Having just watched the second season of Netflix's breakout hit House of Cards, I am reminded of this show. While it lacked the "Out foul spot!", bloodlust of a Shakespearean history, the characters were more real. In fact James Carvelle and Mary Matlin are actually playing themselves.Section 8, made a number of ingenious vehicles that really never should have been made. This show was clearly ahead of its time and worth a look. I mean what else you gonna do? More House of Cards is a year away.The show centers around a lobbying organization who after 911, seem to be attracting attention due to their middle eastern clientele. To make matters worse, the new firms ownership is not really known even by the firms active partners.The show centers around the personal relationship of the players and the uncovering of an unsavory "follow the money" trail pursued by both the Feds and employees at the firm.

I just watched the series in two sittings. I would have been totally lost if I'd watched one episode a week.Every one on the show is a liar. They lie to themselves, to their clients, to their work mates ... lying is what they do. They manufacture truth to fit the situation. They can get you what you want, no matter what that is.Friends lie to you as you lie to them. Enemies look like friends.Perhaps in the world of politics it is all a game and a job, pays well, gives you face time on TV and means nothing.The puppet master in his cave keeps it all going.

I have worked as a TV producer in Los Angeles for almost 18 years and this is by far one of the best series ever created. To start, Matlin and Carville are beyond fantastic in K Street. I realize it is probably very close to who they really are but they are still acting out fictional story lines and it is better than any of the real actors in the series - not that they are not good - they are, just not as mesmerizing. Next to TRAFFIC I have rarely seen a true environment depicted so authentically. In addition, Clooney and Soderberg need to be given credit for using no no score whatsoever to increase the documentary-style approach. While the Francisco Dupre character is over-the-top and out-of-place at times, it is Matlin and Carville's reaction to him that blow you away - they are thinking what we are thinking. All in all one of HBO's finest moments.

Sorry- I like Soderbergh and Clooney, and this idea was a good one. But, unfortunately, politics in the US is no longer a laughing matter.This is a good idea which may have worked in the days of James Stewart ("Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"). That was 56 years ago. Recently, there was a televised champagne party wherein Dick Cheney was roasted by his fellow admirers and sycophants. I doubt this will be televised mass market, as most Americans will not find it mildly amusing.Lobbyists and corporate lackeys are not mysterious or interesting;nor are they a source of amusement. They are now the status quo, and anyone who isn't aware of this merely needs to tune in to Bill O'Reilly for the latest pablum bought and paid for by the PR spin machine. This is sad, and the fact that even a creative innovator like Soderbergh cannot find a better creative slant to educate Americans is discouraging.