As youâve likely heard, The West Wing is losing its creator and chief writer this spring. This show is undoubtedly the cleverest thing on television, and for me the writing has more than made up for the politics.
Iâll be surprised if the show is able to maintain its fearsomely high quality in coming seasons without the talents of Aaron Sorkin. As NYT columnist Alessandra Stanley observes, it takes fantastic writing to get the nationâs lawyers and economists to wait years for Josh and Donna to get together.
The writing makes up for the politics - but barely. I do wish, however, that they would release a DVD version.
Posted by: Mark on May 16, 2003 5:20 PMI was a big fan of Sports Night during its too-brief run; Aaron Sorkin (mostly) without the politics.
Posted by: Bill on May 16, 2003 9:33 PMSee? Who says 'shrooms never did anyone any good?
Posted by: Kevin B. O'Reilly on May 23, 2003 4:28 PM