House of Cards is the American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon. This is an adaptation of the BBC miniseries of 1990 with the same name and based on a novel of the same name by Michael Dobbs. The first 13-episode episode was released on February 1, 2013 on the Netflix streaming service.
House of Cards is set up in Washington, D.C. and is the story of Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from the 5th South Carolina congress district and House Majority Whip. He was passed to be appointed Secretary of State, so he embarked on a complicated plan to gain power, aided by his wife Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). The series addresses the themes of pragmatism, manipulation, and cruel power.
House of Cards has received positive reviews and award nominations, including 33 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Extraordinary Drama Series, Extraordinary Main Actor for Spacey, and Outstanding Acting Actress for Wright. This is the first online online television series to receive a major Emmy nomination. The event also earned eight Golden Globe Award nominations, with Wright winning for Best Actress - TV Drama Series in 2014 and Spacey's Best Actor Award - TV Drama Series in 2015.
On October 30, 2017, Netflix announced that the sixth season would be the last season, following allegations of sexual offenses against Spacey. On November 3, 2017, Netflix announced that Spacey had been fired from the show. On December 4, 2017, Netflix announced that the sixth season of the eight episodes will begin production in early 2018 without Spacey's involvement. Last season will be released by the end of 2018.
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Plot
Season 1 (2013)
Frank Underwood, a power-hungry Democrat congressman from South Carolina and the House majority whip, celebrates the election of President Garrett Walker, whose campaign he helps to get himself appointed Secretary of State. However, Underwood knows that the President wants him to promote his agenda in Congress and will not honor their agreement. In a boiling heart, Underwood presents himself as a lieutenant who helps to Walker. In fact, Underwood embarked on an elaborate plan behind the President's back, with the ultimate goal of getting a cabinet position. Frank Claire's wife runs an NGO, the Clean Water Initiative, which she uses to develop her own strength, but her ultimate goal remains unknown. Despite the success of the operation, Claire tried to extend her coverage to the international stage, often using Frank's connection. It was clear from the outset that Claire shared her husband's cold and cruel pragmatism and the desire to rule, and they often came together to ensure the success of each other's efforts. They both work with Remy Danton, corporate lobbyist and former Underwood staff, to secure funds for their operations and expand their influence.
Underwood begins a symbiotic, and ultimately sexual, relationship with Zoe Barnes, a young political reporter, secretly feeding her destructive stories about his political opponents to influence the necessary public opinion. Meanwhile, he manipulates Peter Russo, an alcoholic and troubled congressman from Pennsylvania, to help him undermine Walker's choice for Secretary of State, Senator Michael Kern. Underwood eventually had Kern replaced by his own choice, Senator Catherine Durant. Underwood also uses Russo in a plot to end teacher strike and pass the education bill, which improves Underwood's position with Walker. Since the new Vice President is a former governor of Pennsylvania, special elections will be held for his successor. Underwood helps Russo get clean and props his candidacy, but then uses the girl calls Rachel Posner to break his calm and trigger his downfall shortly before the election. When Russo decides to be clean about his role in Underwood scheme, Frank kills Russo and stages his death as a suicide. With special elections in chaos, Underwood convinces the Vice President to step down and run for the old governor - leaving the Vice-Presidency open to Underwood, as his plans have been. Underwood was introduced to Missouri billionaire Raymond Tusk, a friend and adviser to Walker. Tusk revealed that he had influenced Walker's decision all along and convinced him to cancel the preliminary agreement, and explained that he would influence Walker to nominate Underwood as vice president if he did a favor favoring Tusk's interests. Underwood counter-proposes to Tusk that they work together to fulfill both their interests, which Tusk receives. Meanwhile, after Underwood ends their affairs, Zoe starts collecting hints on various Underwood plots. The season ends when Underwood receives a nomination for the Vice President of the United States.
