Chapter 65

Its not that I dislike a woman president, but im here for Francis Underwood! I wait for this show to come out yearly, you cant just change the coolness of Francis Underwood to another character, it doesn't work that way, im not saying that Claire is a bad character, but we're here to support Francis Underwood!

I have to agree that this didn't have the splash of the previous seasons. Frank resigns and finds himself at the mercy of his own wife. There are a few problems to be solved and a few people to be gotten rid of. Frank continues to try to save his power, even though, in a political sense, he has no power. The love of his life is now President and she is becoming Frank (or she always was). In the past seasons, when the final episode played out, it left me with a desire to get to next year. I will certainly watch it, but I don't have that unfulfilled element in my mind. By the way, does anyone ever feel that deaths seem to happen with a lot of frequency.

This is torturous to watch. Only on the 3rd episode of the final season. Don't know if I can keep my interest to see it through. It just doesn't have the spark or snap of Frank's repartee, his quick wit was what sold us and drew us in. The urgency is gone. Robin is a corpse delivering every line in a single monotone voice acting as if she's above it all leaving us nothing to fear, not keeping the audience at the edge of our couches sucks. I miss Kevin Spacey

After watching the first five seasons, I can say the show died officially in the third one.

When Frank makes it to the presidency, the interesting part of the story ends, with very few exceptions. Seasons 3, 4 and 5 are mainly about how the Underwoods are trying to cover up their crimes and how to retain power.

On top of that, you find yourself lost trying to understand what is going on. It is hard to know who is sided with whom. Speaking of siding, Doug is loyal to Frank to a degree you just can't swallow.

And what's truly frustrating is that Frank never gets caught even though The Herald editor, Tom, is digging deeply into it.

If Frank was to get caught and put in prison that would make a better ending for this season.

Season 5 has been good throughout, however unlike the previous seasons, this one has been a little slow and uneven. It starts off promising, with a very good first episode, only to drag out on the election, which has been happening since season 3-4, it got a bit tiring after a while.

While this season's strongest points come from the brilliant acting by Kevin and Robin, this season has been very slow. Around 90% of season 5 takes place in the White House, and eventually it gets boring. Seasons 1-4 was very open, and had much more interesting characters, and a more throughout story. This did not.

That doesn't mean that this season was bad, this episode in particular was very well written and directed. House of Cards has always been a beautifully shot season, with some great moments.

One of the biggest complaints and what I think is the reason this season got so many bad reviews, is it felt pro-feminist. Almost every male character in this season is portrayed as been dumb, with all the females being the strongest. Claire​ Underwood appears to be smarter than Frank this season, which is completely stupid.

Season 5 has been good, it's had great moments, but overall it felt very feminist, slow and I got sick of seeing the damn White House. So I'll give the season along with this episode a 6.4/10, most of which comes from Kevin's acting.