Frank Underwood may be dead and buried, but his spectral presence lives on. In fact, the ghost of Kevin Spacey’s ex-potus is, in many ways, the real star of “Chapter 66,” the opening installment of House of Cards‘ sixth and final season (all eight episodes dropped overnight on Netflix).
The opener picks up several months after Frank’s mysterious death and finds Claire Underwood’s nascent presidency — not to mention her very existence — under siege. The immediate crisis: Claire refuses to cancel a scheduled appearance at a nearby military base despite receiving an anonymous — yet seemingly credible — death threat. “The...
The opener picks up several months after Frank’s mysterious death and finds Claire Underwood’s nascent presidency — not to mention her very existence — under siege. The immediate crisis: Claire refuses to cancel a scheduled appearance at a nearby military base despite receiving an anonymous — yet seemingly credible — death threat. “The...
- 11/2/2018
- TVLine.com
In its final season, “House of Cards” buries Kevin Spacey in a shallow grave — so shallow, you can still hear Frank Underwood knocking. Killed off as a means to excuse Spacey’s sudden absence from the series, following his termination a year ago for alleged sexual harassment, Francis still steers the ship. More than half the final season passes before “House of Cards” feels like Claire Underwood’s (Robin Wright) story instead of his epilogue, and even when she starts to see her vision borne out, the lingering questions are all about Frank. Despite the hype, Season 6 isn’t Claire’s show. It’s still Frank’s, which undercuts the season’s many attempts at women-first stories and keeps momentum stagnant.
Really, in its dying hours “House of Cards” becomes a murder-mystery. Seeing it this way provides a bit of goofy levity to a series always toeing the line between pompous prestige and soapy melodrama,...
Really, in its dying hours “House of Cards” becomes a murder-mystery. Seeing it this way provides a bit of goofy levity to a series always toeing the line between pompous prestige and soapy melodrama,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Two months after halting the production of House of Cards amid sexual misconduct accusations against star Kevin Spacey, the series resumed work on its sixth and final season. Netflix previously announced Spacey's character, Frank Underwood, will be written out of the show and producers announced that Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear will join the cast.
For season six, actress Robin Wright will reprise the character of Claire Underwood (Spacey's character's wife, who was already in a position to take on a lead role this season), and series regulars Michael Kelly...
For season six, actress Robin Wright will reprise the character of Claire Underwood (Spacey's character's wife, who was already in a position to take on a lead role this season), and series regulars Michael Kelly...
- 1/31/2018
- Rollingstone.com
You finally did it. You finally finished House of Cards season five. Take a victory lap, shave, eat something outside your apartment. Live your life! But first, dissect the fifth season with us. This is your one and only spoiler warning. House of Cards had it all: trysts (straight and gay!), breakdowns, shoves, Patricia Clarkson and endless schemes. Endless! There were seriously so many, all of them Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) said he was behind. But was he really pulling all the strings to get Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) to take over the presidency? And do Claire and Frank know exactly what Mark Usher (Campbell Scott) and Jane Davis (Clarkson) are really doing to them? Is Claire truly in power? Will she pardon...
- 6/5/2017
- E! Online
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