A thread for fans of "The West Wing", here are some great clips...

I'm not a fan and I watched it anyway.

I feel so dirty.

 

Thanks for the clip,Steve-great stuff.But, though I loved The West Wing, I still believe that Everwood was the best show ever on Network TV.

 

It was interesting. But I hadn't seen it since it was first broadcast and I didn't remember the Latin, so when I turned on the English subtitles early in the clip and saw what looked like the lyric transcription on import Japanese albums I thought you were making a little joke.

 

Thanks for that clip.
I just ''discovered'' this show about three months ago (after I saw the equally fine "The Newsroom") and I think it was at times funny, moving with the odd moment being 'too smart' ("He's standing behind me, isn't he?") to be realistic. Sheen was an excellent and believeable president!

 

Geez, I've forgotten how much and why I loved this show. Thanks for the reminder!

 

I think it is time to take out my West Wing DVD's and watch them again.

 

Damn, that was good. Please post the rest of the series. ;-)

My DVDs left with my wife.

 

Thanks Steve. That was a great episode. I remember it well and get goosebumps during both the Latin scene and the final, "Brothers in Arms" scene.

 

Just watching these clips gave me the same idea! This series gave me the same feeling as the best episodes of MASH or Hill Street Blues; getting to know a bunch of interesting, funny and flawed people and getting attached to their characters.

 

What a perfect accounting of the reason this series existed: to remind people of why the institution matters, no matter how many forces want to see it diminished. It took a crew of artists to make the case that television itself
can be a force for enlightenment and encouragement...if you don't just reward it for bringing you bread and circuses.




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I haven't done a West Wing marathon viewing in about 2 years. This is a good reason to do so again. If it wasn't the best show ever on network tv, it's tied for first.

 

Thanks for the link. It's a great clip. It tells me so much about the character, his position in life as well as his arrogance and anger...Fantastic tv!

 

And I would also say this scene depicts how great cinematographer Thomas Del Ruth's lighting was, particularly for dramatic episodes like this. Beautiful, beautiful show -- for which he won two Emmys (and deservedly so).

I used to tell conservative friends of mine, "you gotta watch West Wing!" They would argue, "naaaa, I'm not gonna watch this crybaby liberal piece of crap," but I'd insist that one of the major points of the show was how flawed the Democrats were (within the show), and how many mistakes they made. Me, I'd vote for President Bartlett 1000 times before I'd vote for anybody who's been office in the last 40 years (since I've been voting).

I lost interest in the show after Aaron Sorkin left, and I don't think it was nearly as compelling. I only stopped when they brought in Jimmy Smits as the new Presidential candidate (and eventual election winner), because his character wasn't nearly as compelling and interesting as Martin Sheen's.

BTW, Rob Lowe's recent autobiography tells some interesting stories about the show, including his experience at being told he was the star of West Wing, only to have to kind of step aside when suddenly Martin Sheen -- who was supposed to only be an occasional guest star -- decided he wanted to be in every episode! Lowe claims he actually didn't mind, but did finally leave when he discovered that everybody on the show had gotten a raise except him, and felt that was disrespectful. I thought Lowe's character was very interesting, as was Bradley Whitford's.

 

I used to love this show!

 

I specifically signed up again with Netflix because they added the West Wing to instant streaming. This is one of the best dramatic episodes ever on network TV. Thanks for the translation.

 

It's available for streaming in HD from Netflix and Amazon prime.

 

And faith. Not being a person of faith myself, I marvel at how it seasons some people in the course of a lifetime.

 

Count me as an avid fan of the entire series of West Wing. I remember this scene very well, and thought the use of this song was brilliant.

 

Damn, that's a great scene. Note the Gordon Willis-style lighting where they're pounding the top of the table with light, and the bounce provides the fill for the actor's faces. Very subtle. I also love the camerawork, the 360-degree dollies and rack focuses, which work very well for key moments of their conversations. This was done just right in this scene; usually it's overdone and hokey.