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> >Apparently we did... its -still- in the air (although I'm pretty certain
> >I know where it's going to go..)
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> AAAAAaaaaaarrrrrgh!!!!!!!! I can't believe they did that. *THAT* has to
> rate as one of the all-time worst endings in television. I mean, I
> understand that season finales are supposed to be "cliffhangers", so as to
> ensure that we come back and watch in the Fall after our vacations, but
> this has to be the absolutely worst-produced cliff-hanger ever.
Yeah, it was pretty anti-climatic.. but then, it was /otherwise/ a great
episode (including the Latin - anyone else understand it or get to read
a translation?)
> So, all week, we are treated to promos for the episode that promise a
> resolution to the question of whether President Bartlett is running again.
> In particular, we hear Leo saying "Listen to This." Then, we get to the
> end of the episode, Leo says "Listen to This", and instead we get 30
> seconds of President Bartlett staring blankly into the audience before the
> season ends.
Well, I gather he's going to run again - the whole backstory of he and
Mrs Landingham and the equal pay for male and female workers... he puts
his hands in his pockets and smiles...
Still.. Iv'e seen better. It was the weakest moment of the show (I
can't believe they used that Dire Straits song, either)
Damn.. they're using the x-files marketing method.. "Now, the Truth will
be told..." <homer voice>stupid x-files </homer voice>
*shudder* tottaly seperate thread.. but I hate the xfiles since the
movie came out :/
> character-driven show, and a show sitting atop the weekly ratings, nobody
> was about to conduct a complete cast overhaul. This show is obviously
> going to be continued next season, and that means that Bartlett is running
> again.
True.. but then, wouldn't it also be interesting to have a profile of a
president who's NOT running?
okay, maybe only to us.. heh...
> What's more, is that by the end of this episode, the decision was obvious.
> This whole episode was about Bartlett facing up to the challenge of
> running again, and in so doing, atoning for the fact that he did not face
> up to his father when he was in school. If Bartlett weren't going to
> change his mind, then this whole episode didn't have a point.
I agree that its pretty clear from the episode he's running again, but I
don't think it's to atone for that thing with his father.. I think that
scene was to show that he has some weakness in him that he's struggling
to face - that episode with his father was pretty faceless and generic
-j-
