@steph: Football is followed that closely in many countries, certainly England (the one I know first hand), but also most of western Europe and some parts of South America.

gislative.

You don't bowl underhand unless you're from the early 19th century.

Possibly he was just trying to prove to himself that he could do it. We've had a lot of comments over the course of the series that he wasn't a very good FBI agent, and never closed any of his cases.

Ever since the reveal that Dr Saunders was a doll (when she asked"Why did you think it was so important for me to hate you? I find that odd"), I've been working under the assumption that they knew each other before she became a doll (and that's why she hated him). It ties in to the whole plotline of Omega, where it…

Adaptation
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"Possibly"?

Let me offer a suggestion (and feel free to tell me where I can stick it):

Ambassador Cochran
I love the way Charlie puts his telling-off of Cochran:

Spike in the credits
James Marsters was put in the credits in episode 6 when it was shown in the UK, and Seth Green was taken out. Now that's pretty ham-fisted spoiling (though not as bad as the real-world newspaper headlines that came from the end of S5 before it was broadcast).

The Bluebells
An example from the UK: The Bluebells' "Young at Heart" was a moderate success in the mid 80s (certainly their biggest hit). It was used in a car advert in the early 90s and went to No 1 on the singles chart for 4 weeks.

Be sure to eat a lot while you do, Sam.

I thought the episode title was "Bartlet for America"?

"We can hide the women, but the man deserves a drink."

MS
Sorkin has claimed that came up with the idea of giving the President MS because he wanted to write that scene where Bartlet watches daytime TV in his pyjamas.

"I'd lay it at cunt's door" was Al's explanation of the genesis of the fight to Merrick (that's what causes Merrick's protestations that decency is required as part/instead of the truth)

Oh, sorry. Guess I should have put a spoiler warning on that…

Because they're both Latinas? I can't think of any other connection, and that's not really prophetic. There was pretty much bound to be a latina nominated eventually.

In Excelsis Deo
I seem to remember that this was the episode that won lots of Emmys in the show's first year, which I always felt was a shame, because it is rather weak. It's odd that it is though, as Sorkin has a terrific record with Christmas episodes (the other 3 from the West Wing, the 2 from Sports Night, and…

Wasn't Buffy also wearing the red leather pants of moral ambiguity? Rule of thumb for BtVS: If someone's wearing black leather pants, they're being evil (Angelus, Faith). If someone's wearing red leather pants they're just flirting with the dark side.