one day I will watch a CURRENT show...

[deird1]

Am currently sitting out on my deck, watching my son terrorise the mint plant. (Alternating between pulling off leaves and dropping more gravel into the top of the pot.)

I have been rewatching The West Wing of late, and am once again dismayed to realise that I'm a decade too late to be part of the fandom. I want fervent discussion of plotlines! Why oh why am I so behind the times?

But seriously:
- I have OPINIONS on CJ's rise to Chief of Staff, Toby's leak, the Santos campaign, Will Bailey's very existence, the sad lack of Ainsley Hayes, and pretty much the whole of the post-Sorkin seasons.

- I want very much to see some post-series snippets of CJ (new job, new life with Danny, and Charlie tagging along to be her right-hand man), as well as a spin-off show with the new administration.

- Why oh why is there not someone West-Wing-ising the current US campaign with many brilliant layers of satire?



...and I had more thoughts, but my son has just realised he can fit underneath the car, so I have to go.

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

Why oh why is there not someone West-Wing-ising the current US campaign with many brilliant layers of satire?

Have you seen Veep?

[deird1]

No I haven't. Is that what it does? Is that why it's popular?

*is intrigued*

[beer_good_foamy]

Kind of (well, that and because it has Julia Louis-Dreyfus being VERY foulmouthed). It's sort of the anti-West Wing in that it's very clever but also very cynical; every single character is a self-serving asshole who only clings to their job because nobody else is any better (or because the ones who are stand no chance in the Washington power games). But it is hilarious.