One of the last characters anybody give a damn about is Carol Hathaway, who's going to give birth to Doug Clooney's twins around Thanksgiving. She's outta there, she's a goner. That's almost Clinton Cock Hunt money. Looks like Jullianna Margulles is nobody's whore. That's how badly they need to keep this show alive.
Nobody cares about the characters that are left.
They're in big trouble. The writing is very smart, some of the best. I like the way they pick on Democrats, too. On the Nov 4 episode, they explained why the surplus couldn't be returned to the people in the form of tax cuts. Some lower-level aide wanted a tax cut, because she was broke.