The Great West Wing Rewatch: 3.16 "The U.S. Poet Laureate"
Joel: You know it occurs to me that pretty much every character on this show is single. Josh, Donna, Sam and CJ are all single. Toby and Leo are divorced. Even characters that only appear from time to time, like Ainsley, are more than likely going to be single. The only characters that constantly appear on the show who are married are the President and the First Lady. There’s no real comment or criticism there, I just wonder if that is accurate at all to the average West Wing staff. I know they are a group that tends to work long hours, both on the show and in real life so I guess it’s possible. It means very little in the way of scenes where main characters have to explain to significant others why they have to be late again. We should also note in this episode Bartlet going “old school” as CJ liked to put it. We will see it a bit more as we get into the election, but I like the little reminder than in addition to being a good President and an ideal speaker, Bartle...