bluetoast

A few more thoughts:

Speaking of Don and late night, we didn't even see that anchor the whole season, despite him being a part of their "family" and having some story lines last year. Also, Gary Cooper's only contribution this season was some crappy drumming on the side of his seat during the performance.

And of course we had to have the stale as fuck "all the girls figure out somebody's pregnant and start celebrating while the dude is clueless" scene.

Noonan

I was wondering that as well.

Brian Gentz

He also go to come in during the FBI raid unaware it was happening and singing a song

bluetoast

It was a bowtie, part of his signature look; people on other sites were also likening it to Don Quixote's armor or some bullshit like that, which tied into that book which was in the flashback and mentioned in the previous episode.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Huge downgrade from last year though.

Noonan

Thanks. I knew it was one of his ties but Don and Sloane both seemed to act like that specific tie had meaning. Wasn't sure if there was a previous season call-back that I wasn't remembering.

bluetoast

Oh gotcha. I thought people thought 'tie' rather than bowtie, but yeah I think a lot of it was the Don Quixote thing.

Bandoman

I thought it was the tie he was wearing when he died. Have to go back and look at the penultimate episode to confirm.

Shannon Nutt

My guess is Dev filmed his scenes back during Episode 2, right before he left.

Dan

This was a really good episode and fitting finale, although I really do wish the show kept going.

dek

He had that allergy that allowed Maggie to anchor on camera.

MikahC

This is the one area where I actually was a bit let down. Early on, the show felt like it staked out ground telling us how the news should be. It also showed us why it often isn't. The "problem" is it provided no answers. That's fine, as far as it goes, because sometimes you can ask questions without providing answers. It is, however, a fine line between "asking questions" and kvetching. One of the characteristics of that line is providing enlightened suggestions.

We often can't get the news the way we should because of viewership and (ultimately) financial issues. Fine. But those things are realities. So what should we do about that? If we can't do anything about it, the impact of asking the questions is ultimately lessened. I'd like to eliminate hunger and homelessness, but we can't. So after awhile, any social commentary that starts with elimination (as opposed to mitigating) starts to wear thin for me.

I didn't watch Sports Night. I don't worship at the altar of Sorkin. But I did watch The West Wing, and that show often provided suggestions. In fact, it may have even provided answers. They may not have been answers everyone agreed with, but they were answers.

I'm aware that we got the feel-good of Leona's speech, and Pruitt coming around, but it's just feel-good without realistically addressing the issues. The truth is, viewership and money concerns overwhelmingly win out in the real world. The owners, after all, are in the business of making money.

That said, I'm still sorry to see the show (or at least the show it could have been) go for a multitude of reasons. There was some magic there.

bluetoast

Shiiiit. Yeah that's right. Damn they just dropped him after that.

kantonburg

Great finale. Sad it's gone and this season was very strong. Way for Sorkin to go out with a bang.

dek

I took it meaning as the passing of the torch. Don wouldn't do the story, which is what Charlie really wanted.

zekeburger1979

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