Ok fellow West Wing junkies

I also have all the DVDs. It's been awhile; maybe I need to revisit a season this weekend. I get annoyed when Sorkin gets too cloying, but the WW is my favorite of all his series/movies/plays.

If only people actually talked like that! 

I really should get the DVDs. That said, I wonder if I can get it on Netflix?

Definitely go for the cool box!      But definitely wait for the price to go down.  I know we didn't pay that much.

yes - all 7 seasons.  Also available on Amazon Prime.  I'm a bit of a junkie, myself.

West Wing is my favorite TV series ever. I did get frustrated in the last season and a half as they brought in writers who had no idea of the history of the individual characters and the continuity gap just drove me crazy. They also started to write the Bartlet character really weak toward the end - such as his begging the leader of another country to please give him an hour to walk his daughter down the aisle. I would be willing any time to watch any episode of the first 3 seasons over & over again.  It made one imagine how things could be!

I have to agree it's the best show ever. Yesterday I watched the movie "American President" also written by Alan Sorkin. I had forgotten how much it was in the style of WW including Martin Sheen except he plays the Chief of Staff.

Did someone call me?  Seriously, how many series (besides shows like Seinfeld) are brought up in a magazine article 8 years after the last show aired?  

No show has ever achieved the writing, directing and acting genius of this show.  Ever.  And I'm sad to know that it's likely to never happen again.  I've watched nearly every episode more than a dozen times by now.  And yes, Netflix has all 7 seasons for your viewing pleasure.  I, however, would still recommend you buy the DVDs, just because.  I purchased most of mine on Ebay and saved a considerable amount as a result.

I've also decided that I can't pick a favorite episode. There's just too much pure gold in this series to narrow it down to 1. Or 5. Or 10.  I can't even pick a favorite character.  I adore Martin Sheen.  I have a mad crush on Rob Lowe.  Bradley Whitford just makes me smile every time Josh comes on the screen.  Toby is nearly a saint in my eyes, foibles and all.  And John Spencer?  OMG I literally had a breakdown at the news of his death.  I was 6-months post losing my sister to lung cancer and I think I had a lot of grief built up inside at the time and it all came out when I heard the news on the radio.  I was driving and had to pull over because I sobbed for at least 10 minutes.  

And  Allison Janney?  Talk about an underrated actress!  Have you seen her in her new show "Mom?" She has such talent.  I knew from WW that she could "bring the funny" but she's absolutely nailing it on "Mom".  

Throw in all the other actors like Janel Maloney, Dule Hill,  Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Moss, Josh Malina, John Amos, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathryn Joosten, Emily Procter, Oliver Platt, Timothy Busfield, Jimmy Smiths, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Kristin Chenoweth... sheesh, what a list of amazing actors!!!! 

Then you have the "extra" characters:  Carol, Margaret, Nancy, Bonnie, Ginger, Cathy, Ed, Larry.  Where else have you ever seen such amazing integration of "bit roles" that make you love these characters too?  Who would Leo be without Margaret?  

You know what's the biggest kicker for me?  This conservative adored and devoured every minute of this very liberally "bent" show. Even when I would groan at the "anvil over the head" liberal slant to a story line, I would still smile and watch with pure pleasure.  THAT's a how a great show gets it done people.

Thanks OP for giving me yet another chance to gush about the only TV show that I think I'll still be watching until the day I die.