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angearia‘s birthday! And because I’m the Worst Person Ever, I don’t have fic written for her (I’m working on it. It’ll happen this week!). I do, however, have something she (and eowyn_315) has been waiting for for a while now: my West Wing reaction post! So I hope you enjoy reading it and that it makes your birthday better!
Yay!
This is my reaction to the first two seasons, which is all I’ve seen so far. I’m sure I’m leaving stuff out and forgetting things, so feel free to throw questions at me. Also, I’m probably not going to read through it before I post it, so if there’s lots of grammar!fail (which there probably will be) just ignore it. Or point it out to me and I’ll fix it. But don’t point out the fact that this has no structure to it at all and I just randomly jump from topic to topic as it enters my mind. Don’t, because I already know that.
It’s long and obnoxiously flaily and stupidly full of random capitalization and I’m warning you now, okay? Brace yourself.
First off, you’ve got to realize that this show hits a bunch of my kinks. I kind of think it might have been designed for me.
I have such a kink for walk and talk. No, really I have a kink for any sort of long shot wherein A) you can actually see two people acting together, no editing (one of my faves is that shot in “Hellbound” in AtS S5 where Spike and Angel are sitting side by side on that couch? FAB. Oh, and the cab ride in Before Sunset where Jesse and Celine really talk it out and it‘s so unflinchingly raw and I love it), just real acting; B) the shot lasts for a really, really long time (think Rope); or C) the shot lasts a long time, everybody’s acting together, and THEY’RE CONSTANTLY MOVING (the opening of Serenity is great for this, and there’s a good one in Atonement, but the best one I’ve ever seen is that last big action sequence in Children of Men where all of a sudden you realize that THE PAST TWENTY MINUTES HAS BEEN ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT. And then you fall over dead, revive yourself, and give your soul to Alfonso Cuaron).
And half of this show is pretty much the camera following these people while they walk together and act together and OH YEAH THEY’RE REALLY SMART.
Kink number two: smart people talking about smart things in smart ways.
Embarrassing revelation: I love to listen to the economists talk on NPR. I have absolutely no idea what they’re saying, but it is sexy as hell to listen to them talking about it because they clearly know what they’re talking about. Dean Devlin calls this sort of thing “competence porn”: you know that part in Leverage (or insert your favorite heist movie here) where everybody does just exactly what they’re supposed to do using their own unique talent/skill and they do it really, really well? That’s hot to me.
So listening to smart people talk about smart things really does it for me. There’s lots of that in this show.
Another kink: banter. Wordplay. Anything quotable at all. This show is basically my wet dream when it comes to that. EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS IS AWESOME. Emmie was all, “Tell me your favorite lines!” and I’m like, “Are you serious? EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS MY FAVORITE.” Because it’s true.
Fourth kink is fantastic ensemble casts. CHECK.
I love everybody. NO REALLY. EVERYBODY. There isn't one character I don't love the stuffing out of (well, I don't love Mandy. I don’t really like her at all, but everyone else’s awesome is so overwhelming that I can ignore it. I don't mind that she's gone, though I wish they'd address it instead of just having her not be around. CONTINUITY PLEASE. Not too much to ask, really, I don‘t think). And now I'm gonna go through one by one and tell you why.
- Charlie. The reason I decided to watch this show NOW. Seriously, did y'all not know I have a huge crush on Dule Hill and have since, like, Holes? I think he's the most adorable thing ever, so y'all should have been like, "WATCH THIS SHOW: DULE HILL'S IN IT." Charlie is cute and sweet and lovely and I want to huggle him forever. And the most adorable person who ever lived ever ever ever. Whenever he slyly makes fun of the president I just flail with joy. I do think there should be more of him, though. I feel like he doesn't get enough screentime. Actually, I feel like they wrote him in and didn’t have a really great plan for him and so they rarely give him storylines of his own. Which is the one thing about this show that makes me want to yell SCREW YOU at the writers because this always happens with the black guy. It happened with Gunn, and I’m still mad at everyone involved at AtS for that. It happens all the time.
I do have faith, though, that they can do better with his character in future seasons. They’re good enough to do it. I hope they do.
I also think that I have come up with the world’s greatest idea for a spinoff: in fifteen years, have TWW: II with Charlie starring as the president. Our boy grew up and became the president! Wouldn’t he make a marvelous one? YES PLEASE.
