Yea, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of suck -

[tzikeh]

we shall fear no evil; for thy five years of slash, they comfort us...

From an article in today's New York Times about how much The West Wing sucketh, thanks to John Wells:

"Mr. Wells is better known for soap opera than for global politics. And all the life-threatening perils and interpersonal melodramas (will the love between Leo and the president ever be consummated?) have crowded out the touches that made the first seasons so special...."

Comments

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

(will the love between Leo and the president ever be consummated?)

BWAH!

And this, my friends? Absolutely the only reason I still watch this show.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

It's the reason I keep watching. Of course, I'm not nearly to season 5 yet. But I live in hope of getting there. Maybe when the run is over. :-)