" the show I guess. Because as of late it's gotten, well, rather run down.
- Toby doesn't seem as sly witted.
- Charlie is no longer the youthful admiration of anybody who feels that they have underestimated talents just waiting to be discovered.
- That Will Bailey guy, who I thought was going to be awesome when Sam left, has just disappeared.
- CJ looks absolutely brutal.
- Josh, who was on the way to becoming one of the greatest philanderers ever, has now fallen in love with his assistant and lost his school boy wit.
- Bartlett is always himself, Martin Sheen is a great actor who brings the only stability there is to the ship. Both him and Toby are the only characters who have stayed relatively the same throughout the shows lifespan. Although, it's rather depressing watching Bartlett these days, since he now struggles with his presidential legacy and his human frailties caught in the shadow of his genius and moral values.
- Leo is now my favorite character, if for no other reason than he looks like he could die right there on the show.
- What the fuck happened to Danny?
- Where the hell is Sam, and why didn't he come back to the White House by this point...I know it was Rob Lowe's contract of whatever, but they should have written him out of the show better...I mean in TV world, what is Sam Seaborn doing right now...Law? Bar Tender? I WANT CLOSURE!
- The season finale last night was the most anti-climatic season finale ever.
- That guy they have as Vice President now looks like a backwoods hick.
I want a return to the good 'ole days. I want to feel the sting of a Toby quote in the back of my neck.
"Why do we have to take everybody out for an Ice Cream cone when we talk about the Middle East! THEY'LL LIKE US WHEN WE WIN!"
I want my West Wing back...
