Oh yay, I'm so glad you're enjoying the podcast! Your feelings on it are pretty much my own. They have so many great guests over the course of the show, who have so much insight into the show and the US political system and how right or wrong the show got it at times.
The State Dinner is one of my fav S1 episodes, though mostly for that stunning end scene. The rest of the episode has its ups and downs, as you mention, and I can imagine switching into the daily grind fight of Enemies immediately after didn't sit well at all.
Every time I watch the show through again, I think to myself how much more I like Toby than I did on first airing (understandable, as I was 16 when the show premiered) and how much less I like Sam. The way he treats women really is all lip service and very little positive action, and it's incredibly irritating to watch twenty years on. The whole Laurie storyline is the most egregious, but it never really stops with his character.
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Date: 2021-02-07 10:28 am (UTC)The State Dinner is one of my fav S1 episodes, though mostly for that stunning end scene. The rest of the episode has its ups and downs, as you mention, and I can imagine switching into the daily grind fight of Enemies immediately after didn't sit well at all.
Every time I watch the show through again, I think to myself how much more I like Toby than I did on first airing (understandable, as I was 16 when the show premiered) and how much less I like Sam. The way he treats women really is all lip service and very little positive action, and it's incredibly irritating to watch twenty years on. The whole Laurie storyline is the most egregious, but it never really stops with his character.