Last week, the election results were delivered in bittersweet accompaniment to the death of beloved Leo McGarry. This week, The West Wing observed the passing of this tour d’force in their lives and careers. A funeral episode is hardly a new thing to The West Wing, in the second season – the episode Two Cathedrals honored the passing of the President’s beloved personal secretary Mrs. Landingham. Tonight’s episode, however, is made all the more poignant because we know that John Spencer also died. That this was not a plot driven device to create angst and pathos. Instead, the tangibility of … Continue reading →