When was house of cards released

And then it ends in a series finale that feels more incomplete than anything since Dexter Morgan took to the woods to become a lumberjack. Season six was already in production with original star Kevin Spacey when allegations that Spacey had sexually assaulted multiple men , some of them minors, led to his swift dismissal from the series.

But whatever form that panic took, it has manifested in a season of television that is at least 75 percent about Frank Underwood, despite the fact that he never once appears. House of Cards rouses itself to life a few times during the season, mostly by simultaneously celebrating and skewering white feminism.

The Shepherds are a pair of siblings played by Greg Kinnear and Diane Lane , and they always feel like what they are — new characters dropped into a final season to goose the conflict. The scheme that Claire hatches to cement her own power in the face of this extremely vague opposition is ridiculous even by House of Cards standards.

First, she leans into the worst fears that misogynists have about a woman president by appearing hysterical and unable to control her emotions. The result is that its final episodes feel like a series of plot resolutions that never resolve into anything — especially when it comes to The one reason House of Cards still had the potential to deliver a satisfying finale for its many fans, despite the absence of its initial protagonist, stems from how much those fans love Claire and former Underwood lackey Doug Stamper Michael Kelly.

His sponsors — the Shepherds, of course — really think he could be out of prison in nine or 10 years, thanks to his obvious mental distress at the time of assassination. Instead of streamlining the show to the handful of vital characters it has left, it introduces the business with the Shepherds, which is clunky, unnecessary, and largely uninteresting. It pushes a proxy war with Russia in Syria. It comments on several pieces of legislation, including the Equal Rights Amendment.

On the one hand, I get it. On the other hand, every time season six starts to build some momentum behind either of its other two major ideas, it lumbers backward to ponder what Frank would have done, or what Frank would have wanted, and it kills that momentum immediately. But it can never move past him. It can never escape his cancerous orbit.

Francis grooms his replacement as Whip. Claire goes on the offensive. Francis puts China in the cross-hairs. Claire confronts a painful trauma from her past.

Lucas Goodwin presses for the truth. Tension rises between Francis and Raymond Tusk as the situation with China deteriorates. A battle in the Senate pits Francis against the Republicans. A terror scare at the Capitol traps Francis with a resentful Donald Blythe.

Claire gives a live interview that rocks the media. Francis back-channels with a Chinese billionaire. Lucas uses extreme measures to expose the Vice President. A shadowy figure joins Team Underwood. Amidst an energy crisis, Francis and Tusk end their shaky alliance.

Lucas must make a difficult choice. Stamper grows closer to Rachel. House of Cards Season 5 Teaser Trailer. Season 4 Official Trailer. Season 3 Teaser - "White House Portrait". Season 3 Trailer. Photos Top cast Edit. Beau Willimon created for television by. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Majority House Whip Francis Underwood takes you on a long journey as he exacts his vengeance on those he feels wronged him - that is, his own cabinet members including the President of the United States himself.

Dashing, cunning, methodical and vicious, Frank Underwood along with his equally manipulative yet ambiguous wife, Claire, take Washington by storm through climbing the hierarchical ladder to power in this Americanized recreation of the BBC series of the same name.

Did you know Edit. Quotes Francis Underwood : Such a waste of talent. User reviews Review. Top review. Kinda used to tv shows ruining everything in the last seasons. S1 to S4 simply amazing, incredible, better than any other series. Yes, it was too good to be true, season 5 was weak, even though Spacey still played in, story wise it was poor. Season I have no words.