House of Cards

[Lumine]

Having watched most of Season 3 it continues to be evident that Francis Urquhart is still vastly superior to Underwood.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Having watched most of Season 3 it continues to be evident that Francis Urquhart is still vastly superior to Underwood.

I can concur with you 200%

[badgate]

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

Scandal has the television rights to Palestine, so contractually it can't be said unless they want to pay ABC every time.

I stopped watching Scandal and I have no desire to return.

Then you will never see Palestine on television ever again.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

Scandal has the television rights to Palestine, so contractually it can't be said unless they want to pay ABC every time.

I stopped watching Scandal and I have no desire to return.

Then you will never see Palestine on television ever again.

Indeed a cheap price for never again seeing Kerry Washington's dreadfully wooden acting.

[badgate]

[Lief 🗽]

I just watched the first episode of season 3. It was very weird. I would have preferred that they kept Doug dead instead of apparently setting some weird alcohol/drug/sex addiction storyline.

[Maxwell]

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

Scandal has the television rights to Palestine, so contractually it can't be said unless they want to pay ABC every time.

I stopped watching Scandal and I have no desire to return.

Then you will never see Palestine on television ever again.

Indeed a cheap price for never again seeing Kerry Washington's dreadfully wooden acting.

huh. That seems like one of the least bad parts of a very obnoxious show.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Sad thing is she's a good actress overall, but everybody got their bad parts.

[Oakvale]

lol why did they randomly write MENDOZA out of the show for no reason

I just watched the first episode of season 3. It was very weird. I would have preferred that they kept Doug dead instead of apparently setting some weird alcohol/drug/sex addiction storyline.

I liked it in Season 2 (I think) when the hooker was with her girlfriend or whatever and that guy was creepily watching through the window. True Atlas.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

lol why did they randomly write MENDOZA out of the show for no reason

RIP MENDOZA

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

The writers' addiction to "deux ex machina" approach is so bad that's hillarious.

You'll see, in the season 4 finale, when he's just about to go down, Frank will will the nomination (or even the election) just like that.

[Adam Griffin]

Watched the first episode last night, and it was rather weak in general. They spent too much time on Stamper. We're not supposed to get to know him; he functions as a character because he is dark and mysterious!

[Simfan34]

Having watched most of Season 3 it continues to be evident that Francis Urquhart is still vastly superior to Underwood.

But of course.

[Lief 🗽]

I'm on episode 3, and this season is just awful. How the f[inks] is this show so popular.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I'm on episode 3, and this season is just awful. How the f[inks] is this show so popular.

I honestly think to some extent we're all just prudes about popular media.

[badgate]

Am I the only one who found it really unseemly when Dunbar and Sharp said they'd be volunteering to help the hurricane relief effort? No politician would do that in real life; if they did they would be making it about themselves, politicizing the tragedy, it would be seen as anything but selfless. We didn't see Romney and Obama handing out canned goods after Hurricane Sandy. And if we did it would have made them look awful.

This is part of a larger issue I have with the show's politics

[Simfan34]

Am I the only one who found it really unseemly when Dunbar and Sharp said they'd be volunteering to help the hurricane relief effort? No politician would do that in real life; if they did they would be making it about themselves, politicizing the tragedy, it would be seen as anything but selfless. We didn't see Romney and Obama handing out canned goods after Hurricane Sandy. And if we did it would have made them look awful.

This is part of a larger issue I have with the show's politics

We didn't? Because I did:

[badgate]

?

[Simfan34]

Copy paste won't work, look up "Mitt Romney food drive".

[Vega]

Mendoza was written out because the actor had other commitments (American Crime).

[Joe Republic]

So, how absurd is the 2016 map gonna be? We talking 2006 West Wing absurd, if you ask me.

Hey at least South Carolina going Dem would be somewhat plausible this time!

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

Mendoza was written out because the actor had other commitments (American Crime).

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It was still very abrupt. Couldn't he have at least finished the season? Or if they were going to write him out midseason, couldn't they at least have given him a proper departure rather than just a few throwaway lines?

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So, how absurd is the 2016 map gonna be? We talking 2006 West Wing absurd, if you ask me.

Hey at least South Carolina going Dem would be somewhat plausible this time!
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Only slightly more...Underwood's never won a statewide election.

[Joe Republic]

Spoilerish discussion below:

So, how the heck does America Works... work, anyway?  Annihilate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and plunge their funding into a massive government works program to wipe out unemployment?  I get the appeal of the latter, but what the hell kind of appeal does the former have, if there's apparently nothing to replace them?

[Maxwell]

Spoilerish discussion below:

So, how the heck does America Works... work, anyway?  Annihilate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and plunge their funding into a massive government works program to wipe out unemployment?  I get the appeal of the latter, but what the hell kind of appeal does the former have, if there's apparently nothing to replace them?

I think, at least this is how he'd justify it, is the annihilating of those programs are to pay for American Works. It's pretty convoluted and makes little sense.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Spoilerish discussion below:

So, how the heck does America Works... work, anyway?  Annihilate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and plunge their funding into a massive government works program to wipe out unemployment?  I get the appeal of the latter, but what the hell kind of appeal does the former have, if there's apparently nothing to replace them?

I think, at least this is how he'd justify it, is the annihilating of those programs are to pay for American Works. It's pretty convoluted and makes little sense.

Annihilation wasn't exactly what was being proposed though. Gutting, yes, but not complete wipeout. Underwood's whole calculus is that those who receive a pension should receive less and investment in a younger generation is far more worth government money than paying it to out to pensions. His whole "You are entitled to nothing" crap is probably has its logical conclusions in "The money you're getting now is the money you would have gotten when you were retired, and when you do retire, you better have invested that money wisely." >_>