The West Wing - The Complete First Season

After watching the first season of the west wing, I immediately went out and bought everything that Aaron Sorkin has ever written!

The writing is witty, funny, and fast-paced. The camera work is unique, and the story is intense. I love the west wing series, and the first season was one of the bests (and hard to top). Any political junkie will love it!

Enjoy!

This was one of the best TV series ever. If you like comedy, politics, and drama, you should check this out. I have the entire series on DVD and I cannot tell you how many times I've watched it. This series has massive replayability so it's worth the buy. It is also not "dumbed down" so they deal with a lot of hot-button topics and you can actually learn a little of how the government actually works and how cutthroat life is like in Washington, D.C.

The first few seasons and the last two seasons are the best. There are a good deal of special features and this season was amazing. It has a liberal bent so if you are conservative you may not like this show as much as someone who is more liberal. That said, I still high recommend this series and this first season to anyone and everyone.

This is an EXCELLENT SERIES! Like others I absolutely recommend purchasing any of the series. However, I wanted to offer a warning.

I have all of the seasons. I received them all from Amazon (most were Christmas gifts).

4 of the sets had defective disks. There would be at least one episode that you could not play without it skipping. Please make sure you watch the episodes completely within the 30 return period to be sure that there are no defective disks. Amazon is very good about replacing the set if there are defects but there is a time limit. It is hard to get through 20+ hours of tv watching in 30 days!

Also- Sets 1-3 (and maybe 4) have programming on both sides of the disks. Seasons 1 & 2 are my favorites and have been watched many times. Over time the disks seem to "split" in the center and skipping occurs now throughout the programming. There are no scratches on the disks and the skipping is inconsistant (always happens on the disks now, but not always in the same place).

This issue does not seem to occur with the later sets (programming only on one side). There is no way to replace the disks once this starts happening. If you have a way to "backup" the first few sets I would recommend it if you plan to watch them often. Not an issue if you are only likely to watch them once.

Every episode of the first four seasons is made like a motion picture, often with a very touching end. Sorking left after the fourth season, but the show still managed to stay on track and after a mediocre fifth season returned with superb episodes in the second half of the sixth and complete seventh seasons.

I have adored West Wing since it first aired, this Original Season shapes your favorite characters and lays the foundation for the whole of the series. The best writing on TV in a long time, and with its pithy characters, rapidfire dialog and tons and tons of heart, spirit and verve. This show stands above so many others.