Season 2 (2014)
Zoe and two colleagues, Lucas Goodwin and Janine Skorsky, continue to investigate Frank and eventually find Rachel. As a protective measure, Frank's assistant, Doug Stamper, took Rachel to a safe house while Frank lured Zoe to a Metro station and, invisible to witnesses or security cameras, pushed her in front of the oncoming train. Zoe's death forced Janine to leave the investigation, but Lucas continued his own search. He enlisted the help of hackers to retrieve Frank's text history. However, the hacker, Gavin Orsay, actually works for Doug and frames Lucas for cyberterrorism. Later, Gavin uses Rachel to blackmail Doug. Worried about the potential danger and Doug's growing obsession with her, Rachel hit Doug with a brick and left it to die. After Frank begins his presidential assignment, Claire becomes close to the First Lady and learns Walker's marriage becomes tense. Meanwhile, Frank aims to create a wedge between Walker and Tusk. He met Xander Feng, a Chinese businessman and an ally of Tusk, to engage in reverse-channel negotiations that Frank deliberately revised at the expense of Tusk's credibility. In a trade war generated with China, Tusk opposed Walker's efforts to tackle the crisis and began to have tribal casino funnel money into the PAC Republic in retaliation. When Frank discovers that Feng is the source of the donation, he asks Feng to end his partnership with Tusk in return for a favorable contract for a bridge over Long Island Sound.
The Justice Department investigates White House relations with Feng and Tusk. Frank manipulates Walker into volunteering his travel records, which reveals his visit to a marriage counselor and asks questions about whether donations are discussed. Hoping to avoid public disclosure of his personal issues, Walker has a White House Counsel coach, a counselor, who is interpreted by a special prosecutor as a witness to the distraction. When the Justice Committee of the House began to draft impeachment articles, both Walker and Frank offered Tusk a presidential pardon instead of getting involved with each other. The Tusk side with Walker at first, leaving Frank no choice but to regain the president's confidence as a friend. Walker then canceled his deal with Tusk, who testified against him. With Walker forced to resign, Frank was sworn in as President of the United States 46th.
Season 3 (2015)
Six months in his presidency, Frank encouraged a controversial work program called America Works. Determined not to be the "reservoir" President, Underwood reversed his previous appointment and runs in 2016 elections, competing against Heather Dunbar in Democratic primaries. When Frank refused to return Doug as Chief of Staff, Doug seemed to switch sides and start working for Dunbar. Gavin helps Doug track down Rachel and give a finding that says he's dead, causing Doug to have a relapse. When Gavin reveals that Rachel is really alive, Doug chases her down to tell her location. Doug finds Rachel living under a fake identity in New Mexico, pushing her into the desert, and finally killing her. He returned to work as Chief of Staff Frank after Remy resigned. Meanwhile, Claire was named the US ambassador to the United Nations and faced a crisis in the Jordan Valley, who pitted Frank against Russian President Viktor Petrov. When Petrov had an American gay rights activist arrested in Russia, Underwood's family persuaded him to release him. However, Petrov demanded that activists apologize on Russian television, leading activists to commit suicide while being visited by Claire. Later, after Russian troops were killed in the Jordan Valley, Petrov convinced Frank to remove Claire as ambassador instead of a peaceful resolution. Claire resigned, arguing that she wanted to be more active in Frank's campaign.
Throughout the season, a writer named Thomas Yates was hired by Frank to write a biography for the purpose of promoting America Works. Andrea, a fiction writer with her dark past, decides to twist the book and write less about Frank and more about her marriage to Claire. Andrea read Frank the prologue that he did not understand at first, but agreed was a good start. At the end of the season, Andrea wrote the first chapter and Frank, disliked the direction the book took, fired Andrea. At the end of the season, the tension between Underwoods reaches the point where Claire declares his intention to leave Frank.
Season 4 (2016)
Claire moved to Dallas and went to Congress in her home district. The petahana, Doris Jones, plans to retire and support his daughter Celia as his successor. Claire offered them federal funds for the key Planned Parenthood clinic in exchange for resigning, but they declined the offer. Frank won back Claire's support by promising not to sabotage his campaign in Texas, but he later publicly supported Celia at his State of the Union address. Frank and Claire travel to South Carolina for the primary purpose, but a series of scandals caused Frank to almost lose the country to Dunbar. Frank discovers that Claire has been leaking information to Dunbar, and he threatens to continue unless he names her as his partner. Frank refused. Lucas is released from prison and seeks revenge on Frank. He explains his story to Dunbar, but he throws it away. Desperate, he tried to kill Frank, injured the president in the stomach and killed the bodyguard Edward Meechum, but not before Meechum killed Lucas. While Frank remained comatose, Donald Blythe was sworn in as Acting President of the United States. Blythe hesitated during a military crisis involving Russia, and turned to Claire for guidance. Claire contradicts Frank's desire by convincing Blythe to involve China and securing a meeting with Petrov, where he bridges an ambitious peace deal. Doug leaked information about Dunbar's secret encounter with Lucas and forced him to postpone his campaign. Frank recovered and resumed his position as President, agreeing to put Claire on a ticket for the upcoming election.
