Apex of the art form, in my opinion: Season 4 finale, *The West Wing* A full, unedited Massive Attack track that manages to crescendo five different storylines into one amazing cliffhanger. When that aired my jaw just dropped.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW that I just got here. And I've been thinking about and looking forward to this bit for a month. And it's 3 am and I've got work soon and my heart can't stop beating because that was incredible. Leo McGarry doesn't run, he's Leo fucking McGarry. But Leo McGarry at a full sprint toward the residence. Massive Attack. Black credits on a white background for the first time in four seasons. Charlie sitting outside. X. Cliffhanger.
Now you have something to look forward to. Season 1 left me cold. Season 2 was okay. In my opinion they really started to fly in seasons 4 and 5 but by the time they got to season six if you missed an episode you were fucked. one of these days I oughtta go back and plug through them all. As it is I've got The Wire sitting on my server glaring at me and over half of Experiments:Lain left... and I dig the shit out of Experiments:Lain.
Ditto on Weeds. I think I got to about halfway through s2 and then maybe they moved out of the suburbs or something which was the entire fucking point of the show so I stopped watching. As far as s1 goes I have trouble caring about the female political adviser they bring in from the enemy camp. Also the president's daughter and her SS sidekick. No interest in those plotlines.