Reply #29: I own the entire seven seasons - my gift to myself. I just love

[Democrat 4 Ever]

every single episode. The episode called "Two Cathedrals" and "Stackhouse Filibuster" (second season) are just amazing. To get the true impact of that show you need to start at the beginning and watch all episodes in order. There are too many good episodes to pick a favorite.

Each and every character played an integral part on the show - there were no throw away roles to fill time or space. Toby, Josh, CJ, Abby, Jeb, Donna, Leo, Sam, Margaret, Mrs. Landingham, Charlie brought that show to life. The casting was dead on and you truly admired the work of each actor and what they brought to the show. They owned their roles.

To truly appreciate the difficulty of each role you need to get your hands on a collection of Sorkin's scripts. I have three volumes of scripts and they are really amazing pieces of work. The fast, cross-talking, fast walking conversations in the show sometimes leads to some really good lines and interplay between the characters to get lost. The interviews of the Sorkin, cast and director really shows how hard this show was to produce and yet they did it with such a high degree of excellence.

And President Bartlett's famous line after each and every crisis was, "What's next?" is exactly how I hope that President Elect Obama approaches his job. Get it done and move on.

The West Wing got me through plenty of times of watching the real news and Bonehead Bush & The Cabal were performing like a badly produced three grade play.