- C.J. Um, I love Allison Janney and always have, and she’s one of those actors I think should be in everything ever because she always makes it better, but in this show she is AWESOME. I feel really bad for her a lot of the time, though: is it just me or do they show her messing things up a bunch? Like, everyone messes up, but I feel like it’s disproportionate with her. I hope they dial that down as time goes by. I love how hilarious she is when she's doing her press briefings--witty and snaky and classy and fun. Her inability to figure out the whole thing with Danny cracked me up. She is classy and awesome and smart and I heart her always. Basically, I wouldn’t say no to being her when I grow up. She’s definitely added to my List of Awesome Women.
- Josh. Awesome. He just says what he thinks and he's bossy but Donna dishes it back and I love how snaky he is and I really don’t understand why he’s so cool but HE IS. I mean, he’s such a smartass! And I’m a smartass, so that’s probably why I love him, but he’s such a smartass! And arrogant but it’s okay because he really is that cool. And I love when he really shows how sweet he is like with the nuclear procedure card and whatever he wrote in the book he gave to Donna. AWWW! He’s a marshmallow! And I love how he’s always sticking his foot in his mouth. It’s fabulous.
- Sam. Is basically a big geek but he’s played by Rob Lowe so he’s a geek with pretty eyes. Also I kind of love how he’s like the little brother. It’s adorable. Perhaps my favorite Sam moment is when C.J. asks him who his favorite writer is and immediately--no hesitation, no sarcasm--he says, “Toby.” I don‘t know why, but I find that completely adorable. He was being so sincere! I love all of these guys and their relationships! Also, he is a feminist, even if he doesn't call himself one. Listen to him tirade about the wage gap! I love it when he tirades! The only reason I really liked him with Mallory was because she made him tirade! Tirading Sam is awesomesauce! The guy writes for a living and is apparently awesome at it. Excellence.
Also, can we talk about how much S1!Sam just does it for me? When his hair's short like that and he's wearing suits and those glasses and UNF. That's not typically my type--if I even have one--but can I repeat: UNF. I am sadface that his hair is longer this season. I liked it the other way. It really is amazing how completely it changes his face, that hair. I WANT S1!HAIR AGAIN. PRETTY, PRETTY S1!SAM.
- Toby. Is so wonderfully morose and misanthropic and I love him to death! He’s such an Eeyore! I like it when he gets angry and flies off the handle, and I like it when he’s pretending not to be happy/amused and I absolutely love it when he shows how much of a heart he has. I cried so much in that episode where he got the funeral for the vet. He’s such a good guy. And I also really loved the episode where they were trying to get the pardon for the guy to be executed and there was the whole discussion about Judaism. Loved that. He’s a guy who feels things very deeply but doesn’t show a lot. I think that’s cool. He’s also definitely the guy you want on your side.
- Leo. He is such a good guy, trying to take care of everybody. He's such a grandpa. I also love when he and Margaret yell at each other. Much fun. His relationship with Jed is really, really touching. And I was so rooting for him during the whole alcoholism thing.
- Jed. So. Great. I am madly, madly in love with how he knows everything ever (I think he could kick anyone’s ass at Jeopardy. I love that show) and doesn’t hesitate in telling it and then people roll their eyes and he pretends to be grouchy but it’s all in such good humor that it makes me grin. And he wants so badly to do the right thing. Even when I disagree with him, I always understand why he’s making the decisions he is. I always ask myself, “What kind of person would want to be president? What kind of person would want that kind of responsibility? What kind of person would think so much of themselves that they think they can handle that responsibility?” Well, the answer is Josiah Bartlett. I also like how he can be so prickly (like with Ellie, who I feel so much for) and also so teasing (like with Charlie).
- Donna. The most hilarious and awesome person ever, y/y? I could listen to her talk about ridiculous things forever. I love how she’ll get fixated on something and just go on and on about it and then switch topics and then switch again and it’s enough to make your head spin but somehow you keep up and how is she so great? And she keeps Josh in line and doesn’t let him boss her around and manages to completely just get her way with him a lot and it’s fab. Her devotion, especially to Josh, is really wonderful to see. You know, most of the time I find it difficult to get into her headspace because I have a hard time imagining being the way she is most of the time, but then she’ll have these soft moments. Like when they told her about the prez’s M.S. and she just handled it. There’s a lot more to her than she typically shows, I think.
