In Excelsis Deo [translation]

Today I received my copy of "The West Wing" - The Complete First Season, so don't be too surprised if you don't see updates here for a while.

Recently I was wondering exactly how I'd gotten addicted to "The West Wing". I couldn't remember the catalyst that did it for me, but then saw the special 9/11 episode they did, Isaac and Ishmael. When Stockard Channing comes on at the end of the episode, it hit me--several weeks earlier I'd been flipping through channels and was surprised to see one of my favorite actors talking to a bunch of schoolkids in some sort of drama. So it was Stockard Channing's appearance in the last 5-10 minutes of that episode that got me hooked, and I've been catching up ever since.

I'm surprised that I never watched the show before--I've been a fan of Aaron Sorkin's work ever since Sports Night, but for some reason just never watched "The West Wing" before, even though it didn't conflict with "Smallville" last season.

But I'm addicted now. Now if I could just remember which episode got me hooked on Gilmore Girls. I definitely remember flipping through channels and noticing Lauren Graham. I'd adored her character on Newsradio way back when, so it was easy to get hooked on "Gilmore Girls" as well. And now that one of my other favorite actors is playing her love interest on the show, I'm trebly hooked.

Last updated by eric Fri Nov 21 12:03 2003 | deed | link