A lot of the politics are really dated for me now, especially as they decide pretty early on in that series that it is an AU and thus 9/11 doesn't happen. Wells just makes that trend worse with series finales where shit like "Bartlet solves Israel-Palestine single-handedly" happens.

It makes it tough for me to even watch the Santos episodes because he's so clearly an Obama-analogue without the surrounding history that made Obama an appealing candidate in the first place.

I'm eager to see what you make of it now.