West Wing in a few minutes...

[bluestateguy]

In a day or two I will be posting a full analysis and breakdown of the Santos-Vinnick election.

[Olney Blue]

1. Martin Sheen gave a nice tribute to John Spencer. I miss him.

:cry:

[Beaverhausen]

27. was that the very beginning? I missed it

darn it. My eyes are so bad I misread my "info" screen on my TV and thought they were airing a rerun.

:cry:

[lavenderdiva]

2. I wonder...

I heard a couple of references to Leo's health in this episode. Was this edited in retroactively, or do you think they were just kinda deja vu about this whole thing? Its weird and uncanny.

[Olney Blue]

4. No, it wasn't edited- he had actually been written as having

a heart attack in an earlier episode.

[terryg11]

8. they are referring to the heart attack he had at camp david

last year correct? That's what I figured they were talking about when calling his health into question

[Olney Blue]

10. Yes, I believe you are right.

[auntAgonist]

3. damnit ... we don't have cable anymore

we have to wait for people to tape it for us. I SO miss Leo :(

[Olney Blue]

5. He looked kind of tired.

O8) RIP, Mr. Spencer.

[LizW]

6. Good episode.

A nice tribute to John Spencer's work.

:cry:

[Lavender Brown]

7. The beginning was so sad

I'm glad the episode ended on a high note for Leo, because it was really depressing otherwise. :(

[terryg11]

9. i missed the very beginning what did they do? n/t

v

[Olney Blue]

11. At the very beginning, Martin Sheen talked to the audience

about John Spencer's death and how much they missed him.
He then said that they would show the remaining episodes of his work
in a tribute to him.

I'm paraphrasing, but this was the general concept.

In the show tonight, Leo's vp debate rehearsals were a disaster and the
team lowered expectations in the press (turned out Leo is the one who
leaked his poor practice sessions). In the end, he did a great job
in the debate!!! Pulled it off brilliantly...

Of interest, his moment of glory in the debate was when his health problem
was raised as an issue and he said that he was fortunate to have good
health care, whereas many Americans still needed it. The handlers watching the
debate on TV said, "He didn't answer the question." But the answer was so moving that
Josh said, "It doesn't matter."

[terryg11]

12. yeah, it was a good show tonite

will waatch next week even though I hate when they pull these dumb storylines out. COme on, his oldest daughter's husband is having an affair and going to run for office? lame

[Olney Blue]

13. Is this the last season? Do you know?

[terryg11]

14. I'm sure it will depnd on ratings

I think they are planning on continuing the show thus the big cast changes.

[Lavender Brown]

15. I thought the husband was already a politician in New Hampshire?

I was confused by the preview.

[terryg11]

16. no, he had been thinking about running

before and even came to the white house to get Jed's support. They had Josh tell him no which led to problems when he was in NH campaigning with Santos.

[Lavender Brown]

18. Oh, that makes sense now

Thanks.

[Mojambo]

25. Indeed.

It was a nice send off for the character as well. The old warhorse riding to victory one last time.

Nice to see Toby, briefly. I really miss him.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

17. Good episode tonight, I thought.

Very sad though. What's gonna happen to Leo?? :cry:

[lumberingbear]

19. I missed something.

What was on the rag sheet about Santos's wife??? :shrug:

[terryg11]

they had a close up of her from behind

that showed her thong underwear peeking out of her pants

[lumberingbear]

22. Thanks terryg11

:hi:

[Lavender Brown]

20. She was photographed bending over with a tatoo and thong showing

[terryg11]

21. i missed the tattoo

what was the tat?

[Lavender Brown]

23. I didn't catch the design

It was big. I'm having trouble picturing a First Lady with a tattoo. :rofl:

[Olney Blue]

24. You are about to break the 1000 post mark!

congratulations, lumberingbear :hi:

[lumberingbear]

26. Thanks Olney Blue!!!

Took me 1 1/2 yrs. I lurk more than post.