West Wing vanishing characters

Fishooks12

Love the WW, midway through season six at the moment but I'm a bit peeved at how Sorkin just lets some characters vanish with little or no explanation

Ainsley Hayes, Sam Seaborne, Mandy, Josh's intern to name but a few

Burning Eclipse

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Love the WW, midway through season six at the moment but I'm a bit peeved at how Sorkin just lets some characters vanish with little or no explanation

Ainsley Hayes, Sam Seaborne, Mandy, Josh's intern to name but a few

I can see what you mean, yes. Worth noting though, that after S4, it's not Sorkin doing the vanishing, as he left the show.

splashthecash

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Love the WW, midway through season six at the moment but I'm a bit peeved at how Sorkin just lets some characters vanish with little or no explanation

Ainsley Hayes, Sam Seaborne, Mandy, Josh's intern to name but a few

All bar Sam are pretty forgettable anyway. And Sam's leaving is explained, although I do agree it was kinda rushed. He was one of my favourite characters

stringy

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Love the WW, midway through season six at the moment but I'm a bit peeved at how Sorkin just lets some characters vanish with little or no explanation

Ainsley Hayes, Sam Seaborne, Mandy, Josh's intern to name but a few

I'm also halfway through season 6. I liked Ainsley.

However what's bugging me is the introduction of this blonde chick, the security one - she kind of just arrived and now has this big role!!

spank_inferno

I think characters like that were there to be a spoil to other main characters or to fulfill an ideological counter point.

eg: Pierse's interactions with Josh, or Aynsley Hayes and her relationship with Sam.

So I guess once the writers got tired of that, they moved on.

splashthecash

stringy wrote: »

I'm also halfway through season 6. I liked Ainsley.

However what's bugging me is the introduction of this blonde chick, the security one - she kind of just arrived and now has this big role!!

She is there as the replacement for the black army chap -

he died when the car he was travelling in exploed when they were in the middle east - josh's initial assistant was injured in that episode too

tvnutz

They went to Mandy land.

stringy

splashthecash wrote: »

She is there as the replacement for the black army chap -

he died when the car he was travelling in exploed when they were in the middle east - josh's initial assistant was injured in that episode too

I thought John Locke from LOST replaced him??

Fishooks12

stringy wrote: »

I thought John Locke from LOST replaced him??

He did

She was replacing Christopher Slater's character AFAIK

bnt

The disappearance of Joe Quincy (Matthew Perry) after only three episodes was sort-of explained:

after precipitating the resignation of the Vice-President, by uncovering the VP's affair and leaks to the media

, he was understandably reassigned ...