Tom Hammerschmidt, former editor of Zoe and Lucas, digs deeper into the final claims about Frank's misbehavior. He approached Remy and, with his help, began to unite Frank's corruption. Tom also met with Walker, convincing him to help by pleading his anger for being forced to resign. Remy Danton and Jackie Sharp also decided to go on record against Frank to lend credibility to the story. An American family was kidnapped in Tennessee by two supporters of a radical Islamic group called the Islamic Caliphate Organization (ICO), who agreed to negotiate only with an ambitious Republican candidate, Governor Will Conway. Frank invites Conway to the White House to assist in negotiations as a publicity stunt, and Conway helps buy critical time in finding suspects. However, the tension between Conways and Underwoods caused the governor to end his role in the crisis. Frank and Claire allow the kidnappers to talk to the sacked ICO leader, Yusuf al-Ahmadi, after the successful release of two hostages. Instead of defusing the situation when he agreed, al Ahmadi urged the kidnappers to kill the remaining hostages and broadcast the killings to the public. Meanwhile, Hammerschmidt published his story and threatened to end the week of Frank's campaign before the election. Claire urges Frank to use heavier hands in the situation, and they decide to fight back by creating chaos. Frank spoke to the public who declared that this nation was at war total, ordering full military power used to combat global terrorism irrespective of its cost. The season ends with Frank and Claire witnessing the live execution of the hostages together, and Claire breaks the fourth wall for the first time by looking into the camera along with Frank.
Season 5 (2017)
In the weeks before the 2016 election, Frank used the ICO as a pretext to impose martial law in urban areas and consolidate polling places in key countries. Conducted primarily through the back channel with the Democratic governor, this was officially carried out in the name of security, but in practice deprived the voting rights of rural Republicans. To keep the strategy afraid, Doug blackmail hacker Aidan Macallan to launch a massive cyber attack on the NSA, slowing down Internet traffic and wiping out hundreds of thousands of files. The Underwood Administration marks an attack on ICO. On Election Day, the result depends on Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Ohio. The early return seems to support Conway. Underwood's political machine stage of a terrorist attack in Knoxville, Tennessee, pinned on local ICO sympathizers is suspected. With Pennsylvania secured by seemingly swinging Conway and Ohio, Frank unofficially summoned Conway directly to surrender. However, this was just a tactic to make Conway off guard, because Underwoods contacted the Ohio governor and convinced him to close the vote early in the pretense of terrorist threats. Ohio and Tennessee refused to ratify the election, and no candidate reached the required number of votes.
Nine weeks after the unresolved election, the Twelfth Amendment was raised, with a vote given to members of Congress. During a meeting with the Black Caucus of Congress, cracks began to appear on Conway's facade as he lost his composure. Apart from this, Frank's own baggage and 12% approval rating only allowed him to tie up with Conway at House, while Claire manages to secure the Senate vote, becoming Acting President of the United States. In light of the tie, Claire ordered a special election for Ohio and Tennessee. Meanwhile, Jane Davis, a low-ranking Department of Commerce official with a network of connections and widespread influence, began working closely with Underwoods. As a private citizen for the present, Frank attends a gathering of powerful people in a secret society known as the Elysian Field, in an effort to secure their influence for votes in the impending special elections. Meanwhile, Conway suffered a mental breakdown on his private plane feeling that the election was stolen from him. Finally, these and other leaks from his campaign are slowly trickling into the media in a way that seems unrelated to Underwoods. Seeing that his candidate lost, Conway's campaign manager, Mark Usher, switched sides to Underwoods. The Underwood ticket won Ohio and Tennessee, and Frank was sworn in as President and Claire as Vice President.
