Goodbye, West Wing
On our fourth date, Jff asked if he could come to my house and make me dinner. That Tuesday night three and a half years ago, he showed up with fresh salmon, asparagus, and the first season of the The West Wing.
I had never seen the show (silly- probably just too busy teaching about the topics it covered to actually watch it). I remember being excited to finally see it (and impressed by husband's thoughtfulness). Since that first night I fell in love with the show (and with him). That night also began a long infatuation of watching the series together.
For the last three plus years, we have borrowed from friends or rented the seven seasons one at a time on dvd. We have watched the episodes sometimes one at a time, sometimes a whole disc at once. I used many of the episodes in my government classroom and we often have discussed the episodes as if we knew the characters personally, (i.e. naming a guy at the gym "Toby Ziegler" or referring to Martin Sheen in other movies as President Bartlet.) I think we have relished having a show that we both love, that suits both of our interests so well, that we only watch together.
Tonight, almost exactly four years after initially meeting, we watched the very last episode of The West Wing together. It was sort of sad to realize that there will never be another season or episode of that show that we haven't seen. I kept thinking to myself tonight, it is just sooo good (Aaron Sorkin come back!) Although it was never the same after Sorkin left, it is, in my opinion, one of the best shows out there.
I wonder what we will do now when we have a evening at home or when the weather keeps us inside... Start all over again? Find another series? Either way, it is hard to let go of a tradition that we had kept up since the very beginning of 'us'.
I had never seen the show (silly- probably just too busy teaching about the topics it covered to actually watch it). I remember being excited to finally see it (and impressed by husband's thoughtfulness). Since that first night I fell in love with the show (and with him). That night also began a long infatuation of watching the series together.
For the last three plus years, we have borrowed from friends or rented the seven seasons one at a time on dvd. We have watched the episodes sometimes one at a time, sometimes a whole disc at once. I used many of the episodes in my government classroom and we often have discussed the episodes as if we knew the characters personally, (i.e. naming a guy at the gym "Toby Ziegler" or referring to Martin Sheen in other movies as President Bartlet.) I think we have relished having a show that we both love, that suits both of our interests so well, that we only watch together.
Tonight, almost exactly four years after initially meeting, we watched the very last episode of The West Wing together. It was sort of sad to realize that there will never be another season or episode of that show that we haven't seen. I kept thinking to myself tonight, it is just sooo good (Aaron Sorkin come back!) Although it was never the same after Sorkin left, it is, in my opinion, one of the best shows out there.
I wonder what we will do now when we have a evening at home or when the weather keeps us inside... Start all over again? Find another series? Either way, it is hard to let go of a tradition that we had kept up since the very beginning of 'us'.
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