The West Wing

In June 2015 I took an extended look at the first season of The West Wing, the NBC television drama created and written by Aaron Sorkin. This page collects together links to all of the separate posts from this series, beginning with the background to the series' creation and then running through each of the 22 episodes in turn.

0.1: "West Wing Month: An Introduction" (link)
0.2: "Aaron Sorkin and A Few Good Men" (link)
0.3: "Aaron Sorkin and The American President" (link)
0.4: "Introducing John Wells" (link)
0.5: "Development, Sports Night and Martin Sheen" (link)
0.6: "Casting Sam and Josh" (link)
0.7: "Leo, Toby, C.J. and Mandy" (link)

Season 1
1.1: "Pilot" (review)
1.2: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" (review)
1.3: "A Proportional Response" (review)
1.4: "Five Votes Down" (review)
1.5: "The Crackpots and These Women" (review)
1.6: "Mr Willis of Ohio" (review)
1.7: "The State Dinner" (review)
1.8: "Enemies" (review)
1.9: "The Short List" (review)
1.10: "In Excelsis Deo" (review)
1.11: "Lord John Marbury" (review)
1.12: "He Shall, From Time to Time..." (review)
1.13: "Take Out the Trash Day" (review)
1.14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (review)
1.15: "Celestial Navigation" (review)
1.16: "20 Hours in L.A." (review)
1.17: "The White House Pro Am" (review)
1.18: "Six Meetings Before Lunch" (review)
1.19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (review)
1.20: "Mandatory Minimums" (review)
1.21: "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" (review)
1.22: "What Kind of Day Has It Been" (review)