THE WEST WING
The Assassination Attempt, Season 1
So you're Aaron Sorkin, and you've just utilized your immense walking-and-talking skills to bring viewers a White House drama filled with immediately relatable characters leading complex, interwoven lives. How do you almost physically force your audience to come back for season 2? Toss out a finale in which white supremacists open fire on the entire Bartlet administration as they're walking out of a town hall meeting, and end the hour with a voice yelling, ''Who's been hit? Who's been hit?'' —Whitney Pastorek
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