Maddow basically just stated the facts of the case as known as I recall. Hannity was indeed playing a basic version of himself, but as he's already a parody of himself any further heightening would be superfluous.

That BECAME the big deal, but no coaching would have been required if there wasn't already a bizarre witch hunt in progress.

Sure, but why was he so intent on passing education reform that included weakening collective bargaining, and why was he so intent on raising the retirement age to avoid a shutdown? The latter in particular is completely boneheaded, as Social Security and Medicaid are so popular that a Machiavel like Frank would have…

THANK YOU for bringing up that ridiculous scene in which Jackie whips votes by talking tough. I really expected them to laugh in her face, and instead I laughed when she smirked "two down, six to go."

Thirded.

Yeah it was hilarious. Made me think of what other MMF threesomes on dramas there could have been. Let's see…
Boardwalk: Nucky-Margaret-Owen
Or Jimmy-Gillian-Lucky, with incest bonus!
The Sopranos: Tony-Carmela-Furio
The Wire: Jimmy-Beadie-Bunk
Breaking Bad: Walter-Skyler-Asshat who wouldn't pay his taxes
Deadwood:…

I find it very difficult to believe that marriage counseling would be such a big deal in this day and age.

I love Molly Parker, but the scene in which she whipped the recalcitrant congressmen into supporting entitlement reform by spitting a couple of half-assed insults at them (RIGHT AFTER she and Remy agreed they didn't fear her like they did Frank) was so lazy and ridiculous. I honestly expected them to laugh in her…

I've thought this exact thought a lot over the last few days.

I'm starting to think Willimon is a Steve Schmidt style non-insane Republican. Look at Underwood's two big legislative accomplishments—weakening collective bargaining for public school teachers and raising the retirement age. Frank is a Democrat, but he seems to have no ideology, and yet he fought hard for these two…

I thought Shameless was far more compelling last night, and really has been all season, with the exception of last week, which was a toss-up—two killer hours of TV.

I think he's dead, but they could be bluffing.

When both of their parents are addicts, it's really not wise.

I'm honestly shocked by the letter grade. I found this a very tedious hour of television.
There are still no characters with any character beyond Hart and Cohle, and though the performances are good, even those two are hardly models of depth and shading. The women in particular are as thinly drawn as I've seen in a…

Wait, where's Low Winter Sun!? IT'S A DAMN STROBE!

PG-13 Robocop is an abomination. Present day 4 year olds are being robbed of the chance to be traumatized into years of nightmares. For some reason, I'm not joking.
I'm a fan of the original, but holy shit it did a number on me as a kid. That execution of Murphy—and I wasn't even watching the directors cut of course.

I'm the father of a child Liam's age, and they are basically little monkeys—they'll climb anything, and are pretty creative about it.

Nor do I, though I understand those who do. I feel they aren't watching closely enough, however.

I think they are using her pretty well—being a caretaker with no one left to care for, she focuses on the Gallaghers, which in turn frees Fiona up to take her eye off the ball and spend time with Mike and Robbie. With Fiona in trouble, she will probably step in more to help fill the gap.

Well she's on an Indian heritage kick, so I could certainly see her having some buffalo meat. Where's the problem?