Each new season of the show has been progressively less comedic and entertaining to watch. However, I’m unable to disentangle whether this has been because the

Each new season of the show has been progressively less comedic and entertaining to watch. However, I’m unable to disentangle whether this has been because the content itself has worsened, or whether because reality has caught up such that I can’t carelessly watch the show anymore. Comedy I’d argue is like disappointment, greater when expectations and reality are separated. In that sense, it parallels the ending of House of Cards.