Yes, they lull you into being all cute and funny, and then they have big political issues.

BTW, I was thinking of you - they lost a spy plane during one of the episodes, and had to phone the Russians to try and get it back. So it reminded me of Spooks...:

Pres. Bartlet (on what he's expected to tell the Russians to explain it): "We were on an environmental mission for Finland?" :-)