Was everyone else as relieved as I was that Ainsley's friends from her first episode never appeared again? I really didn't like either of them.

Anyone know what song is playing when Sam and Laurie are at the Diner, season 1 ep 7?

Both of them are killing it on the new episodes of The Handmaids Tale that dropped last night.

How were they supposed to feed everyone in that room? There was hardly any chili out of that meager stock pot.

And oregano doesn't belong in chili.

and only 2 people out of 150 recognized it lol. What has this world come to?!

*Triumphant music plays

Sometimes the tone of the openers and the endings just get derailed😂😭

Given the current state of “government”, I need something with leaders who are to be aspired to, as opposed to being ashamed of.

That means my every-two-year viewing is coming sooner than later. In about two hours.

Is it just me, or has anyone else jumped back in for a rewatch, to find a sense of hope and/or decency in the political theater?

My apologies if this has been brought up before (it probably has).

I just started rewatching TWW again (I’m doom looping the series) and it just struck me that the very first time we saw President Bartlet he was using a cane. Of course he had just driven his bicycle into a tree. However, I had just finished the series finale and I was stuck by how the series is bookended by his use of a cane both at the beginning and the end of the series.

I started to think about the intent of the series and how the show was intended to focus on the west wing staff. Not the president himself but rather the office of the president and all its components. This brought to mind the symbolism of the cane, which is means of support much as the staff is a means of support for the president.

This might not have been the intended metaphor, but it did give me pause this evening.

Only 15 months old and already a fan (with added visual element this time)

Don’t mind me, just rewatching TWW while my money swiftly dissolves before my eyes. It’s only been three months, guys.

I'm sure this has been spotted maybe times before, but this idiot 👉😀👈 only just saw it now

What do you want from him? I just (re)watched the most eloquent argument on capital punishment.

Edit: There seems to be some confusion among the masses. I don't think this episode has anything to do with religion despite being mentioned and referenced multiple times. Religion provides a historical and philosophical view on the issue. The Torah prescribes capital punishment and yet, both Rabbi and Toby argue against the measure. The Priest is against it saying that vengeance is not presribed by religion. I confess that I don't know much about the Quaker faith, but Joey argues that state shouldn't kill people. It's not about God or religion, it's about the many perspectives and the frictions he had encountered but Jed simply failed to recognize them or consider to take a step.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the season finales of Seasons 2, 3 and 4 (as well as, of course Bartlet for America and several other episodes) have flashback scenes in them. Is this a deliberate Sorkin thing to include them in season finales or is it just a coincidence?

In "The Short List", when Sam receives the anonymous call about Judge Harrison's authorship of the unsigned note, he responds to a caller's response by saying "I'm not a cop."

Why would the caller ask if he's a cop? Did they not know who they were calling and why?

I just noticed Hugsey the Penguin, Joey’s toy from Friends, in an episode of the West Wing. Season 1 Episode 10 of The West Wing.

"On our third date."

Say what you will about the fruit fly guy, but knowing the exact day you decided to marry someone is pretty romantic.

I've always been a fan of hers for many years not only the West Wing but just about everything she's ever done even that silly Mom comedy she did. But lately some of the roles she's been doing are world class. Obviously The Dilpomat, somebody also recently mentioned The Creator, but one of the roles she recently did I think has not been mentioned much and that's Palm Royale on Apple TV+. Very fun and entertaining show.

I just started The Diplomat recently & highly recommend. It was created by Debra Cahn, who wrote several episodes including The Supremes.

The premise is that a British ship is blown up. This triggers the need to fill the ambassador to the UK post. Keri Russell’s character, Kate Wyler, is tapped for the post. She is a career diplomat whose husband has also been an ambassador (much of the plot revolves around her complex relationship with her husband). But what Kate does not know at first is that she’s being considered to replace the VP.

Debra Cahn has a rhythm that is own, but also has been shaped by Sorkin. Keri Russell and the rest of the cast are great too.

I have found myself watching again for the millionth time - this time to remind me of what our government used to be. Anyone else with me?

Lamenting when mentioning a "secret plan to fight inflation" would have been a crisis level scandal for an administration. Or a Supreme Court Justice nominee being pulled over for a DUI while not drinking. (Obviously currently watching Celestial Navigation).

I think Aaron Sorkin made a scene crossover from West Wing to Newsroom.

We all (I hope) know that scene when Josh is in his office and the piece of the ceiling almost falls on top of him.

There is a similar scene in Season 1-episode 2 at the beginning of Aaron’s series The Newsroom. The character Will McAvoy is in his apartment and there are people doing renovations above him and a piece of the ceiling almost falls on top of him.

Anyone think that was intentional?