I’ll admit that after one episode of Season Four of House of Cards I was a bit disappointed. I’d thought the magic was finally gone and I was watching just another show worthy of about a third-rate cable station, one that somehow combined the worst elements of The West Wing and your average soap opera or dime store novel.

Oh, Netflix, you always prove me wrong.

I am now into Season Four and I must say once again I am into it. The folks at Netflix and HOC Inc. are not resting on their laurels and subscription dollars.

Speaking of great TV, that now makes three shows I am currently watching, unheard of in 2016. These days you’ve got Better Call Saul, The People v. O.J. Simpson (which just gets better and better with what’s happening in real life), and the aforementioned HOC. Add in Archer beginning later this month and you’re set for Spring. What is this the 1990s? (And I mean that in a good way.)

But first, tonight, as a little appetizer… Monmouth playing for a spot in the NCAA Tournament? This is a good time to be alive.