The West Wing Should Be Rebooted And Sam Seaborn Should Be President
I’ve been watching the West Wing again. I usually rewatch the entire series about once every other year. I fall in love with the characters more each and every time I watch. From Josiah Bartlett’s flowing diction and unwavering devotion to being morally beyond reproach to Leo McGarry’s sole purpose of serving at the pleasure of the President to Toby Ziegler’s annoyance with all things that fall outside of his personal worldview, the characters are perfectly crafted and completely complimentary.
Today’s political landscape is obviously more explosive than ever before. We have social and political commentary from shows like House of Cards, but those are meant to be bombastic as fuck. Ole Frank Underwood setting the Washington scene on fire and whathaveyou.
We need a show that has flowing language, sweeping ideas, and a focus on the issues. We need a West Wing reboot. Oddly enough, the same issues that are discussed in the West Wing are still major political sources of contention now. Just in the first season, they talk about tax reform, educational policies, and who and who shouldn’t serve in the military.
In the center of those ideas is our pal Sam Seaborn. Sam, as you know, is a graduate of Princeton and Duke Law School. He is handsome as fuck and charming to boot.
In the fourth season, Sam leaves the show to take on a role in Congress. We don’t know FOR SURE that Sam won the race, but for our purposes, Sam won the race. That was 12 years ago now. Plenty of time for Sam to be a two-term congressman and transition into the Senate and be in his second term as a Senator now.
Sam could be the star of the show who is running for President. He could have President Bartlett introduce him at the Democratic Convention. Josh Lyman could be Sam’s Chief of Staff and Toby could be the Secretary of State. It’d be fantastic.
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Listen to the last part of that. “The next twenty years are gonna be about privacy. The internet. Cell phones. Who’s gay and who’s not.” Nailed it.
Plus he got mentored by the best President since Lincoln so you know he’d be great.
Reboot The West Wing or get TV the fuck outta my face.
Mrs. Landingham, what’s next?