In any case, Claire’s chilling address to the nation and Frank’s fiery interruption of Congress made for a sensational start to the episode. But the thought of her getting a chance to make meta-monologues raises the question of how the show could refresh its formula five years in-rather than merely continue to chart new depths of evil for the Underwoods, as this hour ended up doing.Įmily in Paris Is the Last Guilty Pleasure Spencer Kornhaber Alas, she was just filming a paranoia-promoting campaign ad masquerading as a PSA.

Yes, Claire, it is-terrifying and intriguing. “I’ve been meaning to talk with you,” she says in the very first seconds of this premiere. It also, for a moment, seemed to bring a new gimmick of Claire addressing the camera just as her husband does. Season Five of House of Cards brings a new team of showrunners and a new real-life president for Frank Underwood to be compared to. As in previous years, I’m binge-reviewing the latest season of Netflix’s House of Cards, the TV show that helped popularize the idea of “binge watching” when it premiered in 2013.

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