August 27, 2003

The West Wing, The Complete First Season will be on DVD November 18, 2003. (Thanks Girlhacker.) It's been fun picking up the ones I missed on Bravo. I'm nary a bit embarrassed that I'm as much a fan of the show's ridiculous theatrics as its politics, sometimes more so. I was struck momentarily breathless hearing Jed's "nightmare scenario" speech to Zoey at the end of "The Crackpots and These Women," despite a) having seen it before at least twice, and b) the backshadow with which I was impressed reeking of Futurama-esque desperation for plot ideas. I'm not saying they've jumped, I'm just sayin'...