- Abbey. She is HBIC on this show, isn’t she? She’s Dr. Bartlett, and that’s what everyone should call her! I love that she’s that smart. I love that she loves her husband so much but also isn’t afraid to call him on things and get angry at him when he deserves it (he deserves it). I’m really excited about her being in the regular cast next season. Stockard Channing is made of awesome.
- Ainsley. So there's this Ainsley girl, who I was predisposed to liking for the same reason I was predisposed to liking Brenda Lee on The Closer: because she's a woman on TV with a Southern accent who isn't stupid or a bigot. And I love that she’s a Republican and disagrees with the main cast on everything but she gets to state her opinion and does it intelligently and I feel like the show respects her opinions even if it disagrees. Also she is absolutely hilarious when she starts talking really fast and when she gets nervous and when she’s shutting Sam down. It’s probably wildly, wildly unrealistic that anyone (but especially a woman) would make it as far as she has in life while being so ridiculous when she’s nervous, and I kind of feel like I should be annoyed by that fact, but I can’t help it: I love her to death. I want her in the main cast, and I know she’s never going to be and it makes me want to cry. She’s so great.
- Joey Lucas.eowyn_315 says Josh has bad taste in women, but this is obviously not true when he likes her so much. ;D She is so cool! And funny. I am always happy when she pops back in!
And now it’s time for the moment you’ve all been waiting for because you know me and you know that this happens with me on every show ever except for Doctor Who: Ships!
Well, Jed and Abbey. Duh. You all know how I feel about married couples. I want to see them being couple-y more. Adorable.
Josh and Donna is the big one for everybody, right? I don't ship it all that hard at the moment, though I adore their interactions, but the potential is definitely there, and yeah, I'm gonna end up being all for that. [added later] Okay, the whole him sending her flowers thing and it making her mad and then she tells him about her ex-boyfriend and they talk about being in accidents? Yeah, I ship it now. And it’s only gonna intensify, isn’t it? *happy sigh*
I have no idea how common this is, but I ship Ainsley hardcore with Sam because A) she totally shut him down on live television, B) he took off all righteously indignant on her behalf to go fire those guys who sent her the dead flowers, and C) they snip at each other without any animosity and there's banter and stuff (and this one scene where she walks by him and he looks like he wants to hit her on the butt with rolled-up papers, and I know I‘m not supposed to find that kind of thing adorable, but you know what? I kind of do). Yeah. That's all I need in a ship. BONUS KINK: Dating Catwoman, y’all. They disagree about everything and it gives them a chance to both talk smart and tirade and it’s glorious, especially because you know there’s a lot of respect under there. I loooooove enemies in love. Love it. Also she says his name like all the time and I love how she says it. Is that a thing? I don’t even know. But it’s true. But I don't know that anything will happen, which makes me sadface, because I could ship them SO HARD you don’t even know. Maybe there's fic?
I actually don't really buy Zoey and Charlie. I like Zoey and I love Charlie, but I don't see tons of chemistry? Which sucks because I really, really wanted to like it because it could have been my Sweetness and Light ship for this show. *sigh*
Note: EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED IS IN THIS SHOW.
Just off the top of my head? JANE LYNCH, y’all. Playing a random reporter. Hooker!Cuddy! Edward James Olmos! Principle Figgins/Abed’s dad! Of course Peggy Olson is the president’s daughter! The woman who plays Mrs. Landingham is in everything ever and I love her always and she made me cry on multiple occasions and her flashbacks were the greatest thing ever and have I mentioned that I love her? And a ton and a half of other people who for some reason aren’t popping into my head at the moment but should be.
This show made me cry like four times in the first season. I can’t think of another show that does that. WHEN MRS. LANDINGHAM TALKED ABOUT HER DEAD BOYS OMG I SOBBED. And other times, too, not all of which I can remember now.
I also feel like I’m learning about politics. Am I actually learning about politics? I don’t know. But it sure does feel like it. It simultaneously makes me feel better (more knowledge = better) and really angry (because it’s all so manipulative and bureaucratic, and I hate that).
I am going to need to buy a whole new userpics package to fit in all the icons I’m gonna want to get for this show. FAIL.
And a random remark in closing: any show that references the Southern Poverty Law Center (which is my crazy dream workplace) gets major points with me.
