I watched this episode a few weeks after it was released. Like the rest of this season I didn't care for it very much, the storyline made no sense and none of the characters behaved like any real person would.
After I finished the episode I thought "OK, so that was episode no. 8, moving on... hmm, strange, episode 9 doesn't seem to be available yet. Well it was kind of a plot twist at the end so I guess it's the mid-season break now..."
Didn't think much more of it until recently. "Whatever happened to the rest of the final season of House of Cards?", I thought. Only then did I find out that this episode was the ending of the entire series!
WHAT!?
What the h**l kind of an ending was that? How is this even an ending? It doesn't resolve anything. It doesn't work as a conclusion to anything other than a few of the sub-plots. It only sets up an even bigger mess that might actually have been interesting to watch.
There have been some terrible endings to great series over the years, but this one really takes the cake.
