Agreed. Fantastic show. I didn't catch every episode when it was broadcast, but I saw a lot of them.

Another show you should catch is from Showtime. It's called Homeland. It's about a soldier rescued in Iraq after being held as a prisoner there for eight years. One CIA analyst thinks he may have been turned by enemy. Fantastic intrigue and was he or wasn't he mystery. I don't know if it won any awards, but it was nominated for a lot. Season two is coming up soon.

Update: Among awards are Golden Globe for best actress, best actor, and best drama series. Season two starts Sept. 30

>Hey, baby, trust me.
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>I have moved right on to "The West Wing." Probably three years ago I bought the complete series box set cheap on eBay, based on all the awards it received. There it has sat ever since on top of one of my bookshelves, literally gathering dust. It must have been my father's death that stirred me to take it off the shelf, since it was his favorite TV show. He had probably every season in individual DVD collections.
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>This show is so good it's almost unbelievable. Characters, plot, dialogue, on and on. I am not going to look up how many Emmys it won, for fear of spoilers, but it was a lot. You see the whirlwind of activity of an American Presidential staff that is on duty 24 hours a day and reacting as fast as it can to unfolding events. You think yeah, I'd do that, go without sleep for 8 years to be part of it. Martin Sheen is terrific as President Bartlet but the focus is on his staff. It's masterful writing because within about two episodes you already care about a dozen of them.
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>I am so confident in this recommendation I have a plan in mind already. When I finish watching it I will make it a traveling trophy of sorts. That is something my dad would have liked. It will be a while until I have finished watching, even at this rate. There were over 100 hour long episodes (less than 45 minutes each on DVD). I will mail it to the first person who asks with the only condition being that they do the same to the next person. And so on.
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>Insanely great.