Media Independent Capital (MRC) Independent Studios (MRC), founded by Mordecai Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, film producers such as Babel , purchased the rights to House of Cards in order to create a series. While completing production in his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher's agent showed him the House of Cards, a BBC miniseries starring Ian Richardson. Fincher is interested in producing a potential series with Eric Roth. Fincher said that he was interested in doing television because of his long nature, adding that working in the film does not allow for the complicated characterization as made possible by television. "I have felt for the last ten years that the best writing that happened to actors was happening on television so I wanted to do something longer," Fincher said.
MRC approached different networks about the series, including HBO, Showtime and AMC, but Netflix, hoping to launch its own program, beat other networks. Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer, looks at Netflix users' custom streaming data and concludes that there is an audience for Fincher and Spacey. "It looks very promising," he said, "a kind of material storm and perfect talent." In finding a writer to adapt the series, Fincher states that they need someone who can faithfully translate parliamentary politics into Washington. "Beau Willimon, who has served as an aide to Chuck Schumer, Howard Dean and Hillary Clinton, was hired and completed a pilot script in early 2011. Willimon sees the opportunity to create a completely new series from the original and deepen the whole story.
The project was first announced in March 2011, with Kevin Spacey attached to the star and serving as an executive producer. Fincher was announced as the director for the first two episodes, from a script by Willimon. Netflix ordered 26 episodes to air for two seasons.
Spacey calls the Netflix model to publish all episodes at once "new perspectives." He added that Netflix's commitment to two full seasons provides a greater series of sustainability. "We know exactly where we're going," he said. In a speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, he also noted that while other networks were interested in the show, they all wanted a pilot, while Netflix - just relying on their stats - ordered the series live. In January 2016, show maker, executive producer and departure showrunner Beau Willimon after season 4 was announced.
Casting
Fincher states that every major player is their first choice. In the first reading, he said, "I want everyone here to know that you represent our first choice - each actor here represents our first choice for these characters so do not mess up this." Spacey, whose last regular television role was in the series Wiseguy, which ran from 1987 to 1990, responded positively to the script. He then played Richard III at The Old Vic, which according to Fincher was "great training." Spacey supports the decision to release all episodes at once, believing that this type of release pattern will become more common with television shows. He said, "When I ask my friends what they do with their weekend, they say, 'Oh, I stayed there and watched three seasons of Breaking Bad or two seasons Game of Thrones. "He was officially cast on March 18, 2011. Robin Wright was approached by Fincher to star in the series when they teamed up at The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She acts as Claire Underwood in June 2011. Kate Mara plays Zoe Barnes in early February 2012. Mara's sister, Rooney, works with Fincher in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , and when Kate Mara reads part of Zoe , he "fell in love with the character" and asked his sister to "give me a word with Fincher." The following month, she got a call to audition.
Filming
Locations
The main photography for the first season begins in January 2012 in Harford County, Maryland, on the East coast of the United States. The filmmaking of the exterior scene in 2013 is primarily centered around and around the city of Baltimore, Maryland, which is about 40 miles northeast of Washington, D.C.
Among the various exteriors that were filmed in Baltimore, but in Washington, DC, were: the residence of Francis and Claire Underwood, Zoe Barnes's apartment, Freddy's BBQ Rib Joint, The Clean Water Initiative building where Claire worked, The Washington Herald > Office, Washington Opera House, State Secretary Building, Cotesworth Hotel, The Georgetown Hotel, Werner's Bar, Tio Pepe's, DuPont Circle Bar, and other arranged scenes, including Peter Russo campaign campaign in Pennsylvania and Library Francis J. Underwood Sentinel (military academy) and Waldron Hall in South Carolina.
Most of the interior scenes in House of Cards were filmed in a large industrial warehouse, located in Joppa, Maryland, also in Harford County, about 17 miles northeast of Baltimore. The warehouse is used to film some of the most iconic scenes of this series, such as the full-scale reconstruction of most of the White House's West Wing, including the Oval Office, Congressional offices and corridors, the large 'Slugline open-plan office interior', and domestic interior-like spaces a large townhouse in the residence of Underwood and a large apartment apartment. Extensive film production for season 5 was also performed at the Maryland Historical Society in Mount Vernon, Baltimore.
