![]() “I am the mother!” Elizabeth screams, ripping off the turban that makes her look a little like the wicked queen from “Snow White.” (“For God’s sakes, don’t wear ivory!”) I also love watching her erupt in brokenhearted fury when Claire asks her for $1.5 million, then threatens to sell the family house from under her if Elizabeth won’t provide it. ![]() ![]() I love watching her, as Elizabeth Hale, fashion-police Claire over the phone while a chemotherapy I-V drips poison into her veins. That woman is single-handedly infusing “House of Cards” with a vitality and heart that (given the show’s usual dark-midnight tone and emotionally dead characters) is often absent. Before delving into the secret donations and the breast-cancer-clinic chess match that dominates this episode, let’s take a moment and bow down before the glory that is Ellen Burstyn.
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