Category: The West Wing
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#TVFail Entry 9: The West Wing, “Isaac and Ishmael”
The accused: The West Wing, “Isaac and Ishmael” The crime: A rushed didactic response to the September 11, 2001 attacks Television’s failures are supposed to be obvious. From the overhyped non-starters that flop from the very beginning (hello, FlashForward, Lone Star) to the much-discussed clumsy conclusions of series we were convinced had it all planned…
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Surveillance Summer Watch, The West Wing: Reacting to a tragedy
If you’d like to check out previous posts in this series, visit the Surveillance Summer Watch page. It’s been a long time since I’ve written about my West Wing viewing and that makes me sad. I haven’t watched a whole lot of West Wing lately, and that also makes me sad. That is especially disappointing when…
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Surveillance Summer Watch, The West Wing: Reflections on season one
If you’d like to check out previous posts in this series, visit the Surveillance Summer Watch page. I spent a good part of my Memorial Day watching the tail end of The West Wing‘s first season, something that seems like a fitting way for a television nerd to celebrate a very American holiday. Thoughts on the…
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Surveillance Summer Watch, The West Wing: A discarded disease
If you’d like to check out previous posts in this series, visit the Surveillance Summer Watch page. With upfronts and a slew of finales, I’ve only watched three episodes of The West Wing since my last post, but I wanted to post now because one of those episodes introduces a character beat that I have…
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Surveillance Summer Watch, The West Wing: On Message
In only a few short days, I’ve plowed through the first 10(!) episodes of The West Wing. Benefits of graduating college ladies and gentlemen! I’m still trying to figure out exactly how to write about the episodes because straight recaps would be boring after the fact, and I’m still reading up on the various issues.…
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Surveillance Summer Watch, The West Wing: Introductions
With the unofficial television coming to an end, I’ll be free to watch older series that I have on DVD that I haven’t quite gotten around to yet. There are three or four I’d like to knock out by summer’s end and the plan is to occasionally touch base with those series here on the…
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