In a previous post I mentioned that Russo dying in the passenger seat and going unnoticed was an annoying plot hole. Glad that was not the case, good continuity.

Ya know, since S3 has already been announced I speculate that Frank will become president, and once he is at his highest point of power and arrogance he will probably get assassinated by some little person he pissed off along the way! Hahaha

Finished the season last night. Ugh, amazing how well Spacey and Robin Wright work together on screen.

Overall, I thought it was much better paced than S1, but I was a little annoyed by characters that came and went just as fast.

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Lucas's former boss, forgot his name, Adam and Inez, Cristina, pregnant lady from S1 - so what happened to her? Did Claire just handed her everything and that was it?

Also, the switch from PRman No.1 to PRman No. 2 made no sense to me, storywise. Felt like filler.

But I loved the episode with Claire's interview, and Freddie's episode .

 

Al Swearengen wrote:

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Up to episode 10 now. I love this show so much, the acting, dialogue and the way each episode is shot is just beautiful.

Never understood the criticism that Frank doesn't have a formidable foe in the show because I think Raymond Tusk is a pretty worthy challenger.

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 I actually loved the actor who does Tusk in Deadwood. He was a formidable foe there too!

Deadwood is all over Mr. Storm! But Jackie Sharp kicks ass.

Cary Storm wrote:

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Yes, but that silly scene where

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she showed her tattoo and said fill in this poppy and start a new one there and the tattoo artist said, Well that's quite a bit of space, or whatever she said

, I just had to roll my eyes.  

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 I wondered what was the point of that! 

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Showing us she can take pain? A rebel of sorts maybe as tattoos are many times associated with that (stereotyping is such a hard job *eye roll here*) Or what if she's punishing herself somehow? But maybe she just likes to have a poppy tattoo. LOL

Wow indeed! Got two more eps and I am shocked at how many things can happen.

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So Linda is out. I liked her and like Underwood said she played to win but lost to none other than himself. And I admire her, just like Frank. She went out like a Lady. Remy Dalton is another one I love. He's got some skills at uncovering skeletons in the closet. I thought it would be Claire's abortion but NO! It was her affair with Adam Galloway. And last but not least: the Underwoods are unstoppable when they team up. They are practically taking apart the Walkers! All so cunningly hateful.

 

Don you are not the only one. I've got 5 more to go and I don't like it that it ends already.

-- Edited by TormundsWoman on Wednesday 19th of February 2014 01:11:53 AM

I've just finished Episode 19 and I'm actually starting to get bored.

Maybe I'm just waiting for 

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something to stick on the Underwoods and someone's life not get fucked up because they ran too close to Frank and Claire.

I need some justice. 

I do agree.

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One small gripe with the show is that the Underwoods always seem to outsmart and outwit every single thing thrown at them, and always very quickly. I do wish the show would really put them through the wringer.

Well, despite that I will certainly be back for S3. The good parts of the show certainly outweigh the bad ones for me.

Al Swearengen wrote:

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Five seasons seems to be the perfect number for great tv show these days but I've heard the original BBC series only went three seasons.

 

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 Thing is the BBC  show was not Netflix' cash cow, I'm afraid they will milk it for all its worth. 

The story is similar, only set in the UK, of course.The characters are far less complex, although Ian Richardson is amazing in it. I really liked it when I watched it a few years ago, but the new version is much, MUCH better.

Late to the party, as usual, saw Ep. 1,2 first season

Yeah the president is a complete doofus...how did he ever end up at the top in the first place?

The whole

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"let's be best friends with the first couple and manipulate the fuck out of them"

 just rings shallow to me. 

andrea wrote:

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I watched this and still think the same as the first time I watched. They are too infallible . More than Macbeth and his lady are in the play, (By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes). The talking to the camera thingy reminds me of Shakespeare prologues. And that I like very much. Lol, president is as dumb as king Duncan is in Macbeth too.

You can tell the actors enjoy this show and if Spacey is involved somehow in the production, I don´t think they will squeeze the story too much. I too think computer will be dangerous for them but I hope they wont go all wikileaks on him but it´s possible I guess. And I hope that, at the end, I can hear Francis (and lady Claire) say my favorite line from the play (or something similar of course):

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.”

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 This this this. The Macbeth angle is what I love most about this show.

I don't care that they seem too infallible now, because something tells me they'll end it in S3, and that that was their intention all along. If it was a series that would go on for seasons and seasons, yes, it would seem uneven and forced. I had this problem with The Borgias, but not with this show because I think they know when to end it in order to make an impact.

Just started watching this at Stitch 'n Bitch.  The artsy boyfriend? Yuck.  At the point where she's gone to see the doctor to see if she can become preggers.  Please do not let this from Seven Hells have a child.  She does a wonderful job in here and I love her chemistry with Frances but she has ice in her veins, not good mommy material, unless mommy dearest . Oh, and we the series! Oh, Don, was

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DonalNoyesArm wrote:

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Beyond perfect!

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 BWAHAHA this is amazing! That dude is deliciously Spacey-ish, who is he?

Anyone seen this Kevin Spacey Correspondents Dinner Spoof? Hilarious.

Just before season 3, a great Sesame Street HOC parody...haha

Watched the first two seasons, it's a fun watch. Haven't watch season 3 yet, but i'll catch up.

Season 2 started with a bang, this one seems be bubbling towards a boil.
I like how the show subverted expectations by making the Precidency suck ass for Frank, you wanted it so bad didn't ya? Hehe

Holy shit

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...that moment when he spit on the Jesus statue and it fell and broke...was so unexpectedly hilarious..."I have God's ear now...lolol"

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UGH, it will be a while until I finally get to see the entire season...
But I like what I keep hearing about Claire.

I liked it, it focused more on characters rather than scandals, but it was interesting to see how it panned out.
Very good performances but less OMG moments from season 2, I was hoping for some fun, dark turns, but there only was one this season: 

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When Doug tracked down and killed Rachel.

Andi is completely right, this show is made to be watched in 2 to 3 episodes at a time, because the episodes by themselves are not that eventful, if it were a weekly show most folks would eventually be bored.

Very interesting point.

Great post Andi! I think Cleaahh is Cersei done right.

But Francis is Twyin done wrong, no matter what people say about Twyin, he always put his family in the first place, not himself. The idea of the Maquiavellian prince as the one who puts himself above all else is wrong, in that Gurm got something right, the Prince puts the state above all, even himself. Well, medieval settings don't have much of a State so family will do, granted, he was a terrible father who failed to recognize his true heir, but his flaws are a great character building factor, while Francis flaws are... the bad accent maybe? A character with no flaws is just boring, even his sociopathic selfishness ends up helping him.

Sorry for the tangent, but i loved andi's analogy and decided to share my two cents. I'm at episode 9 right now, i'll edit this when i finish.

 

PS: Agree Al, also

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Rachel's death was so out of the blue, i felt cheated, so much build to end like that? Really?

And the sex scenes seemed kinda lame, specifically

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Doug's hook up with his therapist (how do you call it? the one helping him recover?), they hints were so glaringly obvious that all it lacked was some huge sign on the screen saying NOW THEY ARE GOING TO FUCK, OK? Later on, Tom and the journalist had a much more smooth thing, and i was like, why did they failed so bad with Doug? I don't remember if it was the same episode/direcor though, so that might be the cause.

-- Edited by Dolan on Wednesday 4th of March 2015 05:51:13 PM