So, like I said, the wife and I were going to give disc 2 a try and try we did. Last night we watched episodes 5 and 6 from Season 5, titled 'A Constituency of One' and 'Disaster Relief' respectively.
Eli Attie, a name I recognise from earlier seasons was the writer of 'Constituency' which featured some, but not all, of the things I listed in my previous post as having gone AWOL from the show. It was comforting to see the walk-and-talk back and the characters were behaving more 'on model', to borrow an animation term for a moment.
I still believe, however, that CJ hasn't said or done anything of any merit since before her trip back home episode in Season 4 (which was under Sorkin's supervision, so I'm not pointing fingers) and I forecast that things are only going to go downhill for her character from here. My wife claims she received an Emmy for this season. Probably since she was allowed to act up and yell at the president and tackle 'real' issues for a change, something her character really shouldn't be doing, in my opinion. There were other more interesting places they could have gone with Janney's character. This wasn't one of them.
Seeing Josh take one on the ego after losing a member of the party to the Republicans was a nice touch. Seeing Will take a new job for the VP was interesting. Seeing Toby go to bat for 'the message' and be slammed down by Leo was, not my favourite thing in the world, but a logical and interesting way to go with the character. Seeing Leo running things while the President remains lost and unable to give leadership is a little lame, but provides a new dynamic which gives them some opportunities to play as long as it doesn't drag on too long.
Something I don't believe it will since the next eisode, 'Disaster Relief' (a fitting name, all things considered), went a long way to letting some of the pressure out of those tires. It pretty much looks like Bartlett will become Mr. President, leader of the free world again by the end of the disc so our hope is renewed, at least temporarily.
That's not to say the show has been given any kind of a free pass, just a reprieve. The life support has been switched on and things have stabilized, but the plug can be pulled any day.
On an unrelated note, I'm reading a great collection of interviews with animation director, Chuck Jones, which I want to post about soon so if you're an old Warner Bros. cartoon fan, you may want to check that out.
Later!
mike
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So, like I said, the wife and I were going to give disc 2 a try and try we did. Last night we watched episodes 5 and 6 from Season 5, titled 'A Constituency of One' and 'Disaster Relief' respectively.
Eli Attie, a name I recognise from earlier seasons was the writer of 'Constituency' which featured some, but not all, of the things I listed in my previous post as having gone AWOL from the show. It was comforting to see the walk-and-talk back and the characters were behaving more 'on model', to borrow an animation term for a moment.
I still believe, however, that CJ hasn't said or done anything of any merit since before her trip back home episode in Season 4 (which was under Sorkin's supervision, so I'm not pointing fingers) and I forecast that things are only going to go downhill for her character from here. My wife claims she received an Emmy for this season. Probably since she was allowed to act up and yell at the president and tackle 'real' issues for a change, something her character really shouldn't be doing, in my opinion. There were other more interesting places they could have gone with Janney's character. This wasn't one of them.
Seeing Josh take one on the ego after losing a member of the party to the Republicans was a nice touch. Seeing Will take a new job for the VP was interesting. Seeing Toby go to bat for 'the message' and be slammed down by Leo was, not my favourite thing in the world, but a logical and interesting way to go with the character. Seeing Leo running things while the President remains lost and unable to give leadership is a little lame, but provides a new dynamic which gives them some opportunities to play as long as it doesn't drag on too long.
Something I don't believe it will since the next eisode, 'Disaster Relief' (a
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