Obligatory Bloomberg story: my mom once got into a minor dispute with his police detail on the downtown 5 train. (It should be noted that although he takes the subway to City Hall, the NYPD drives him part of the way so he can take the express.) My mom had broken her hip and was using a cane, which was apparently too…

What exactly does "very light breath" mean? Is Braun saying he has asthma or something?

Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus was fantastic.

I didn't see Cruz's speech, but the St. Crispin's Day speech uses both Crispin and Crispian and actually uses Crispian more. E.g. "This day is called the feast of Crispian" and "And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by."

How about Mark Strong?

It changes about once a week, but…

GET SOME, LADY EDITH.

It's like Netflix gets off on being withholding.

The Last of the Mohicans is about the French and Indian War, not the Revolutionary War, but dammit I love The Last of the Mohicans.

ERIC CANTOR.

I'm obsessed with the Wars of the Roses so I thought I'd love the first series, but found it…unfunny. Watched two or three episodes. Should I stick with it? Does it improve in subsequent series?

I hope Edith has a scandalous affair with the editor next season. Or at least does something. She's one of the most interesting characters and is painfully underutilized.

Booth shot Lincoln on what he knew would be a big laugh line in Our American Cousin: "You sockdologizing old man-trap." It comforts me a little that Lincoln was cracking up when he was shot. Poor man was stressed out and could have used a guffaw or two.

Stephen Fry asked Steve Jobs about that rumor. Jobs said it wasn't true, but he wished it were.

Is there any plan to keep this going beyond House of Cards if it's popular? I can't imagine how they'd Americanize To Play the King…

Irons is a mild anti-Stratfordian too. I wish it didn't disappoint me as much as it does.

I found Henry V pretty underwhelming, probably because I love the Branagh version so much. Thought the Henry IVs, and Hiddleston in particular, were spectacular.

I had a very old teacher in high school who taught Irons at Sherborne. Said he was sharp, but lazy.

I just got back from the movie. That dog ran 100 kilometers without stopping or even looking the slightest bit tired. He was following his owner, who made the trip on the snowmobile. When they arrived at their destination, the owner's wife said the dog must be hungry, to which the owner responded, "Of course he is, he…

As I understand it, tonight's show is unrelated to The Hollow Crown, even though there's some overlap in plays (e.g. Jeremy Irons talking about the history plays). Tonight's episode is Ethan Hawke on Macbeth, after that is a few Redgraves on the comedies, Derek Jacobi does Richard II in a few weeks even though he…