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Originally Posted by Dids
I think there's notable drop in the show after the 2nd season. That's when Sorkin decided he had to be nice to republicans, but did it in a really clumsy way. The show was about snarky democrats who sometimes were dicks to people with whom they disagreed, and when it tried to dance around that POV, it wasn't great.
Love the first season, Bartlett's entry in the first ep is just a classic moment for me.
Haven't watched much since it went off the air, and I kinda suspect it ages really badly.
To a certain extent it ages incredibly well. I still find myself surprised by the way a line from the show relates to things that are still going on in the world.
I think I've mentioned this before, but I was super excited for this show then the first few episodes were so over the top liberal that I couldn't take it. I'm a democrat and generally voted that way, but I hate extremes of either view.
After the first season I had a friend who I trust tell me to watch the reruns in the summer (lol there were reruns in the summer). I was completely hooked after that and still will go on runs of watching the whole series often during the summer when the DVR has nothing else on it.
Season 7 was the best of the three non Sorkin seasons, but I always think it would have been awesome if Santos lost and they brought in the entire republican group and kept the show going. I know it would be impossible with the writers leanings, but I would have loved to watch that show.
By the way I suck @ gifs & google, but Janel Moloney was in Brotherhood as Tommy Caffee's mistress if you want some real quality NSFW.