What I love about this scene is - CJ asks if Jed Bartlet knew about CJ and instantly found out Toby was lying but her face lit up when she says - McGary wants me?

I am guessing Leo was very well known in the party and everyone knew him for the great principled man he was?

What a scene!

I never watched West Wing when it first came out, but must say I've enjoyed binge watching it. The show has aged well. The technology may have changed, but the core issues remain much the same, the characters were very well written and the acting was excellent. I say all this as a rather conservative fellow. Once in awhile I found myself yelling at the tv, but usually the opposing viewpoints were presented fairly and the arguments were thought provoking.😆

Observations:

i wish they had kept Ainsley for the full length of the show. Her character provided some nice counter arguments.

The Josh character was rather obnoxious - I didn't know whether to be happy for Donna finally getting her man or feel pity that she did.

It was nice to see the cast reunited at the end of the show.

Leo was my favorite character. I could disagree with a man like that, but still respect and like him. I wish we had real politicians like him.

I was watching “Stirred” tonight and in the subplot, Hoynes takes his name off a bill so that it can pass. Leo tells him that he deserves his name on the bill and Hoynes says “I got my name on other stuff.”

I think of the times we live in and how some people refuse to do anything unless they get their name on it. Man, the number of times I wish that we lived in this. Best fantasy TV Series ever.

Hey everyone! I just have to say that I appreciate you all so much. A lot of times I'll come on to Reddit and see something funny that one of you wrote and it brightens my day. I also love that we can all quote the show; that one of us can type a quote from a scene, and so many others jump in and add the next line after a quote. You're my people and I love you all!

“How come we don’t have anyone as funny as you back home?” “Because you killed them all.”

Feels like Sorkin could see into the future lol

Is it just me, or does anyone else, on their seventh rewatch of this series in a single year, still skip the shooting episode, or at least the final few scenes, because it’s just too heart-wrenching to watch?

I think such statements will now come with an asterisk and a disclaimer.

Our current admin thinking they're slick burying casualty updates in the trash.

There's no other series in the history of TV that would include that line of dialogue.

God, I'm sorry, I love this show!

She goin to Riyadh or Tehran?

Ben Yosef, Israeli Foreign Minister, is first introduced in S4.E4, "The Red Mass", and his character is significant to the plot arc of season 4. On my current rewatch, I just noticed this though in S2.E17, "The Stackhouse Filibuster": When eating dinner with the president, Leo is on the phone discussing a G-8 meeting in Tel Aviv with someone named "Ben". Same person? Just a coincidence? Who's to say.

Josh and Gov. Bartlett when Josh’s father passed

Josh meeting Joey Lucas about the MS poll

Josh and the DeKalb County DA about the kid who fled to Italy

Is there some symbolism there that I am missing

I have been binging ER on Netflix, having faded out of watching it "live" the first time round. There is a phenomenal-but-not-surprising cross-over of TWW and ER cast members, and it's been a lot of fun (a) spotting them and (b) noticing mannerisms and habits that the actors had in both roles. Jorja Fox especially has many very recognisable traits, even her walk!

I am up to S6 now, and Arnie Vinick has recently arrived in his medical alter-ego!

They overlapped in broadcast, although ER came first:

• ER: Sep 1994 - Apr 2009
• TWW: Sep 1999 - May 2006

(I hope using AI just for the table below is permissible, rather than me doing it manually. Source: IMDB)