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Are there any episodes you skip?

posted 9 years ago by Whedonbuff
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I know it's sad but my husband and l have watched the series through at least ten times and there are a few episodes I like to skip. I was wondering if anyone else is the same. I dong know episode numbers but I skip:

- The one that explains the back story with Toby's dad.

- The 9/11 'special'

- The one where CJ goes home for a school reunion and visits her dad

- The one which is a series of interviews; a day in the life of a White House press secretary.

And I would happily skip the following if my husband would agree:

- The one where Sam finds out his dad is a cheater

- The one where the North Korean pianist asks to defect.

[–] sim75 9 years ago

The Cuba one. Apart from that, there's not really any better way to spend 42 minutes!!

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[–] joeishotterthantimberflake 9 years ago

The one where Josh has PTSD

[–] Sonatine97 9 years ago

Most of Season 5!

In fact it would be easier to say which episodes I actually don't skip from that much maligned season (Han, Separation of Powers, Warfare of Ghengis Khan. The Supremes)

And the first 6 episodes of S6, were a bit hit and miss too.

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[–] ctsfan-143-608703 9 years ago

In Exeles Deo
The Stormy Present
Shibboleth
The Long Road Home
90 Miles Away
Issac And Ismael
The Indians In The Lobby
20 Hours In America

[–] Information-Police (4889) 8 years ago

20 hours in America wasn't that bad, but it should have been only 10 hours in America. Definitely keep the parts with Amy Adams in it

[–] Againstthetide 9 years ago

I don't skip full episodes. But I skip any part with Amy in it. I dislike the character and her facial expressions. Her and Kristen Stewart would be great as a mother and daughter, they can't act.

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[–] aurafasss 9 years ago

I'm so glad I'm not the only one, Againstthetide!
I think that Amy is the only mistake in the whole series.
I am not sure if it's the actress' fault, but I'm sure I profoundly dislike the type of woman Amy is, so entitled that they think they can crap on anybody just to pursue their purpose. The scene in which she cuts Josh's phone cord drives me so nuts, I always skip it.

[–] zeostinger 8 years ago

Yeah. In early season 5, when the entire country is worried about Zoe, all Amy wants to do is talk about women issues and she gets Josh paranoid about the idea that the republicans are gonna do damage to women issues. The scene where Walken's CoS shuts Josh down in the bathroom (which sounds weird without context) is a great scene.

[–] smoko 8 years ago

@aurafasss I think that Amy is the only mistake in the whole series.
Mandy, anyone? Or did you have her wiped from your memory?

[–] Dilbert_27 9 years ago

@Whedonbuff
If 10 times is sad our house is downright pathetic lol! For the most part we go through only leaving one episode out in particular. The long goodbye with CJ visited her dad. It is a fine episode and big CJ fans but very hard to watch again and again. Otherwise we have no other skipped episodes. Although Tomorrow is hard since it's proof that it is all done. Oh how in this age of TV series revivals has TWW not come back?????

[–] LMayberry-2 9 years ago

I must admit to have never fully watched the live Debate episode. I was a very early devotee of Alan Alda back to the days that he was a panelist on "What' My Line?" and the movie, "Paper Lion," but I wasn't fond of him on TWW. So I skipped a lot of Seasons 6 & 7. If Martin Sheen wasm't in it, I didn't watch it more than once.

I also avoid the CJ father story.

I recently purchas d the entire series from iTunes since Netflix doesn't seem to carry it anymore. I have been hospitalized for over four months with limited WiFi, with most of my vision gone, so TWW is good listen. Aaron Sorkin's writing is like music.

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[–] angelahma 9 years ago

I usually skip the following episodes:
Season One
Episode 4-Five Votes Down
Episode 5-The Crackpots and These Women
Episode Six-Mr. Willis of Ohio
Episode 10-In Excelsis Deo
Episode 15-Celestial Navigation
Episode 19-Let Bartlet be Bartlet
Episode 20-Mandatory Minimums

Season Two
Episode 6-The Lame Duck Congress
Episode 10-Noel
Episode 16-Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
Episode 18-17 People
Episode 19-Bad Moon Rising
Episode 20-The Fall's Going to Kill You

Season Three
Episode 4-Ways and Means
Episode 8-The Indians in the Lobby
Episode 9=The Women of Qumar
Episode 10-Bartlet for America
Episode 11-H. Con-172
Episode 13-The Two Bartlets
Episode 14-Night Five

Season Four
Episode 8-Swiss Diplomat
Episode 10-Holy Night
Episode 11-Guns Not Butter
Episode 15-The California 47th

Season Five
Episode 5-Constituency of One
Episode 6-Disaster Relief
Episode 12-Slow News Day
Episode 20-No Exit

Season Six
Episode 6-The Dover Test
Episode 10-Faith Based Initiative
Episode 11-Opposition Research
Episode 13- King Corn
Episode 15-Freedonia
Episode 16-Drought Conditions
Episode 18-La Palabra
Episode 20-In God We Trust
Episode 21-Things Fall Apart
Episode 22-2162 Votes

Season Seven
Episode 1-The Ticket
Episode 2-The Mommy Problem
Episode 3-Message of the Week
Episode 4-Mr.Frost
Episode 5-Here Today
Episode 6-The Al Smith Dinner
Episode 7-The Debate (West Coast)
Episode 13-The Cold
Episode 14-Two Weeks Out
Episode 15-Welcome to Wherever You Are

[–] historikitty2 9 years ago

So, you skip more than you watch.

[–] sjmajors2001-278-697743 9 years ago

You skip some of my favorites, especially in season 1-2. I love the holiday episodes like the Indians in the lobby and shibboleth. I skip several episodes though in season 5 and several in 6. I usually don't skip any others from the earlier seasons though unless they have a lot of Mandy in then. That being said I skip the first 3 episodes

[–] gray-streetman 9 years ago

LMayberry- sorry to hear of your hospitalization and loss of vision. I check TWW thread regularly and I've noticed your posts have always been reasoned and insightful and I hope you are able to continue to post. Wishing you the very best:)

I too avoid the CJ back story episode. Not that it is not compelling, although could do without her fling with Matthew Modine, but even my 74th rewatch of Noel or my personal favorite, Bartlet for America, keeps me engaged and in awe of the mentioned music of dialogue. Watch it again..so many great actors thriving in the script. My favorite part is when Leo recounts Bartlet making the debate a holy site, as baseball pitchers do the pitching mound, and that "He sees it as the best way to help the team. He loves teams. I love him so much" ...gets me every time

[–] flying_changes10 9 years ago

The only one I usually skip is The Debate. Not the same as watching it live.

[–] information_police 9 years ago

Two that you mention - CJ going home and the one with the film crew following her around. Not that I don't like CJ, I love her, just not those episodes.

[–] ncohafmuta 9 years ago

I think those are the only two I skip as well

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[–] stefan-79-235442 9 years ago

The long goodbye
The debate
All acces

And many of s5 6 and 7 in the whitehouse, iTs obvious that the whole budget is in e campain With Santos'. The white house scenes are fillers, many close ups in the dark, we see hardly staff and the plot is foreign.

[–] kellydofc 9 years ago

These are the only two I skip in full. I do tend to fast forward through Amy in the episodes she's in.

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