Before I close, a note: I'm not horny (and if I was, I wouldn't tell you), I just wanted to use this moodtheme option because there isn't an "in love" option, and basically I want to make out with this show the way Donna wants to make out with Eric. So there.
angearia‘s birthday! And because I’m the Worst Person Ever, I don’t have fic written for her (I’m working on it. It’ll happen this week!). I do, however, have something she (and eowyn_315) has been waiting for for a while now: my West Wing reaction post! So I hope you enjoy reading it and that it makes your birthday better!Yay!
This is my reaction to the first two seasons, which is all I’ve seen so far. I’m sure I’m leaving stuff out and forgetting things, so feel free to throw questions at me. Also, I’m probably not going to read through it before I post it, so if there’s lots of grammar!fail (which there probably will be) just ignore it. Or point it out to me and I’ll fix it. But don’t point out the fact that this has no structure to it at all and I just randomly jump from topic to topic as it enters my mind. Don’t, because I already know that.
It’s long and obnoxiously flaily and stupidly full of random capitalization and I’m warning you now, okay? Brace yourself.
First off, you’ve got to realize that this show hits a bunch of my kinks. I kind of think it might have been designed for me.
I have such a kink for walk and talk. No, really I have a kink for any sort of long shot wherein A) you can actually see two people acting together, no editing (one of my faves is that shot in “Hellbound” in AtS S5 where Spike and Angel are sitting side by side on that couch? FAB. Oh, and the cab ride in Before Sunset where Jesse and Celine really talk it out and it‘s so unflinchingly raw and I love it), just real acting; B) the shot lasts for a really, really long time (think Rope); or C) the shot lasts a long time, everybody’s acting together, and THEY’RE CONSTANTLY MOVING (the opening of Serenity is great for this, and there’s a good one in Atonement, but the best one I’ve ever seen is that last big action sequence in Children of Men where all of a sudden you realize that THE PAST TWENTY MINUTES HAS BEEN ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT. And then you fall over dead, revive yourself, and give your soul to Alfonso Cuaron).
And half of this show is pretty much the camera following these people while they walk together and act together and OH YEAH THEY’RE REALLY SMART.
Kink number two: smart people talking about smart things in smart ways.
Embarrassing revelation: I love to listen to the economists talk on NPR. I have absolutely no idea what they’re saying, but it is sexy as hell to listen to them talking about it because they clearly know what they’re talking about. Dean Devlin calls this sort of thing “competence porn”: you know that part in Leverage (or insert your favorite heist movie here) where everybody does just exactly what they’re supposed to do using their own unique talent/skill and they do it really, really well? That’s hot to me.
So listening to smart people talk about smart things really does it for me. There’s lots of that in this show.
Another kink: banter. Wordplay. Anything quotable at all. This show is basically my wet dream when it comes to that. EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS IS AWESOME. Emmie was all, “Tell me your favorite lines!” and I’m like, “Are you serious? EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS MY FAVORITE.” Because it’s true.
Fourth kink is fantastic ensemble casts. CHECK.
I love everybody. NO REALLY. EVERYBODY. There isn't one character I don't love the stuffing out of (well, I don't love Mandy. I don’t really like her at all, but everyone else’s awesome is so overwhelming that I can ignore it. I don't mind that she's gone, though I wish they'd address it instead of just having her not be around. CONTINUITY PLEASE. Not too much to ask, really, I don‘t think). And now I'm gonna go through one by one and tell you why.
- Charlie. The reason I decided to watch this show NOW. Seriously, did y'all not know I have a huge crush on Dule Hill and have since, like, Holes? I think he's the most adorable thing ever, so y'all should have been like, "WATCH THIS SHOW: DULE HILL'S IN IT." Charlie is cute and sweet and lovely and I want to huggle him forever. And the most adorable person who ever lived ever ever ever. Whenever he slyly makes fun of the president I just flail with joy. I do think there should be more of him, though. I feel like he doesn't get enough screentime. Actually, I feel like they wrote him in and didn’t have a really great plan for him and so they rarely give him storylines of his own. Which is the one thing about this show that makes me want to yell SCREW YOU at the writers because this always happens with the black guy. It happened with Gunn, and I’m still mad at everyone involved at AtS for that. It happens all the time.
I do have faith, though, that they can do better with his character in future seasons. They’re good enough to do it. I hope they do.
I also think that I have come up with the world’s greatest idea for a spinoff: in fifteen years, have TWW: II with Charlie starring as the president. Our boy grew up and became the president! Wouldn’t he make a marvelous one? YES PLEASE.
