Maybe I'm just an old-fashioned sentimental fool, but the West Wing made me want to be smarter, it made me want to be involved and surround myself with absolutely incredibly brilliant peeps.
These other shows are so cynical when it comes to politics (House of Cards, Scandal, Boss, whatever, I'm sure there are others that I'm not aware of) that they make me want to shoot myself in the head.
I enjoyed the first season of H of C, but the murder of the young congressman was such a turn-off to me (but of course, everybody's gotta do that now, right, in their effort to be bold and unpredictable by killing off likeable characters, they end up being predictable) that I haven't yet summoned up the desire to watch the second season.
There's a lot to like about Scandal, but the torture is getting out of hand and there doesn't seem to be a single character worthy of grace now.
Pushing the envelope doesn't necessarily result in a better show IMO.
These other shows are so cynical when it comes to politics (House of Cards, Scandal, Boss, whatever, I'm sure there are others that I'm not aware of) that they make me want to shoot myself in the head.
I enjoyed the first season of H of C, but the murder of the young congressman was such a turn-off to me (but of course, everybody's gotta do that now, right, in their effort to be bold and unpredictable by killing off likeable characters, they end up being predictable) that I haven't yet summoned up the desire to watch the second season.
There's a lot to like about Scandal, but the torture is getting out of hand and there doesn't seem to be a single character worthy of grace now.
Pushing the envelope doesn't necessarily result in a better show IMO.
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