Tragedy!

Josh Lyman's gone and I can't go on...

Or at least he will be gone after the seventh and final series of the West Wing:

So Farewell then, President Bartlet

Personally I think the show's greatest achievement is managing somehow to be more gripping than, say, '24', despite lacking the constant gunfire, hostage-taking, explosions, sieges and so on. As Jonny Freedland pointed out, they didn't dumb down the jargon for one minute. And who cares the writing was so sharp that you have to watch it with the subtitles on? That's how sharp I want all TV writing to be.