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...."