tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649675.post113796679305635377..comments2023-09-27T08:28:27.944-05:00Comments on Highway 290 Revisited: ObviousRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599030959604499896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649675.post-1138048712729566882006-01-23T14:38:00.000-06:002006-01-23T14:38:00.000-06:00I am depressed that i must go, but after watching ...I am depressed that i must go, but after watching it for so long. At least it is not going to be the new ER which will never DIE!Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915293161406369849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649675.post-1138035620038989202006-01-23T11:00:00.000-06:002006-01-23T11:00:00.000-06:00Just found this on EW.com; it's got at least one v...Just found this on EW.com; it's got at least one very exciting tidbit and seems like it might be pointing toward a Santos/Seaborn administration...<BR/><BR/><B>Transfer of power</B><BR/>The West Wing will sign off for good on May 14 with an hour-long retrospective followed by an hour-long finale centering on the inauguration of Josiah Bartlet's successor. (Rob Lowe is in negotiations to return for the final hour.) The late John Spencer, who died in December, will appear in one more episode. ''We figured the best homage would be to show his work,'' exec producer John Wells said. ''And I think John would have been pissed at me if I'd changed it.'' Subsequent episodes will incorporate Spencer's passing when his character, vice-presidential candidate Leo McGarry, dies five days before the election. At that point, presidential candidate Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) will announce his replacement either before or after the election, pending congressional approval. (The producers said their research confirmed that this is how the situation would be handled in real life.) ''We wouldn't have been dealing with this without John's death,'' Wells said. ''But I think it makes for some compelling drama.''Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599030959604499896noreply@blogger.com