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House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16



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House of Cards, the critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated drama has its Golden Globe- winning stars Kevin Spacey (as Francis Underwood) and Robin Wright (as Claire Underwood). The series also stars Michael Kelly, Mahershala Ali, Jayne Atkinson, Neve Campbell, Derek Cecil, Nathan Darrow, Kim Dickens, Elizabeth Marvel, Dominique McElligott, Molly Parker and Paul Sparks, with Ellen Burstyn, Cicely Tyson and Joel Kinnaman. All 13 episodes of the one-hour drama produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital will premiere Friday, March 4, at 12:01 a.m. only on Netflix.
13 episode fourth season. All episodes available 3/4/16 at 3:01am EST. Already renewed for a fifth. Series creator and EP Beau Willimon will not return for the fifth season.


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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I gave up...either halfway through S2 or S3, can't even remember. Is it worth catching up on? IIRC, the reason I gave up is it seemed too realistic to me, and just pissed me off that our political systems were the way they are.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I'd say the second season has a good ending. Third didn't do much for me.

It's not very realistic when it comes to politics.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Third season was disappointing but I'll give this season a chance.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
I'd say the second season has a good ending. Third didn't do much for me.

It's not very realistic when it comes to politics.
This.

You're crazier than Doghair Trump if you think this is too realistic.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I just finished season 3, middle part was good,

Show looks great in hd, and spacey is solid so its a decent binge watch.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I'll be binging this tomorrow.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

All episodes are available.

I'll most likely burn through over the weekend like I have in years past.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Just finished Ep 1, great start.

Happy to see Neve working again..
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Originally Posted by mphtrilogy
I just finished season 3, middle part was good,

Show looks great in hd, and spacey is solid so its a decent binge watch.
sounds great too!
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Looking forward to this!

I absolutely love all episodes being available at once.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

The Binge is on, 4 Eps in, great season so far!

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RIP meachem, great interaction between claire and frank this season and a nice callback to the editor storyline... love how Claire is playing this out this season and did feel like something big was gonna happen in ep 4... episode 4 was as good as those from season 1...
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I'm on episode 3. I do get a subdued response now from folks in general as if they're "over" it. Is that the general consensus now? Was season 3 so awful that it killed the show's momentum?

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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I'm on episode 3. I do get a subdued response now from folks in general as if they're "over" it. Is that the general consensus now? Was season 3 so awful that it killed the show's momentum?

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I lost interest early S3, took an 11 mos break, finished it up, came in with some momentum into S4, and glad I did, the S4 has some S1 Mojo back
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Yup. I'm about to start on episode 6 in a few. Man, it's on a tear!
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

That was a nice binge and it's safe to say that the show has gotten its mojo back. That finale was insane!
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Do I need to finish S3 to get into S4? I'm just having the toughest time...
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

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Do I need to finish S3 to get into S4? I'm just having the toughest time...

It wouldn't hurt. S4 does touch upon some events from that season - might as well at this point.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I don't know what this season's obsession with the "rehearsals intercut with the actual speech" thing is. Once was enough, but after the 50th time you're like "Holy shit, we get it, you rehearsed."
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Originally Posted by bluetoast
I don't know what this season's obsession with the "rehearsals intercut with the actual speech" thing is. Once was enough, but after the 50th time you're like "Holy shit, we get it, you rehearsed."
I just started episode #5. While I agree the rehearsal thing should have been done once, it wasn't done 50 times or more. At most, they showed him rehearsing and then switched back to the scene a few times.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Obviously I was exaggerating. But it got old pretty fast, and it happens a few more times (at least) after the episode you're on.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I just finished it. The first 4 or so episodes are more eventful than the entirety of season 3, and though there's a bit of a lull about 60% of the way through it picks up in a huge way for the final episodes. It might even be my favorite season yet.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

I'm guessing that season 5 will have
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Robin Wright's character breaking the 4th wall just like Frank does.



That will be awesome.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I'm on episode 3. I do get a subdued response now from folks in general as if they're "over" it. Is that the general consensus now? Was season 3 so awful that it killed the show's momentum?

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It was to me.

So I want a consensus on if this season is better than than last one before I start it.
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Re: House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 4 Discusion Thread - premieres 3/4/16

5 episodes in and loving it. A lot of the storylines last season felt like filler or just weren't very interesting but I can't complain about any of this season. I've noticed that some of the episodes are shorter in length. It seems like they may have resisted putting in some filler which benefits the show tremendously.

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