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We did the same thing. Started watching during one of the Palmer administrations after hearing Rush rave, and fell hard for the show. We watched season 5, the one with the Logans (BRILLIANT ACTING) in the White House, and went out and got all the other seasons. We watched a lot of them one summer in Hawaii, staying up too late each night watching episode after episode.

I agree that stupid decisions were made by the President in this one, and of course her weak and clueless husband. He turned out to be such a spineless flake that Jack should have left him under that takeout place. But stupid decisions were made by others as well. Didn’t Palmer allow his ex-wife back into the West Wing?

The Muslim cleric at the end was atrocious. Especially since it contrasted with the recent discovery that Mr. Big, the one who killed everyone in all former seasons, as well as the current President’s son, Michelle, and all things bright and beautiful, was a little nebbishy Jewish guy. One can only imagine what the Imam responded with when Jack told him. (Hint: Mel Gibson would no doubt agree.)

But you are right about the writing. So much was never followed up. The beginning of the day was all about Singala or San Galla, and of course the evil Djuma and his pasta-craving illegal alien henchman. But they dropped that plotline so fast that I forgot all about the entire continent of Africa for the last couple of months, which probably was quite the opposite of the producers’ One World dream.

And indeed, Garofalo should have only been cast to be blown to bits at some point. She can’t act her way out of a recycled bag.

It was still fun to watch the season, but next time more plot stability and less Lebanese women.

The best thing I got from this season is a great impression of the Tony Almeida sideways snarl. They should definitely make a cocktail called the Almeida and it should be nearly 100% bitters.

Wilson? Is that a Jewish name? I didn't catch two things I see on these threads: first, that Jack "converted" to Islam -- I thought he just talked with the Imam for deathbed comfort, but then again, I didn't hear the entire conversation because sweetz and I were talking a bit. Second, that Wilson, the bad-guy Bush look-alike (hadn't caught that sublety, either, but it certainly is true), was Jewish. That must have gone right over my head.

You crack me up about staying up so late at night watching episode after episode -- we did the same thing! This was the ONLY season so far that I didn't look forward to every episode. I even fell asleep during one show. The only reason I watched it was to indulge my husband; left to my own, I would have quit after the first few episodes, and I wouldn't have done that in years prior.

The best thing I got from this season is a great impression of the Tony Almeida sideways snarl. They should definitely make a cocktail called the Almeida and it should be nearly 100% bitters.

LOL! Perfect! Serve them at your next party! I got to meet and observe at a race track Carlos Bernard, but it was before I got hooked on 24, so all I knew about him at the time was that he was a TV actor, formerly from soap operas. He's extremely handsome in a steamy kind of way, quiet, intense, a very competitive personality, and 1000 percent male -- there was nothing "feminized" about him in the slightest. Remember the black guy, Curtis, from earier episodes? I also got to meet him. He is SO-O-O much more handsome in person than on the camera, who knows why. He was gentle, extremely smart and self-driven -- has been a professional pilot -- and filled with love for life. I was so bummed when he got kacked on one of the episodes!