Finished the season...I enjoyed it, but some things just don't make much sense.

I did like

Yeah, got on a nice binge streak and through E9. Even though Frank and Claire haven't ever seemed to have any sort of platform or political goals other than to stay in power and never lose at anything, this show is still fun.

yeah, that's always annoyed me a bit - Frank doesn't seem to have a platform of any kind.

Honestly I was kinda looking forward to this show as a vehicle for escapism. With that mindset, I enjoyed episode 1. I'm in no hurry to binge this, but it's a nice treat when I have no more remaining episodes of BCS/Leftovers/TPeaks/Archer/Silicon Valley

Started getting more interesting around ep 3, but god damn every single character is such an unlikable piece of **** I just can't gaf about anyone. Frank and Claire were pieces of **** in the first two seasons, but you could root for them as anti-heroes. Now they're just pure unsympathetic evil. But plot drives it enough that it's watchable even though I hate everyone, kinda like watching a close Pats vs Steelers game.

Frank Cuckerwood. C'mon.

The only characters I like are Mark and Seth. Both of them feel like they got more than they bargained for and now that just have to deal with it.

I'm very disappointed in this season on the whole. The second half dragged it down. The writers seem to think that
just because they've conditioned us that the Underwoods

I guess the show jumped the shark when Claire run for VP last season but this season goes even further. The suspension of disbelief needed to keep watching is ridiculous. The worst part of the show for me is how stupid everyone else has to be in order for Frank and Claire to get their way every time. Every scheme they come up with works because everyone else in this universe is so easily and successfully manipulated by them. Meanwhile they are the biggest dicks to everyone around them lying, insulting, blackmailing everyone in their way but somehow nobody fires back. That's also why big conspiracies are always bull**** btw. One person speaks, refuses to be blackmailed the whole thing collapses like a house of cards! I guess I'll keep watching waiting for it to happen.

Back to watching the real thing on CNN.

Loved the first half of the season, really didn't like the second half.

A question because I must have not been paying attention...

Thanks. Such a cluster*&%$ unfortunately is actually realistic when it comes to government.

Why does everyone call the POTUS, Frank Underwood, Francis? I understand it's his givin name, but it seems odd.

It has never been done, but it's not like they fabricated the procedure. In real life there was a first time that a tie of a vote in the Senate was decided by the vice-president, but before that first time the procedure for how to handle it should the occasion arise wasn't speculative. It is spelled out in the Constitution.

Similarly

I watched this season while playing 2-4 tables of poker (not worth my time otherwise), but I thought it got pretty good toward the end (watched the last episode uninterrupted). I like the rift between Frank and Claire and am looking forward to seeing how that plays out. Agreed that it's super dumb for them to keep killing people.

Agree like most that the second half made little sense and really jumped the shark in terms of realism. The biggest thing for me was:

The writers seem to come up with ways to trick us, but it's getting old. i know they want drama, but it's becoming reduculous. F this show

The show is falling apart because they've cycled out too many of the secondary characters.

Remy Danton and Jackie Sharp were thoroughly developed characters and they've been replaced by the congressman with a beard who is so uninteresting that I don't even remember his name.

Very good points. I'm done with this show. It doesn't excite me anymore.

I actually find this to be one of the more realistic aspects of the show. His "platform" consists of the usual platitudes during campaign season, and any legislative initiatives arise out of compromises with various factions and cronies, each working to further their respective power and influence.

Im not putting anything in spoilers

FU's inaugural speech re:medicare was trolling extraordinaire

Wait, was the newbie reporter that got fired from the Washington Herald hired on at the White House and became the Press Secretary, the highest government media position in the organization?

The black dude who was sleeping with the other girl from the Herald? IIRC he's now Seth's deputy, not the full-on Press Secretary