west wing season 7

[fox]

Okay, so, I was here for the fifth season but I didn't watch but three or four episodes of it.  And I was out of the country for the sixth and seventh seasons.  So it was already with me as if the first four seasons were one show and the last three were another.  Then I got seasons 5 and 6 for Christmas and bought myself season 7, and have been mainlining all of it.  And it really is like it's another show.  And I like it fine, but of course it's not as close to my heart as the real West Wing.

I'll tell you what, though.  "Election Day, Part II" and "Requiem"?  Had me crying like a small child.  And every time I dried my eyes, they cut to a devastating shot of someone else.  (Oh, Margaret.)

Comments

[the-emu.livejournal.com]

Yes.

One has to approach it as a different show, like a sequel or something. When I was able to not-dwell on the lack of CJ and Bartlet and old ensemble cameraderie, then I came to really love what the 'sequel' show was doing.

And yes, those episodes are so harrowing. It's not hard to believe that the actors didn't need to do much acting.

Have you got to the end, yet? Can I add comments about the second last episode?

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[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I have indeed got to the end. My thing about the second-last episode (if I'm remembering them right) has mostly to do with Vinick looking around Santos' empty office while Snuffy really should have had the soundtrack suggesting "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific. :-)

[the-emu.livejournal.com]

~g~

What I wanted to say was *that* episode is the one that made me bawl like a baby. CJ falling apart trying to figure out the next step, but doing it in such a CJ way, such a perfect display of how her strength and independence could be a downfall, and it was done without in any way detracting from her strength and independence. I was in awe of the writers for it.

CJ's sense of loss (and lost-ness) gave as crushing a sense of closure to the series as Bartlet's last walk through the West Wing. (Oh, I'm emotional just thinking about it.)

And all her wibbling about her relationship with Danny... I can see myself in that.

And then there was the beautiful, subtle way they closed the ever-subtle sexual tension with Toby, and there was that omg, CJ and Danny finally got it together...

My CJ love could not have asked for a better CJ farewell.

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