Another reminder of hen this show was made was a reference to videos, as in VCRs, kids.
The episodes I can't really comment on as you're deep in the period I don't remember much of - though I think Disaster Relief is the one where Josh yells at the Capitol building in a huge fit of cringe? - but the tech!! The two things that date the show the most to me are the tech - the big TVs everywhere, the old style computer monitors, the flip phones!! - and, more subtly, the enormous width of the men's ties, especially in the early seasons.
I remember at one point during early S5 on the podcast they talk about how different the show feels in the immediate post-Sorkin eps due to the first four seasons having a very 'us against the world' feel, that even when the characters disagreed with each other you still felt that they loved and supported each other and would always be a big semi-happy family, while that disappeared entirely in early S5. The new writers were a lot more willing to explore more negative emotions and reactions, and maybe it is more realistic than Sorkin's idealism, but...it's also a bit depressing. I agree that Will didn't deserve the hate for 'switching teams', though! It cracks me up how Josh Malina's response is basically, 'yeah, I was just happy I still had a job, I would have played anything they put in front of me.' You can't say he isn't honest!
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The episodes I can't really comment on as you're deep in the period I don't remember much of - though I think Disaster Relief is the one where Josh yells at the Capitol building in a huge fit of cringe? - but the tech!! The two things that date the show the most to me are the tech - the big TVs everywhere, the old style computer monitors, the flip phones!! - and, more subtly, the enormous width of the men's ties, especially in the early seasons.
I remember at one point during early S5 on the podcast they talk about how different the show feels in the immediate post-Sorkin eps due to the first four seasons having a very 'us against the world' feel, that even when the characters disagreed with each other you still felt that they loved and supported each other and would always be a big semi-happy family, while that disappeared entirely in early S5. The new writers were a lot more willing to explore more negative emotions and reactions, and maybe it is more realistic than Sorkin's idealism, but...it's also a bit depressing. I agree that Will didn't deserve the hate for 'switching teams', though! It cracks me up how Josh Malina's response is basically, 'yeah, I was just happy I still had a job, I would have played anything they put in front of me.' You can't say he isn't honest!