Mark Predicts ‘The West Wing’: Season 5

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Mark Oshiro

OH GOD THIS IS GENUINELY GOING TO BE SUPER DIFFICULT. HELP.

As is customary, let’s determine how prepared I was for season 4 before we look to the future.

  1. Elections will be held this year. YES. A GOOD START. 1/1
  2. Hoynes will NOT BE THE VICE PRESIDENT. Yeah, I’m predicting that some ~drama~ happens and they have to replace him. HAHAHAHAHA SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR. 1/2
  3. We will get an episode about one of the debates between Governor Ritchie and Bartlet. HAHA, “one” of the debates. Still, this counts! 2/3
  4. We will meet the Bartlet daughter we’ve not seen yet. Damn it, we still haven’t met Liz! 2/4
  5. THE MURDER OF SHAREEF WILL NOT BE KEPT A SECRET, at least not internally. I will be kinda mad if they get away with it? C R Y I N G BECAUSE THIS IS TOO MUCH. 3/5
  6. One of the staff members will quit over it. Nope! 3/6
  7. Bonus points if it’s Toby. (And I don’t think Toby would leave the show, just have a new storyline.) I will cry over Toby later. 3/7
  8. Lily Tomlin will appear again and be hired to replace Mrs. Landingham! (A boy can dream, y’all.) AND A BOY’S DREAMS WERE ANSWERED. 4/8
  9. C.J. will spend most of the season dealing with Simon’s death, but she will begin to date again by the end of season 4. Wow, not even close. Oh, well! 4/9
  10. There will be at least one reference in the characterization/speech of Ritchie to George W. Bush. (I’m basing this off the fact that he seems to be a willful reference to Bush anyway, and I really want to get one thing right.) Hey! I was spot-on! 5/10
  11. Josh and Amy will stop seeing one another. And about this too! 6/11
  12. During the run up to the election, Leo’s alcoholism will be made public, and it will be used against the Bartlet campaign. Well, now I have a different theory about that, but we’ll get to it later. 6/12
  13. Let’s do some Election Day predictions! Bartlet will appear to be losing at first. HA. NOPE. HE TOTALLY DOMINATED. 6/13
  14. He will lose the popular vote, BUT – NOPE. 6/14
  15. Bartlet will win the electoral votes needed to get a second term. YAY! 7/15
  16. That’s right, I predict another four years of Bartlet. While I love the idea of the show changing presidents mid-run, I think we’ll get more of Jed Bartlet. Can I give myself a pity point even though this is the same prediction as 15? I’m doing it. 8/16
  17. With this, we’ll get at least ONE new staff member. WILL BAILEY HALLELUJAH. 9/17
  18. Donna and Josh will consider a relationship with one another because FUCKING COME ON. IT’S SO OVERDUE. and i am CONTINUALLY DESTROYED BY THIS. 9/18
  19. This season’s inanimate object that will destroy me: a pizza box. Oh god, now I’m trying to think back on what DID do this. C.J.’s father fishing. Toby saying he didn’t have the capacity to love. Donna’s entire existence. 9/19
  20. The season finale will make me cry. TOBY. TOBY WHO KNEW YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 10/20

So, I clearly flunked that one out. Let’s try to do better!

Mark’s Predictions for Season 5 of ‘The West Wing’

  1. Zoey Bartlet won’t be found in the season premiere.
  2. President Walken is going to be RIDICULOUSLY HARD TO WORK WITH.
  3. Zoey will be found by the FOURTH episode.
  4. Bartlet will become president again by the FOURTH episode.
  5. At some point in season five, Leo McGarry will be asked to be Bartlet’s Vice President.
  6. HE WILL ACCEPT AND ALL WILL BE GLORIOUS.
  7. We will get a new cast member who will replace Leo’s old position.
  8. By the mid-season mark, Donna will be forced to confront her feelings for Josh to Josh.
  9. Will Bailey will write a truly terrible speech at one point in this season.
  10. The Shareef controversy will come to a head in this season, and the administration will have to publicly answer for what they’ve done.
  11. There will be a State of the Union episode this season!
  12. A Big Block of Cheese Day, too!
  13. And the holiday/Christmas episode will ruin me.
  14. This season’s character who will make me most teary-eyed: Donna.
  15. Given what happened in this season, I think Charlie and Zoey will pursue a relationship again, but not until at least the halfway point of the season.
  16. Josh will have a meltdown over something because he’s due for one.
  17. There will be an episode featuring a new staff member being hazed with pranks.
  18. I’m not really going to notice that Aaron Sorkin isn’t writing the show anymore.
  19. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO PREDICT FOR THE FINALE. Someone will get hurt? That includes emotional pain, FYI.
  20. I think there will be a huge domestic terrorist attack in season 5.

Oh god, let’s see how I do! Season 5 of The West Wing starts on Tuesday!

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