The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.

If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.