Through three episodes I wonder how much total screen time has been just showing Yates just sitting or standing somewhere with a blank look on his face or a long pause leading up to him saying some cryptic one-liner. I hope they have some interesting endgame planned out.
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.
Real life politics is so ridiculous right now, seems almost impossible for them to top that in a way that keeps the show interesting.
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.
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
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are not above murder to stay in power that it's ok to use that as the solution to every lose end. With Zoe it was a shocking twist. Now it's tired and uninteresting.
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.
A question because I must have not been paying attention...
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Can anyone explain why Claire became acting President?
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Dumb, but the VP (Claire) was elected by the Senate while the House is deadlocked to elect the POTUS. Frank's term expired Jan 20 so they took the liberty to install Claire as "acting Prez" The whole enchilada of the politics they are showing is all speculative and the cold open of FU flipping coins does sell the concept a bit that "this has never happened before"
The whole enchilada of the politics they are showing is all speculative
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
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the 12th Amendment states, in relevant part, that
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The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President-The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President
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:
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The VP with a full contingent of Secret Service going to a private home, meeting a guy and ****ing him, then killing him and not one agent was either in the house or cared to figure out why she was there. Like in previous episodes, it would have shown up in travel logs as well.
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.
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.
yeah, that's always annoyed me a bit - Frank doesn't seem to have a platform of any kind.
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.
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?