Libby's disdain for Sorkin is tempered in this review, but her feminist critique of Sorkin and the show is still in her review.

My point wasn't about the overall quality of either shows. Rather I was talking about the comparisons of the relationships. Once the mother was introduce and Cristin Milotti stole the show most people rooted for that relationship in a very strong way, whereas Jim and Maggie were so poorly conceived and executed that…

That's why I click the up arrow twice. Once to see who up voted me, and then once to take away my vote.

The car spun in… there were no survivors.

Studio 60 is widely regarded as Sorkin's worst. But, if you like Sorkin in general it has enough going on to watch once. It is only a season (which causes it's own problems), but it is still a Sorkin show.

There was the post Africa storyline where she was drunk at work. Also, didn't she mix up Georgia's?

Maggie for MVP?! Season 1 she was barely tolerable. Season 2 is was awful. Season 3 they redeemed her.

It was established in the early seasons that Sloane doesn't know how to relate with people and is often a disaster at interpersonal relationships. Asperger's is never overtly mentioned, but it is implied that she is probably somewhere on the spectrum.

How dare you, sir?!

The Quixote obsession was a constant theme of season 1. See: Will's mission to civilize, Newsnight 2.0 being a Quixotic endeavor, Charlie and Will arguing over who is Quixote and who is Sancho, Mac quoting Man of LaMancha and hoping no one realizes.

So Comedy shows are of greater importance than Broadcast Journalism? Thanks for clearing that up.

Valid point. It seems as though Neal's stupidity is overlooked and rather we focus on the moral stance he took.

It'd be interesting to see Demographics of cable news shows, and see what percentages of people of color they employ and in what positions.

The difference there is i'd say with Lost flashback was the structure of the show, whereas in the Sorkinverse it's primary purpose isn't character development. Sorkin lets his characters develop in real time, and hints that they have a past. Lindelof always showed the past.

It might be overused… but as a standard Sorkin trope he has perfected it, and actually used it sparingly in this series.

Season 1 had Jim as a journalism warrior who pursued the story who was marginally alright in his relationships; he liked Maggie and she wasn't available but then he genuinely started to care for her roommate Lisa (who was a highlight of the series).
Once they put him on the Romney bus he turned into a self-righteous…

I was hoping the car carrying Jim and Maggie to the cemetery would crash.

No one does Flashback episodes better than Sorkin.

Your 3rd point is most critical and also the least examined: What could have led Hae to deviate from her daily routine even slightly. It is far more likely that it was a conversation in her car with her Ex-boyfriend than it was a conversation in her car with Jay.

I think both the message and the physical manifestation of the art should be critiqued. Neither one has to be the sole focus, but to be completely absent (as it was in this case except for the Random Thoughts portion) takes away the ability to call it a review.