The series uses a green screen to add direct action, insert a view of outdoor scenery in the window and broadcast images on TV monitors, often in post-production. Production Designer Steve Arnold also explains in detail the use of a three-sided green screen to insert street scenes outside the car window, with synchronized LED screens on the car (and from the camera), which emit suitable light to actors and car parts, such as window frame: "Everybody driving on the show, anything in the vehicle is done on stage, in a room that is a big three-sided green screen space.Cars are immobile, actors are in cars, and cameras are mounted around them. very long from the LED monitor hanging on top of the car.We have a camera crew going to Washington, DC to get around and shoot a plate for what you see outside as you drive.And it's put onto the LED screen on top of the car.So while the scene is being in progress, the LED screen is synchronized to emit an interactive light to match the light conditions you see in the scene you pass (the will be added in the post) All the reflections in the car window, window sills and door poles are being shot while we are photographing the actors in the car. Later on the green screen post was replaced with a synchronized driving license plate, and it worked very well. It gives you a sense of light passing through the actors' faces, matching the existing light on the plate's image ".
In June 2014, filming three episodes in the UN Security Council room was vetoed by Russia at the last minute. But the show was able to film in other parts of the UN Building. In August 2014, the show filmed a "mock-scene" in Washington, D.C. In December 2014, the show was filmed in EspaÃÆ' Â ± ola, Santa Fe, and Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Tax Credits
According to the Maryland Film Office, the state provides millions of tax credits to subsidize production costs.
- For season 1, the company received a final tax credit of $ 11.6 million. The cost of production is $ 63 million, more than 1,800 Maryland businesses are involved, and nearly 2,200 Maryland residents are employed with an economic impact of $ 138 million.
- For season 2, the company is reportedly expecting to get a tax credit of about $ 15 million due to filming costs of more than $ 55 million. There are nearly 2,000 Maryland businesses that benefit from production and more than 3,700 Maryland residents are employed with an estimated economic impact of $ 120 million.
- For season 3, the company filed a letter of ability to film, and estimated economic costs and impacts similar to season 2. Based on the 2014 formula, "the show will qualify up to $ 15 million in tax credits."
Announcement of the season end and Spacey shooting
On October 11, 2017, The Baltimore Sun reported that the House of Cards has been updated for the sixth season and the filming will begin in late October 2017. On October 30, 2017, Netflix canceled < i> House of Cards , announces that the upcoming sixth season will be the last. The cancellation was announced 12 hours after actor Anthony Rapp publicly stated that the main actor Spacey had made sexual advances on him at a 1986 party when Rapp was 14. Some sources stated that the decision to end the series was made before Rapp's allegations, but the announcement however raised suspicions because time. The following day, it was announced that production in that season would be temporarily suspended, according to an official joint statement from Netflix and MRC, "to give us time to review the current situation and to address the concerns of our players and crew." On November 3, 2017, Netflix announced that they would no longer be associated with Spacey in any capacity. On December 4, 2017, Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, announced that production would resume in 2018 with Robin Wright leading, without Spacey involvement, and revealed that the sixth and final season of the event would consist of eight episodes. On January 31, 2018, Greg Kinnear and Diane Lane joined the last season, which also began filming that day.
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Release
Broadcast
In Australia, where Netflix is ​​not available before 2015, the series is broadcast on Showcase, airing on May 7, 2013. Australia's Foxtel subscribers and Showcase owners offer the entire first season to Show customers through their On Demand feature on set- Foxtel top box connected to the internet, as well as through Xbox 360, Internet TV, and mobile (Foxtel Go) services. Although the entire season is available, it maintains its weekly time on Showcase. Season 2 returns to Showcase on February 15, 2014. Like the first season, the entire season is made available on demand to Show customers while also maintaining weekly time slots. The series is also available for non-Foxtel customers through Apple's Apple TV service. Prior to Netflix's launch in Australia on March 28, 2015, Netflix released Showcase rights to the House of Cards , with season 3 premiering on Netflix at launch.
In New Zealand, where Netflix is ​​not available before 2015, season 1 aired on TV3 in early 2014, followed soon by season 2. Netflix was launched in New Zealand on March 24, 2015, and unlike Australia (which launched Netflix on the same day ) where House of Cards season 3 is available at launch, this series is unavailable and the date and network premier season 3 are unknown.
