This is a generic review of the entire season 6 of House of Cards. It was such a disappointment and at the end, just undid the great work done by the previous 5.
Kevin Spacey was like that ingredient in a popular cocktail which by taking out, the limitations of the other ingredients got exposed. The audacity of his scheming mind, the easy banter when he spoke directly to the audience and constantly pushing himself against mounting odds was the glue that kept the series together. I did feel Robin Wright was perfect as the thinking woman, playing along with her husband but burning with ambition. But once you take Spacey out of the equation, she did not have the gravitas to keep the series together nor the depth to make any of the absurd situations convincing. The whole series crumbles under the brilliance of the previous five and this remains just a shadow, watched by fans wanting to find closure.
It was also not going to be easy for the writers to find a new narrative. So, instead, they narrowed the world, making it one woman's ambition Vs the desire to control of the Shepard's. The other players flinted in and out, some walking in with hackneyed lines and absurd sub-plots which remained poor attempts to reach scale. In the acting department as well, the show fails and limitations of Robin Wright and her misplaced expressions throughout is painful to watch.
The suspense of what could have been was probably a better idea that what was finally delivered through the 6th season and for heaven's sake, I hope everybody moves on to better things, including the audience.
