West Wing' ends with graceful transition

.... how well they addresed MS per se, but I know I learned more than I knew about it.

I think the focus was more on the fact that he did not reveal it during his first campaign, the impact it had on his wife (who was a physician and gave him injections) and upon his staff having been kept in the dark.

I understand why you don't care for Sheen. There are some other about which I feel the same way. I will say that this is the first role I have seen him in where I didn't think of him as having been Private Slovick.

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maybe I missed how wonderful it was. What I read about their treatment of multiple sclerosis indicated that it didn't impede the character much. The usual early symptoms include extreme fatigue (believe me, I know) among other things which would not be easy to conceal for long, especially for someone in a stressful job.

But that's neither here nor there. I don't expect much from most TV series. I love House, but I have to laugh every time I see them give someone an MRI, because it is so not like what they depict.

martin laurie is great, the blonde is a looker, and god forbid a doctor as young as the aussie guy ever comes near me...

btw, not sure if you get it in the States, but Doc Martin is British TV at it's best


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I've been a fan of his for years. He played George (various versions) in the British Blackadder series and Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster. Often worked with Stephen Fry. He's been in a few movies as well.

and comander in chief is gone.
may show last episods in june

So was the VP picked to replace Leo.

Dan

I got a very strong impression that he was more of an Independent than a Dem throughout the whole campaign running because he balked at most pressure thrown at him to play the 'party' game, which was why so many thought he would lose at nearly every turn.

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He was picked to run by one of the big players in the party, Josh, and never spoke against it. He was shown to stick to his positions despite opposition in order to play up the "he's his own man" aspect of his character.

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... most viewers don't want TV/producers/actors trying to "teach" them what could work. The whole premise of how Davis became Prez in CinC doomed that show from the beginning. Never saw West Wing. Can't stomach Sheen. For political shows I preferred Spin City. I love the L&O shows, usually I don't end up having to cringe and think "now why did they have to go there" with some "message".

your "open-mindedness," Evie. I watched JAG, for Pete's sake -- and you can't find a more right-wing-oriented dramatic show than that! You only missed the most intelligently written show on the air for the last seven years, and gaining a lot of accurate insight into how things work in Washington. (As a native Washingtonian, I already had a lot better feel for that than most...) Speaking of which, I really miss Mark Russell (I assume he's now in ill health, as he was in his 70's the last time I saw him...)

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You accusing anyone else of not having an open mind is absurd on its face.

What's openminded about watching ANY fictional TV show? It may be well written, blah, blah, blah. So what? I've heard it was also extremely fake at times, but since I never saw it, I won't comment. That's not why I didn't watch it. I never had an interest, and you can't really get into those serial type shows unless you can watch every episode anyway. Now that I have a DVR I will probably start watching a few regular shows again if there's anything worthwhile on.

I've watched practically NO TV for the past couple of years except for news, TLC type programs, History Channel and the occasional Comedy Central comedian.

I'm so impressed you watched JAG! LOL. I know a lot of men who would have watched that show just for Catherine Bell

has nothing to do with politics or open-mindedness. Most of that stuff is artistically vapid. Junk food for the mindless.

In your opinion it was intelligently written. The few excerpts I saw were NOT.

MacKenzie Allen was the indpenedent President.

On WW, Santos was also a Dem -- his bipartisan move was selecting Vinick (Aldan Alda, as a moderate Republican) as Secretary of State.

I'll definitely miss the show -- I only missed one episode in seven years (the VCR failed due to a power outage), and sure wish they'd continued it. Gotta make way for football, though!

For a while, it looked as if Commander in Chief might be a worthy successor, but the network completely mishandled it, and then (presumably) cancelled it after their bungling killed its audience. (They kept pre-empting it, and then moved it to opposite ER and Without a Trace -- a "death sentence slot" if ever there was one!)

Incidentally, the original concept for WW was for Sheen to be a minor character, only seen at the end of each episode, as in the pilot they reran Sunday night.

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