Comments on: Friday West Wing

By: supergp

supergp — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:30:09 +0000

I think Toby had Sorkin-Abandonment issues. Much like everyone else on the damn show. Ah well; it was still decent TV, but it did peak early due to that.

But yeah, Toby’s character arc was bizarre.

By: lance lunchmeat

lance lunchmeat — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:39:03 +0000

Missourians represent! We’re not afraid to elect dead people.

By: PaulW

PaulW — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:25:35 +0000

I think Toby had abandonment issues. Sam left, Leo quit, Josh quit to work for Santos, Toby’s brother committed suicide due to cancer… Toby confronted Josh about that, didn’t he? It was suggested in one debate I read that Toby’s mood swings about everyone he knew leaving made him overreact to Will (who was a stranger to him) and also to self-destruct over the space shuttle news leak.

By: LurkerWithout

LurkerWithout — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:34:15 +0000

And then of course Will becomes Russell’s campaign manager and he and Toby start hating each other for no damn reason…

By: supergp

supergp — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:23:34 +0000

I always did love the punchline at the end of that.

That said, my favorite Will scene is still the one where he and Toby are writing the introduction for Bob Russell as Bartlet’s veep nominee to succeed Hoynes. And then their mockery winds up on the teleprompter.