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House Of Cards - Teaser: Grave
- Thread starter Theorry
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Nah. The first couple of seasons were really good, but then things fell apart quickly. Frank was always the strongest character, so this final season may end up a mess.
First scene, Claire and Doug in the Oval Office.
"Have you heard from Francis?"
"Yes, he sends his best regards. He says the resignation and the following trip to somewhere in Asia to find himself were the best decisions he ever made."
"Wow, that's great to hear... let's talk politics."
Agreed. This season will probably be a mess since Kevin Spacey's Frank was the strongest and most interesting character on the show by far.
Definitely not. The direction they were going in was 100% a war between Frank and Claire.
I'm only going to watch this season to laugh at how bad it's going to be and since I already (stupidly) watched the entirety of last two.
The show is not worth it if you're looking for something good.
I meant the direction of Claire being the main character. The past two seasons I was more interested in Claire and what she was doing than I was with Frank. They needed this change his bullshit was growing very stale. I haven't wanted him to win in a while and Claire has shown that she is a much better politician than he is as well.
I don't agree, but I see where you're coming from. I thought they were going in the direction of making her the chief antagonist of our protagonist, while also putting him back in the position he was in in the two great seasons of the show: that of someone outside the presidency but angry and seeking revenge against the person in power who wronged him.
Claire, from my perspective, has been the absolute worst element of the show after the first season, by far.
That's funny I thought she was horrible the first and second season of the show. I absolutely hated her character but then that started to change and I really started to dislike Frank. I feel like they didn't know what to do with his presidency which is why almost everyone says the show goes downhill in the season he becomes president.
Well yeah. The primary problem is, he becomes far less interesting once he's in power. The show should've done one of two things: Either make season 3 his entire downfall and end there, or stretch out his ascension for more seasons before he became President. As it stands, for me, Seasons 3 and 4 were so awful that I couldn't stomach finishing Season 5. This season is going to be a mess without Kevin Spacey, and people will mostly watch for completion's sake or out of curiosity.
As for Claire, she always seemed like an inept individual, constantly failing upwards because of her connection to Frank. Her abilities to lead and to scheme were clearly several levels beneath his, and he pulled a lot of the weight, especially early on, in getting her to succeed, which sucks.
Is it not worth watching then from the start, even for a set amount of early series and dropping it at a certain point?
My advice: Watch the first two seasons and nothing more. The end of the second season is perfectly acceptable, to me, as a series finale where
the villainous protagonist outright wins.
Seasons 1 and 2 are excellent television and absolutely worth your time. Seasons 3 and 4 are fuck awful, and Season 5 is mostly terrible, too.
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I hope they kill off Jane Davis and Mark Usher too. The absolute worst characters this show has ever had.
yes, just a shame that
you just gave away the ending. :lol
If you're ok with dropping mid-way, then just watch the first two seasons and pretend that the story ended there (it really fits as an ending).
The general story of the series is common knowledge now, and this teaser more or less gives it away anyway.
Agree with this. Season 3 was complete shit until the very last scene for me, season 4 was a bit better and I actually enjoyed Season 5, but getting to that pay off took a lot of time. Season 3 is by far the worst it was like they didn't know what to do at all and it just went around in circles.
Maybe he didn't watch it yet? Just edit out that bit.
I actually... forgot that they were 5 seasons.. I totally thought that we only had 4 not counting the upcoming one.
This fucking show lasted 6 seasons when it should've ended at 2 (or 3 if the writers weren't dumb). Insane.
Awesome, I'll do just that then, lol. No issue dropping something if it's a natural ending place and falls off a cliff after this.
I had always assumed that Frank would die in the finale. Up until Spacey got exposed and fired.
The British version is worth watching, even though it's very old now.
The first two seasons are really amazing TV. With the first one being exceptional.
Yeah, exactly. I understand why he's not back, but his absence will be super noticeable and make it so the show is completely unwatchable most likely.
Well yeah, a house of cards takes a long time to build, but then falls quickly with the slightest push. That isn't how it played out in the Spacey series, sadly.
Well Netflix is pretty clear in their message that Kevin Spacey is dead to them. I have to say I am interested again to watch now. Claire is a great character, I just hope they step up the writing from last season.