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Actually, it was a couple of days ago, but even though I was pretty sure that the famous bromance was on the rocks, due to all the vicious, anonymous back-stabbing by administration figures, I had no idea it was going to blow up as spectacularly as it did on Thursday.

Now that he's backed off, the White House is back-stabbing him ruthlessly.

Now that he's backed off, the White House is back-stabbing him ruthlessly, passing on gossip about his drug use and personal life, necessitating that he go on a sad-sack media tour to restore his image, which isn't working.

Braided in with Mark’s plight is a workplace drama, full of bureaucratic back-stabbing and passive-aggressive emails of a sort that will be familiar to anyone who’s ever attended a city council meeting or watched public access TV.

The espionage action-thriller “13 Bombs” acutely blends quick back-stabbing with big explosions.