House of Cards

I didn't hate this season as much as some people, but I definitely didn't burn through it at the speed I did for seasons 1 and 2. I'm guessing its only a matter of time before some guy is full on blowing Frank in the Oval Office.

Really, I don't see where they can go from here. There is no solution if she leaves him, his campaign is done. Unless he fucking kills Dunbar, it is done. And a season of him sitting in Gaffney feeling sorry for himself or banging his bros in the mountains doesn't sound too appealing. Or he could kill Claire before she can announce.

chaos_sl said:

Or he could kill Claire before she can announce.

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I think you just spoiled season 4 bro. Stamper gonna try to kill Claire, she's gonna be ready for it, there is a struggle, fight and chase, Frank tries to step in. Either Frank dies or Claire dies..... at the hands of Meachum

chaos_sl said:

Really, I don't see where they can go from here. There is no solution if she leaves him, his campaign is done. Unless he fucking kills Dunbar, it is done. And a season of him sitting in Gaffney feeling sorry for himself or banging his bros in the mountains doesn't sound too appealing. Or he could kill Claire before she can announce.

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He had single digit approval ratings and now he's the frontrunner. They'll come up with some stupid unbelievable bullshit.

Araxen_sl said:

He had single digit approval ratings and now he's the frontrunner. They'll come up with some stupid unbelievable bullshit.

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Yeah like America Works which didn't make sense at all. Also he did lame diplomatic stuff like putting his wife in UN, inviting Pussy Riot to some state dinner and going full retard with NATO politics. I mean we had some far fetched stuff during the first seasons, but s3 overall felt like some low quality vaudeville where it's all about setting up forced drama between characters. Claire going full social justice with the russian guy was so lame, so badly written it looked like some random tumbler shit.

next season we could play a game of Claire or Tumblr?

That's another thing. He's a Democrat, and his big works program is demolishing Social Security and Medicare? Fucking for real? And his answer to what happens to all of the millions of people who rely on those programs? Who knows!

chaos_sl said:

That's another thing. He's a Democrat, and his big works program is demolishing Social Security and Medicare? Fucking for real? And his answer to what happens to all of the millions of people who rely on those programs? Who knows!

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Yeah, some hardcore democrat going full "you're not entitled to anything" is just lazy writing.

Just finished it. Claire is awful in S3 but I still like this season more than the second one. I think S2 is pretty bad. Doug is my favorite character by far.

I honestly thought a good angle would be(and I thought it was coming) him running as an independent and somehow making his program work and winning. He would never, ever be able to stay a democrat with those political positions, and he's not really a democrat anyway, he just wants power. Instead he somehow wins the nomination anyway.

I didn't think this season was awful, but it fell short of season one or two. I mean, here is the synopsis for S01E01:

When the newly elected President reneges on a promise, Francis and Claire decide to sever all allegiances and toss the rules out the window.

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Compared to where we are now:

The biggest problem for me was the ham-fisting of scenarios from our current political climate in ways that make no sense. For instance, AmWorks for all the reasons everyone here has pointed out already.

Stop trying to shove such ridiculous political talking points down my throat. They gonna let Aaron Sorkin write next season? Can't wait for Coldplay to start playing in the background for the entire last 10 minutes of every episode while Frank shoves platitudes down my throat.

I honestly believed for a while that they were setting up for Frank to switch sides of the isle, and I bet they were going down that road and decided to abandon it for some reason.

Consider: Frank specifically said "I will not run on the democratic ticket in the next election" he emphasized democratic.

AmWorks: as said above, this is democratic suicide, but it fits perfectly if he was going to roll it out, get it passed, then run as republican in the next election.

There were other hints as well in the first 3-4 episodes. I still believe that it may happen next season.

Gilgamel_sl said:

I honestly thought a good angle would be(and I thought it was coming) him running as an independent and somehow making his program work and winning. He would never, ever be able to stay a democrat with those political positions, and he's not really a democrat anyway, he just wants power. Instead he somehow wins the nomination anyway.

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lol like a third party would have ever have a chance

Ambiturner_sl said:

lol like a third party would have ever have a chance

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Is it any less likely than how he got to where he is now?

Meh suspension of disbelief got broke when the gay American commits suicide and Claire doesn't even wake up to a dude strangling to death. I can't be assed to finish this season, and based upon the reviews here and le reddit hivemind, I don't seem to be missing much.