Anyway, this comment doesn’t have much purpose and doesn’t add anything to your discussion. I just know how you feel, man. For me, though, even with the triumph of The Social Network (and to a lesser extent, Moneyball), nothing can alter the permanent revision my fandom underwent after Studio 60. Like you, I still want everything Sorkin does to be an unquestionable success. But the guy’s fallible. Studio 60 taught me that. And as much as I might try to defend him, and defend the ways in which some of his work has been utterly brilliant, I can’t deny that he appears to have an ego the size of Montana and has done some really shitty work. I thought the review by Linda Holmes articulated that beautifully.

I don’t know. At least Sorkin keeps getting chances to go out there and see if there’s anything left. It’s better than slipping on a tangerine peel in the locker room.