Chapter 65

House Of Cards is the best political show on television. Season 5 might be my favourite they have ever done. By this point a core group of main characters has been established. It is very easy to dive right into the season. The pace is solid and consistent. Each episode ends with key revelations and the next carries the momentum on towards a strong finish. I feel the characters and plot lines are more unified this season. It is the Underwood administration against the world with all the dirty tricks and vicious back stabbing you could hope for. This episode ties the season together beautifully and completely opens the story up for next season. I really have no idea what will happen. Another thing I appreciate is that the show does not force feed you the writers own political opinions. You can probably find that in it if you want to, but, you don't have to. The Underwoods are smart, charming and willing to do anything they can to acquire power. Who cares what their political opinions are? I enjoyed this a lot and already look forward to season 6.

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

well season 5 was the worst yet. ridiculous all the way to the final episode (13). I'm not sure if it's just the underwood's being sloppy or if the writers have had enough and taking the mickey from the audience. either way, it's not worth my time any longer. at first (first few seasons) I could imagine some the the political machinations could be plausible, but come season 4 (and 5) and i'm thinking that if a someone else wrote the story for an upcoming tvshow, it wouldn't see the light of day. sorry Kevin and Robin you are awesome always - as is the cast. sorry about the material this season. ridiculous

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.

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.