And so ends the 38th Parliament, the reality TV of politics: It was dysfunctional and, at times, disgusting, but you just couldn’t turn away.

We saw historic same sex marriage legislation passed. We saw a cliff hanger vote that made the late Chuck Cadman a star and made politics thrilling to watch. We saw every obscure tactic in parliamentary procedure dusted off and attempted. We saw Gurmant Grewal run his own little Alias mission. We saw the Belinda and Peter saga get CNN’s “political play of the week”.

In the end, we saw the Canadian government fall on an explicit non-confidence motion; historic enough by itself.

So RIP 38th Parliament. While you may not be missed, you certainly won’t be forgotten.