My wife is watching "The West Wing"

[underpants]

I said, "you can't compare that unreality with this unreal situation"

She said, " I know"

But yet she persists.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Because it is a fabulous series. Must watch TV.

We need to escape from time to time.

[Guilded Lilly]

2. When I get despondent and unbearably sad about the state...

Of our country at the hands of all these hideous, treasonous creeps, The West Wing is my go to binge series.
And for a while, I am comforted. Still sad, but oddly comforted.

[Control-Z]

6. I do that too.

I've binge watched the entire series, beginning to end, probably 4 times. That was after watching the reruns on TV as they played day to day. It was a couple time, iirc. I'm not sure if that is excessive or not. How many times have you done it?

[Guilded Lilly]

10. The whole series? Probably 3 times, with partial seasons at various times.

I always catch something new, too.
Great series. Simply the best.

[PoliticAverse]

3. "Truth is more unreal than fiction." n/t

[Calista241]

4. It was a pretty epic show.

Everyone says no white house is like that, but it seems like during the Clinton, Bush and Obama years, it could have been that way. People actually working to better our country; even during the Bush years you could question their methods, but not really question their hearts, rather than today where they're all fighting personal vendettas and updating their twitter feed.

[cilla4progress]

5. Our family watched it during Bush II

It was our pretend administration.

Never imagined things could be worse!

Let’s hope we’ve hit a tipping point.

[marlakay]

7. Took me months to do whole series

I loved it. My husband is always afraid i will watch again lol.

So many new things though...

[lindysalsagal]

8. It's my idea of heaven.

[Leith]

9. I Love West Wing

If Jeb Bartlett were in the White House, we could all rest easier.

Thanks you, Lawrence O'Donnell!

[PJMcK]

11. We binged watched the whole series last year

I love "The West Wing" because it's so smart and it's mostly an accurate picture of how our government works.

My fiancee called it a fairy tale! Given our present circumstances, maybe she's right.

[logosoco]

12. I did not get a chance to watch this series until after Obama took office.

I remember thinking it would have been nice to watch during the Bush years. I may need to do another re-watch, if only to remember what it is like to have caring and intelligent people in the White House!