OT: House of Cards

[moturfdog]

Who's watching? Great Netflix series Francis Underwood the villain you love to hate, who will he run over next to get where he wants. How did the writers know we would have a woman running for the white house when they started this series?

 

[BiscuitEater]

How did the writers know we would have a woman running for the white house when they started this series?

You're kidding right? Hillary has been running ever since she graduated college and saw bill .. like 60 years ago.

 

[The Peeper]

I really liked season 1. I've tried twice to continue w/ season 2 and lost interest both times. I either got tired of watching them constantly more down political obstacles or missed Frances banging Zoe. I think it's Zoe

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I found myself thinking I'd vote for Underwood or Conway

Over any of the candidates we have in real life this year.

And yes, it's interesting that Underwood is blatantly the villain of the story, but he is so charismatic, and the show is framed in such a way, that we are all unapologetically on his side somehow. Brilliant writing.

The Underwoods are basically a vastly smarter, sexier version of the Clintons.

 

[RivaDawg]

The original was set in England and aired on BBC. It was only 3 or 4 episodes. Definitely worth watching. I have not seen U.S. version so I can't compare.

 

[Junction John]

That's definitely the in-thing these days... Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Blacklist, Dexter (maybe), lots of others. The bad guy is somehow the good guy.

 

[J-Dawg]

I've watched 3 episodes of season 4 so far and it definitely starts out a bit more intense than season 3 was.

 

[The Fatboy]

I agree with J dawg. Seasoned 2 was slow but 3 and 4 have been good with 4 being on par with season 1 so far. I'm only 3 episodes in though

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Agree on the BBC version. 3 series of 3 episodes each.

 

[missouridawg]

That's definitely the in-thing these days... Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Blacklist, Dexter (maybe), lots of others. The bad guy is somehow the good guy.

Been that way since Tony Soprano was killing folks.