On my daily commute, I tend to alternate between a good book and that all too rare a beast, the good television boxed set (there is, I have found after all, a limit to how many times I can watch The Sopranos).
Watching several series ("seasons" as our American friends would have them) back-to-back can be fascinating; some characters develop, some fall by the wayside, others are talked of as if just somewhere else with a notion they will return. Then finally, the classic end of term cliffhanger (the outcome determined no doubt in part by player contract negotiations). I am presently immersed in The West Wing. For those of you unfamiliar with the programme, it deals with the trials and tribulations of a fictional US leader, but mainly his supporting cast of staffers. This was a successful ser...
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