In India, where Netflix is ​​not available before January 2016, House of Cards airs on February 20, 2014, at Zee Cafà ©  ©. Seasons 1 and 2 are aired back-to-back. This channel broadcasts all 13 episodes of season 3 on 28 and 29 March 2015. This marks the first time an English-speaking public entertainment channel in India airs all episodes of the latest series together. The move is intended to satisfy the audience's drive to watch the party in excess. Although Netflix was launched in India in January 2016, House of Cards is not available on this service until March 4th. All season 4 episodes have their TV premiere on Zee CafÃÆ' © on March 12 and 13, 2016.
House of Cards was acquired by Canada's CHCH superstation for broadcasts starting September 13, 2017, making the program available across Canada on cable and free-to-air in the CHCH broadcast region, which covers parts of the United States.. However, the show was removed from the CHCH primetime schedule two months later, following allegations of sexual assault on Kevin Spacey.
Home media
Season 1 was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in region 1 on June 11, 2013, season 2 was released on June 17, 2014, season 3 was released on July 7, 2015, season 4 was released on July 5, 2016, and season 5 released on October 3, 2017.
Reception
Critical response
Season 1
The first season received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds 85%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's consensus reads, "Backed by a strong appearance - especially from Kevin Spacey - and the exact direction, House of Cards is a beautiful and engaging drama that might define how television is produced. " At Metacritic, the first season had a score of 76 out of 100, based on 25 critics, showing "favorable general reviews".
USA Today critic Robert Bianco praised the series, especially Spacey and Wright's main show, saying "If you think nudity executives are fond of imagining actors who must fight the couple in the Emmy." Tom Gilatto of People Weekly praised the first two episodes, calling them "cinematic rich, full of slick and greasy dark pools." In the The Denver Post , critics Joanne Ostrow said the series was "cynical to human beings and politics and almost excited in their depictions of ambitious ambition". He added: " House of Cards is a very unpleasant blow to power and corruption."
Writing in The New York Times, critic Alessandra Stanley notes that writing in series sometimes fails to match her high acting qualities: "Unfortunately, Mr. Spacey's line does not always fulfill the subtle of his performance power, his writing is not Shakespeare, or even Aaron Sorkin, and sometimes, it turns out to be strangely stale. "Nevertheless, he praised the House of Cards as an entertainment that" enjoys a close but entertaining government. " Andrew Davies, author of the original British TV series, stated that the Spacey character does not have the "charm" of Ian Richardson, while The Independent praises Spacey's photography as a more "threatening" character, "hiding his anger." behind southern charm and ancient manners. "Randy Shaw, writing for The Huffington Post, criticized House of Cards for glorifying" union bashing and termination of rights in a political landscape in the absence of a group of activists or anyone progressively resembling The fantasy world of the Republic. "Critics such as Time Television television critic James Poniewozik and Hank Stuever of The Washington Post compare this series with Boss, like British performances and novels of the same name, many critics have noted that it was heavily influenced by both Macbeth and Richard III.In addition, some critics find elements of Othello i>, like Iago's bitter anger.
Season 2
The second season received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes this season has a 88% rating, based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's important consensus reads, "House of Cards proved to be as useful in the second season, with more powerful performances, writing, and visual design that made the first season highly addictive." At Metacritic the season had a score of 80 out of 100, based on 25 critics, showing "generally favorable reviews".
But as the season progresses, reviews become more diverse. Jen Chaney of Vulture writes that the second season "feels a bit empty" and that "the closest to feeling emotionally rich is when focusing on Claire." At the end of the second season, Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote that the show was a "seriously ridiculous political potboiler"; he gave the whole season a C-.
Season 3
The third season received most of the positive reviews, although many critics claimed that it felt repetitive. On Rotten Tomatoes, this season has a 77% rating, based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The consensus of the site reads, "Season three introduces an exciting new political and personal element for Frank Underwood's character, even if it feels more the same for some people." At Metacritic, this season has a score of 76 out of 100, based on 24 critics, which shows "favorable general reviews".
The negative reviews come from Nick Gillespie's Nick Gillespie, who accused writers of "coming down to prosaic morality" in season 3 and asserting that it deviates from the original intent of the event, and Michael Wolff from USA Today clearly affirms that "the House of Cards third season is not good... not only is not good, but incompetent, messy, lost." IndieWire named the season as one of the most disappointing shows of 2015.
