guys. come on.

[kaydeefalls]

Taye Diggs as a Secret Service agent on West Wing?

You are all FIRED for not informing me of this sooner. Although, no real surprise here, since they've pretty much used all my favorite theater actors on this show at some point or another (see: Joanna Gleason, John Gallagher Jr, Lee Wilkoff, Mary Louise Parker, Anna Deveare Smith, Oliver Platt...). Tell me Jesse L Martin shows up in there somewhere, and I will love you forever.

ETA: o hai thar John Goodman. AWESOME. Okay, I know season five is made of pure suck, but am I honestly supposed to just leave off here? Seriously? Because that is not possible. (Man, was that a royal HA HA LET'S SEE YOU GET OUT OF THAT from Aaron Sorkin to the rest of the writers or what? He screwed them almost as badly as he screwed Sports Night by jumping ship when another network agreed to pick it up if he stayed on as writer. I may love his shows, but I get the impression the man himself is a royal jackass.)

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

He is a royal jackass, yes.

Season Five isn't PURE suck, it's just mostly suck. There are two episodes I think are just as good as Sorkin's work, and there are moments here and there which are lovely. And it does get better in Six and Seven, though it's never the same show again.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, I'm halfway through the first episode of S5 now, and I'm content so far. It's not quite as polished, but...eh. I love the characters too much to care if they're not quite as witty. I'm sure I'll be cringing at some points, but hey, I made it all the way to the bitter end with the X-Files, surely it can't get THAT bad.

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

Five does well, then gets a bit weird, then (almost) completely makes up for it with AWESOME, then is middling, then has Glenn Close, then it sets up season six.

I do like John Goodman as the President.
And don't just leave it there, because six and seven are a different story and very good at telling it.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

*thumbs up*