That Was Bad
So I just recently watched the latest episode of the West Wing. It was really bad. Yes, there was so good jokes in the show. I truely enjoyed the bit about the bed not being steel reenforced, but a funny joke does not a great episode make.
More than anything, I felt that the show was empty. I watched for my 42 minutes, but I don't feel that anything happened in that span of time. There was a lot of fast talking, and there was a lot jokes going left and right; but did anything important actually happen? No. We know nothing that we didn't know 42 minutes ago.
This seems to be the real problem in the post-Sorkin phase. We've lost all constancy. We've lost all pacing of story arcs. We've lost all sense of character development. Still, I keep watching. I love the show and the characters too much at this point to give up. The West Wing will be canceled soon, and I intend to ride this thing out until the end.
Comments
I disagree with the right honorable gentleman... I don't think it was bad. Bad would be one of those early 6th season or 5th season episodes where it was just boring. It's not the West Wing, not at all. But if you throw away the idea that this is the West Wing and watch it just thinking... is it entertaining? is it well-acted? is it still (for television) well-written? I think it passes muster.
Posted by: fat charlie // October 4, 2005 8:18 AM