Season 4
The fourth season received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, this season has a 88% rating, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The important consensus of this site reads, " House of Cards retains party loosening by improving drama, and deepen Robin Wright's role even further. " At Metacritic, the season had a score of 76 out of 100, based on 17 critics, showing "generally favorable reviews".
Ben Travers from IndieWire has a positive response for season four, calling it an upgrade from what he considers to be a "melodramatic season" that is messy and unsatisfactory, "writes that" House of Cards aims for authenticity, and for what feels like the first time-consistently finds it. "
Todd Van DerWerff from Vox has mixed reviews into season four, criticizing repetitive and predictable character traits, writes: "There is no mystery with House of Cards, where you know exactly what will happen just like you did on NCIS .The constraints will come out on your own, but Frank (the hammy Kevin Spacey) and Claire (the almost perfect Robin Wright) Underwood will win.All you see is what you get. "
The choice to make Frank and Claire run as a life companion is greatly criticized by some reviewers. Jonathan Holmes of Radio Times wrote that "there are limits to the folly that viewers are willing to accept, and with season four House of Cards may have crossed the line." Claire demands his election because the Frank couple who was walking was stupid, stupid, this turned a shrewd political operator into a fish-eyed fish-eyed spacer Spencer Kornhaber from The Atlantic wrote that "at times like this it's good to remembering that Cards really, is basically a stupid TV show, not a very sneaky comment about political reality. "
Season 5
The fifth season received positive criticism from critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 70% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The important consensus of the site reads, " House of Cards enjoys a return of confidence to shape the season this, despite its strange superiority is little affected by the current political climate. " At Metacritic, this season has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 11 critics, showing "mixed or average review".
After the fifth season received the Best Drama Series nomination at the 69th Emmy Primetime Awards, Brian Grubb from Uproxx wrote:
House of Cards has not been very good for a few seasons now, if it ever gets that good. I can understand the genuine excitement about it. Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are on television. And not even a "television", really. They are in the big budget series made for and by the streaming service. David Fincher was involved and even directed several episodes. This is a revolutionary development of the frontier. [...] I do not see how people who watch it can think they deserve a place in six or seven of the best dramas on television.
Accolades
For its first season, House of Cards received nine nominations for the 65th Emmy PrimeTime Prize in 2013, to become the first online online webpage television series to receive the ultimate nomination. Among House of Cards' nine nominations, "Chapter 1" received four nominations for the 65th Prime Prize Emmy Awards and the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards became the first web episode (online-only episode) from the television series to receive a major PrimeMime Emmy Award nomination: Directing Position for Drama Series for David Fincher. This episode also received several Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations, including Extraordinary Cinematography for Single Camera Series, Extraordinary Camera Image Editing for Drama Series, and Extraordinary Music Composition for Series (Original Drama). Although the Emmy Primetime Award for Leading Actor Outstanding in the Drama Series is not a category that officially recognizes an episode, Spacey proposes "Chapter 1" to consider in order to get his nomination. At the PrimeMime Creative Arts Emmy Award, "Chapter 1" and Eigil Bryld received the Emmy Primetime Award for Outstanding Cinematography for the Single Camera Series, making "Chapter 1" the first Emmy award-winning webisode. At the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, Fincher won for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series to direct the pilot episode "Chapter 1" in addition to the Creative Arts Emmy Awards couple, making the first "Primetime Emmy" Chapter 1 "endowed with a webisode. None of the Emmy awards are considered in the main category.
For the 71st Golden Globe Awards, House of Cards received four nominations. Among the nominees was the Wright for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - TV Drama Series for her role as Claire Underwood, which she won. Thus, he became the first actress to win a Golden Globe Award for the online web television series only.
For the second season, the House of Cards received 13 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Kevin Spacey for Best Actor in Drama Series, Robin Wright for Best Actress in Drama Series, Kate Mara for Outside Guest Actress Regular in Serial Drama, and Reg E. Cathey for Extraordinary Guest Actor in Drama Series. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, the series was nominated for Best Drama Series and Wright was nominated for Best Drama Actress, while Spacey won for Best Drama Actor.
References
External links
- Official website
- House of Cards on IMDb
- House of Cards on TV.com
- House of Cards in Metacritic
- House of Cards at Emmys.com
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