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West Wing: Winding Down
Apr. 2nd, 2006 09:05 pmSo...the two very different moments we've been expecting for quite some time for very different reasons have finally begun playing out. Plus the election plotline, of course. Seems to be working so far...and maybe that's what's got me in such a state as this. That, plus the fact that the End of the Series is Nigh.
As I've said elsewhere, this has not been a great year for me and TV drama. I've lost about half my favourites, and so far, no sign of anything worth making TV-watching appointments for to take their place. And three of the series I lost have revival campaigns quixotically marching onwards...to what end, I don't know. I'm not sure what I can do yet to help move any of those from "quixotic" to "standing more than a snowball's chance in a fusion reactor", either.
Not The West Wing, though.
I expected it to end in seven, although I would've bet cash money that the death that ended it would be Bartlet's. And that it would have been scripted. Sorkin would've done the fatal episode his own self. And that would be that. A properly Shakespearean ending.
Good thing I didn't place any bets, isn't it?
As I've said elsewhere, this has not been a great year for me and TV drama. I've lost about half my favourites, and so far, no sign of anything worth making TV-watching appointments for to take their place. And three of the series I lost have revival campaigns quixotically marching onwards...to what end, I don't know. I'm not sure what I can do yet to help move any of those from "quixotic" to "standing more than a snowball's chance in a fusion reactor", either.
Not The West Wing, though.
I expected it to end in seven, although I would've bet cash money that the death that ended it would be Bartlet's. And that it would have been scripted. Sorkin would've done the fatal episode his own self. And that would be that. A properly Shakespearean ending.
Good thing I didn't place any bets, isn't it?