- C.J. Um, I love Allison Janney and always have, and she’s one of those actors I think should be in everything ever because she always makes it better, but in this show she is AWESOME. I feel really bad for her a lot of the time, though: is it just me or do they show her messing things up a bunch? Like, everyone messes up, but I feel like it’s disproportionate with her. I hope they dial that down as time goes by. I love how hilarious she is when she's doing her press briefings--witty and snaky and classy and fun. Her inability to figure out the whole thing with Danny cracked me up. She is classy and awesome and smart and I heart her always. Basically, I wouldn’t say no to being her when I grow up. She’s definitely added to my List of Awesome Women.
- Josh. Awesome. He just says what he thinks and he's bossy but Donna dishes it back and I love how snaky he is and I really don’t understand why he’s so cool but HE IS. I mean, he’s such a smartass! And I’m a smartass, so that’s probably why I love him, but he’s such a smartass! And arrogant but it’s okay because he really is that cool. And I love when he really shows how sweet he is like with the nuclear procedure card and whatever he wrote in the book he gave to Donna. AWWW! He’s a marshmallow! And I love how he’s always sticking his foot in his mouth. It’s fabulous.
- Sam. Is basically a big geek but he’s played by Rob Lowe so he’s a geek with pretty eyes. Also I kind of love how he’s like the little brother. It’s adorable. Perhaps my favorite Sam moment is when C.J. asks him who his favorite writer is and immediately--no hesitation, no sarcasm--he says, “Toby.” I don‘t know why, but I find that completely adorable. He was being so sincere! I love all of these guys and their relationships! Also, he is a feminist, even if he doesn't call himself one. Listen to him tirade about the wage gap! I love it when he tirades! The only reason I really liked him with Mallory was because she made him tirade! Tirading Sam is awesomesauce! The guy writes for a living and is apparently awesome at it. Excellence.
Also, can we talk about how much S1!Sam just does it for me? When his hair's short like that and he's wearing suits and those glasses and UNF. That's not typically my type--if I even have one--but can I repeat: UNF. I am sadface that his hair is longer this season. I liked it the other way. It really is amazing how completely it changes his face, that hair. I WANT S1!HAIR AGAIN. PRETTY, PRETTY S1!SAM.
- Toby. Is so wonderfully morose and misanthropic and I love him to death! He’s such an Eeyore! I like it when he gets angry and flies off the handle, and I like it when he’s pretending not to be happy/amused and I absolutely love it when he shows how much of a heart he has. I cried so much in that episode where he got the funeral for the vet. He’s such a good guy. And I also really loved the episode where they were trying to get the pardon for the guy to be executed and there was the whole discussion about Judaism. Loved that. He’s a guy who feels things very deeply but doesn’t show a lot. I think that’s cool. He’s also definitely the guy you want on your side.
- Leo. He is such a good guy, trying to take care of everybody. He's such a grandpa. I also love when he and Margaret yell at each other. Much fun. His relationship with Jed is really, really touching. And I was so rooting for him during the whole alcoholism thing.
- Jed. So. Great. I am madly, madly in love with how he knows everything ever (I think he could kick anyone’s ass at Jeopardy. I love that show) and doesn’t hesitate in telling it and then people roll their eyes and he pretends to be grouchy but it’s all in such good humor that it makes me grin. And he wants so badly to do the right thing. Even when I disagree with him, I always understand why he’s making the decisions he is. I always ask myself, “What kind of person would want to be president? What kind of person would want that kind of responsibility? What kind of person would think so much of themselves that they think they can handle that responsibility?” Well, the answer is Josiah Bartlett. I also like how he can be so prickly (like with Ellie, who I feel so much for) and also so teasing (like with Charlie).
- Donna. The most hilarious and awesome person ever, y/y? I could listen to her talk about ridiculous things forever. I love how she’ll get fixated on something and just go on and on about it and then switch topics and then switch again and it’s enough to make your head spin but somehow you keep up and how is she so great? And she keeps Josh in line and doesn’t let him boss her around and manages to completely just get her way with him a lot and it’s fab. Her devotion, especially to Josh, is really wonderful to see. You know, most of the time I find it difficult to get into her headspace because I have a hard time imagining being the way she is most of the time, but then she’ll have these soft moments. Like when they told her about the prez’s M.S. and she just handled it. There’s a lot more to her than she typically shows, I think.
