Now here’s a test for eagle-eyed readers who happen to like The West Wing.
The West Wing, as we all know, is the single greatest television series yet made. My favourite episode comes in Season 2: “Somebody’s Going to Emergency; Somebody’s Going to Jail”. From the opening dawn shot, through Don Henley’s crooning, to Cartographers for Social Justice, heartache for Sam and Toby’s science of listener attention: it is all that makes TWW a pleasure to watch.
There is a homage to this episode in the first 50 pages of Lifted. Can you find it?
(Don’t give it away in the comments section!)
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You’re a dangerous obsessive. Any non-WW fans either: (1) listen to Sam’s obsession and realise that he is a sensible bloke, so you ought to get into it too; or (2) don’t catch his eye and back away slowly, knowing that if you catch his obsession it is 150 hours of your life gone on one watching of all 7 series. And Sam isn’t on his first watching…
I spotted it while reading, but can’t remember exactly what it was… unless I’m thinking of something else? Haven’t watched Series 2 for over a year
Well this is another glorious obsession we both share. It has been too long since I have watched this!
Wow, I just re-watched all 7 seasons. Now I just need to read your book!