Confirmation John Wells is incompetent

[krazykitkat]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/10/13/entertainment1705EDT0127.DTL

At least I finally have confirmation of the fact that he can't add. Based on
spoilers I'd been wondering.

Sent this email to the reporter:

Dear Lynn Elber,

I just read your article ''The West Wing' eyes GOP successor for Bartlet',
which confirmed to me my suspicions that John Wells can't add.
In your article, he states:
"We were a year and a half into the administration when we started the
show," Wells said of the NBC drama entering its sixth season. "We have term
limits in this country and so, on our electoral schedule, Bartlet's second
term would end a year from this coming January."

Mr Wells should go back and actually watch the show, because that is
incorrect.

The show started approximately 9 months into the administration, as the
midterm elections occurred in episode 3 of season 2, i.e., October 2000.
Along with the general election occurring during season 4, i.e., November
2002, this means that Bartlet was elected in Nov 1998.
And hence his second term will end January 2007.

I don't know whether Mr Wells truly is confused, or whether he's trying to
confuse us, but the fans of the show will not be pleased that a year is
being trimmed from the Bartlet administration.

If you talk to Mr Wells again, could you please question him about this
large inconsistency.


Thank you for your time etc...

Comments

[skeeta.livejournal.com]

he murdered our baby!

babykiller! *throws things at him*

i wonder what it would take to get sorkin back to finish off jed's term.

[gossipcom.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to watch the first half of season 6 but at the same time I'm scared to think what the 2nd half of the season will be like - when they come back from their mid-season hiatus *sigh* because that's when as the article says all the changes would occur *grr*

[nevanvonearaisa.livejournal.com]

I truthfully think he's going to kill Bartlet and he's trying to cover it up at this point.

[writerpuppy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been thinking something like that for a while. Either he'll die or become too ill to work. I mean, there are lots of ways to end an administration besides coming to the next scheduled inauguration. If they're determined to end it early, they could just compress things so we go through two years of story time in one season. But no, they're going to be tacky about it.

Cheapskates. They should have given Bartlet his full term.

[soft-lite.livejournal.com]

Maybe Wells thinks that it will seem home-sy and appealing that he can't add. Being not-too-intelligent seems to be considered by some as a good thing. Certainly no one could ever say Sorkin tried for that.