- Abbey. She is HBIC on this show, isn’t she? She’s Dr. Bartlett, and that’s what everyone should call her! I love that she’s that smart. I love that she loves her husband so much but also isn’t afraid to call him on things and get angry at him when he deserves it (he deserves it). I’m really excited about her being in the regular cast next season. Stockard Channing is made of awesome.
- Ainsley. So there's this Ainsley girl, who I was predisposed to liking for the same reason I was predisposed to liking Brenda Lee on The Closer: because she's a woman on TV with a Southern accent who isn't stupid or a bigot. And I love that she’s a Republican and disagrees with the main cast on everything but she gets to state her opinion and does it intelligently and I feel like the show respects her opinions even if it disagrees. Also she is absolutely hilarious when she starts talking really fast and when she gets nervous and when she’s shutting Sam down. It’s probably wildly, wildly unrealistic that anyone (but especially a woman) would make it as far as she has in life while being so ridiculous when she’s nervous, and I kind of feel like I should be annoyed by that fact, but I can’t help it: I love her to death. I want her in the main cast, and I know she’s never going to be and it makes me want to cry. She’s so great.
- Joey Lucas.
eowyn_315 says Josh has bad taste in women, but this is obviously not true when he likes her so much. ;D She is so cool! And funny. I am always happy when she pops back in!And now it’s time for the moment you’ve all been waiting for because you know me and you know that this happens with me on every show ever except for Doctor Who: Ships!
Well, Jed and Abbey. Duh. You all know how I feel about married couples. I want to see them being couple-y more. Adorable.
Josh and Donna is the big one for everybody, right? I don't ship it all that hard at the moment, though I adore their interactions, but the potential is definitely there, and yeah, I'm gonna end up being all for that. [added later] Okay, the whole him sending her flowers thing and it making her mad and then she tells him about her ex-boyfriend and they talk about being in accidents? Yeah, I ship it now. And it’s only gonna intensify, isn’t it? *happy sigh*
I have no idea how common this is, but I ship Ainsley hardcore with Sam because A) she totally shut him down on live television, B) he took off all righteously indignant on her behalf to go fire those guys who sent her the dead flowers, and C) they snip at each other without any animosity and there's banter and stuff (and this one scene where she walks by him and he looks like he wants to hit her on the butt with rolled-up papers, and I know I‘m not supposed to find that kind of thing adorable, but you know what? I kind of do). Yeah. That's all I need in a ship. BONUS KINK: Dating Catwoman, y’all. They disagree about everything and it gives them a chance to both talk smart and tirade and it’s glorious, especially because you know there’s a lot of respect under there. I loooooove enemies in love. Love it. Also she says his name like all the time and I love how she says it. Is that a thing? I don’t even know. But it’s true. But I don't know that anything will happen, which makes me sadface, because I could ship them SO HARD you don’t even know. Maybe there's fic?
I actually don't really buy Zoey and Charlie. I like Zoey and I love Charlie, but I don't see tons of chemistry? Which sucks because I really, really wanted to like it because it could have been my Sweetness and Light ship for this show. *sigh*
Note: EVERYONE WHO EVER LIVED IS IN THIS SHOW.
Just off the top of my head? JANE LYNCH, y’all. Playing a random reporter. Hooker!Cuddy! Edward James Olmos! Principle Figgins/Abed’s dad! Of course Peggy Olson is the president’s daughter! The woman who plays Mrs. Landingham is in everything ever and I love her always and she made me cry on multiple occasions and her flashbacks were the greatest thing ever and have I mentioned that I love her? And a ton and a half of other people who for some reason aren’t popping into my head at the moment but should be.
This show made me cry like four times in the first season. I can’t think of another show that does that. WHEN MRS. LANDINGHAM TALKED ABOUT HER DEAD BOYS OMG I SOBBED. And other times, too, not all of which I can remember now.
I also feel like I’m learning about politics. Am I actually learning about politics? I don’t know. But it sure does feel like it. It simultaneously makes me feel better (more knowledge = better) and really angry (because it’s all so manipulative and bureaucratic, and I hate that).
I am going to need to buy a whole new userpics package to fit in all the icons I’m gonna want to get for this show. FAIL.
And a random remark in closing: any show that references the Southern Poverty Law Center (which is my crazy dream workplace) gets major points with me.
Before I close, a note: I'm not horny (and if I was, I wouldn't tell you), I just wanted to use this moodtheme option because there isn't an "in love" option, and basically I want to make out with this show the way Donna wants to make out with Eric. So there.