Chapter 73

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.

The worst final season............. You ruined the Series.

Not the worst series finale ever, not the worst season of anything ever, not the first time a show went on too long, not the last time a show will go on for too long, but the last time I will ever have to watch this show again fills me with both sadness when I remember how much I loved it some years ago when it was good, and gladness when I remember that's it's over and I don't have to watch anymore of this terrible season.

The writers of this season must have taken a cue from the writers of Dexter. This was their formula: Make a fantastic show for multiple seasons, get the fans thoroughly engaged, intrigued, and personally invested in the characters, plot, and general vibe of the show,....then pull the rug out from under the audience and hit them with the most underwhelming and assanine finale. Give an infinite number of monkeys access to a typewriter, and you would have had a higher probability of a better conclusion to House of Cards. Sad...this was Netflix's one true flagship show, and they blew it!

What the hell was all that about ? Totally shambolic finale to what once was truly excellent series. Complete disaster.