West Wing fans, look here!

[stokeriño]

A little bit of a tangent from what is strictly 'West Wing', but I will never get over the way that Desperate Housewives cast Mrs. Landingham and Debbie Fiderer as sisters. It's just...surreal. >_>

[Guest Mr. Plow]

The guys on that blog make me feel dim-witted.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Nothing really. The real question is why Ryan Pierce doesn't have one. He's better than Helen Santos, for a start!

Well, he is George W. Bush's cousin or something, guessing he doesn't have time for Facebooking.

[stokeriño]

Ron Silver, aka Bruno Gianelli - RIP Edited March 16, 2009 by stokeriño

[Bigal]

My favourite non-main cast character.

Strangely enough, I'd only found out he had cancer the other day, and was shocked at how gaunt he looked.

[stokeriño]

I'm always surprised that actors are as old as they are in the first place. But then I have no ability to judge people's ages anyway.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

I never liked Bruno. But I was never supposed to like Bruno. RIP.

[stokeriño]

Bruno was awesome. I just watched the end of season 6 where he joined Vinnick's campaign. I would actually say I liked him better when he was working for the Republicans then than when he was on Bartlet's campaign staff in season 4.

[Bigal]

So, favourite episodes?

Mine's probably "17 People" (because of lots of Toby), with "Two Cathedrals" in second, I guess.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

It's hard to pick favourite episodes when I've seen them all once. (Well, the Season 7 one where Vinick breaks his hand twice, as I just discovered that my parents get a channel that shows two West Wing episodes every Sunday afternoon for some reason).

Off the top of my head though - and these are favourite plots more than favourite episodes - Toby defending PBS, any of the flashback ones (Sorkin is AWESOME at flashbacks), and the one where Mendoza gets arrested, Sam and Toby go to bail him out, Josh has trouble with the press, and Sam declares that he is "nuts for dental hygiene".

[maninblack]

I never liked Bruno. But I was never supposed to like Bruno. RIP.

I wasn't even aware that Ron Silver's political leanings mirrored Bruno's until he died. He was a good character; certainly a good example of someone Arnold Vinick can persuade to vote for him.

[stokeriño]

The one where Santos gets all the Democrat congressmen to sneak into and hide out inside DC in order to get the better of Haffley trying to screw over the stem cell vote. That was a good one.

Also, whichever episode it was where Kate Harper learns of the USA's contingency plan to invade Canada. That was hilarious.

Though honestly, I could probably name 6 or 7 episodes from every season that I love, and would be hard-pressed to narrow them down much further than that.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

The one where Santos gets all the Democrat congressmen to sneak into and hide out inside DC in order to get the better of Haffley trying to screw over the stem cell vote. That was a good one.

Also, whichever episode it was where Kate Harper learns of the USA's contingency plan to invade Canada. That was hilarious.

Though honestly, I could probably name 6 or 7 episodes from every season that I love, and would be hard-pressed to narrow them down much further than that.

"Originally written in <old year>, updated in <slightly less old year>."

*pause*

"The calligraphy is beautiful."

[stokeriño]

"Do we even have a map of Canada?"

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21UELSDw3_Y...feature=related

One of my favourite scenes ever

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

One good thing to come from my uni tuition - full access to LexisNexis, which gives me the ability to search for pretty much any newspaper article written about anything ever. For example, seeing the features various papers ran the days before the final episode of this show.

[sahyder1]

Share some of the better ones.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I've been thinking, Tim Matheson would be a great choice to play Mitt Romney in a movie.

Anyway, hard for me to pick a favorite episode but some favorite moments.

*When Bartlett got shot, how the Secret Service came in and swept Vice President Hoynes away from a photo opp

*The whole shot of Walken walking to the Oval Office and the act of Bartlett invoking the 25th Amendment and Walken taking the Oath of Office

*Bartlett yelling at God and throwing a cigarette on the ground of the cathedral at Mrs. Landingham's funeral and snidely saying, "You get Hoynes!"

*Vinick wiping the floor with Santos on the live debate

[Bigal]

After watching the third episode of the sixth series again, it's now one of my favourites. It has:

- Bartlet distraught offer Leo's heart attack, blaming himself

- The lead-in to CJ as Chief of Staff

- Debbie Fiderer

- Josh trying to give up junk food

The perfect mix of drama and comedy.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

I've been thinking, Tim Matheson would be a great choice to play Mitt Romney in a movie.

Anyway, hard for me to pick a favorite episode but some favorite moments.

*When Bartlett got shot, how the Secret Service came in and swept Vice President Hoynes away from a photo opp

*The whole shot of Walken walking to the Oval Office and the act of Bartlett invoking the 25th Amendment and Walken taking the Oath of Office

*Bartlett yelling at God and throwing a cigarette on the ground of the cathedral at Mrs. Landingham's funeral and snidely saying, "You get Hoynes!"

*Vinick wiping the floor with Santos on the live debate

Seriously? I went into the debate - and the entire election storyline - hearing about how Vinick wasn't a traditional Republican, and anyone could like the guy and maybe vote for him, even Democrats. Instead, we get a guy who clearly is likable, but is (probably purposely) placed on the wrong side of every issue - pro-nuclear right before a nuclear accident, anti-religion on a show that doesn't mock faith - while Santos can do no wrong unless he listens to Josh.