Is There Anybody Out There?

I'm having a weekend.  It involves my in-laws and it's making me tired.  So, I'm doing what I always do when stressed out and just want to veg.  I pulled out some DVDs and I'm having a TV marathon.  Since, it's the season, I'm watching West Wing.  Good goddess, I love that show.  There are several reasons why:

1.  They're so smart!  This is how I want the people in government to behave.  Everyone has a well-informed opinion and they all listen to each other and debate those opinions.

2.  The characters have amazing back stories.  They aren't shadow people who have no history.  I really get a sense of where they came from and why they are the way they are.

3.  The intensity of the writing sweeps me into the story and I hate to be interrupted.  I feel like I'm a fly on the wall watching what's happening.  It's a feeling I usually get when I'm reading and it rarely happens for me with TV.

4.  At least every other episode, something happens that makes me tear up at the end.

And honestly, when there's so much in my husband's family that makes me want to cry for real, it's very nice to be able to shed a few tears about a story and not have it come back to bite me in the ass.  I do love me some escape TV.

Freddy?  You're up.