The West Wing: Season 7 (2005-2006)

So I’ve now finished every episode of the series on DVD, though I had seen the entirety of the 7th season during its original network airing. The truncated nature of this last season, so far as time line covered goes (it covers August of 06 to inauguration day 2007 in the West Wing chronology) offered new dramatic possibilities owing to the tightness of events not spread out over a full 12 months (the majority of the seasons episodes span August to the first few weeks of November). Also the general election campaign is generally compelling, with two fascinating candidates, interesting story lines, and important issues actually discussed with some intelligence. A crowded but worthwhile capstone of a season, and one of the all time great televison series. Not much left to say really, if you want more of my writings and thoughts on this last season of the show you can find them on my old blog The Dredge Report. 5 out of 5.