Five years after disappearing from the platform, The West Wing returns to Netflix

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— and it lands with the force of a cultural reset. Sorkin’s soaring dialogue, Bartlett’s moral fire, and CJ’s unshakable conviction feel almost startling in today’s fractured political moment. Fans craving clarity, heart, and idealism are already flocking back, calling the re-release “exactly what we needed.” And with murmurs of a modern reboot echoing through Hollywood, this binge might be a prelude… not an epilogue. Revisit the pilot — its energy still pulls you in like a gust through the Oval doors.

SO GLAD I've had my own set for ################## years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lapfog_1]

1. I survived Bush and Trump 1 by watching The West Wing.

I know most of the dialog by heart.

Any yet, I am so sick of what Trump has done / is doing... I simply can't get excited to lose myself in The West Wing again.

It would simply make me too sad.

[elleng]

2. Makes me GLAD every day/night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lapfog_1]

4. here is one bit of dialog that makes me a little bit sad

from around 6min to 7min mark in the pilot episode and in what would be the very first of the signature "walk and talk" of the series.

Josh is telling Leo about refugees coming from Cuba to Florida in 'fruit baskets' and that Donna's desk, if it could float, would look good to them right now. "We should send the Coast Guard out to meet them" says Josh. Leo responds non-committed. Josh persists "What if the DEA suspected they had drugs?" Leo says "Do they have drugs" Josh says "I could make a phone call... if the DEA suspected they were bringing drugs to the US wouldn't the coast guard have to meet them with guns... and blankets"?

Now no one is saying the fishing boats the Venezuelans are full of refugees... they might even bringing drugs indirectly to the US ( or just as likely to Europe ). But the contrast between the TWW and Trump's group of murderers is what Josh states as our then anti-drug smuggling policy by boat versus what we see today. In TWW, you send the coast guard to investigate a suspected drug boat, in Trump world you "kill them all" and "shoot those that survived the first strike".

I want to live in the America that arrests people for drug smuggling... not blow them up and kill everyone ( if they even HAD drugs to begin with ).

[Abolishinist]

3. This is beyond weird.

Less than a half-hour ago, mostly out of the blue but I'm sure prompted by something I read (not on DU), I looked this up.

"One last thing. While you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the ignorant tight-ass club, in this building, when the
President stands, nobody sits"

"I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I had you here. I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21.7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be."

As an aside, I also learned that putting a colon between 21 and 7 produces this... 21

[elleng]

6. One of the best!

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Link?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I'm half way through Season 2 on HBO Max. I'm viewing the series for the first time and it's already made me cry.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220832107

[3catwoman3]

8. YAY!!!

I was instantly hooked just a couple of minutes into the very first episode, and have watched and re-watched the whole series many times.

I call both The West Wing and Downton Abbey my mental comfort food.