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House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th congressional district and the House Majority Whip, who, after getting passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, decides to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.
10 February 1997, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
15 February 1979, New York City, New York, USA
4 May 1989, Ocala, Florida, USA
11 December 1997, Eden, North Carolina, USA
21 June 1976, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1 September 1962, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
February 01, 2013
It's only a matter of time before they make at least one misstep and others start catching on to their game -- and it's hard to decide so early on whether it is a game we should be cheering for them to win.
September 16, 2013
The production is gorgeous, the performances pristine. Nothing feels out of place, but nothing feels particularly vibrant, either.
February 06, 2013
Watch at whatever pace you'd like -- immediately. Given its quality, I think you'll be drinking it all in sooner rather than later.
May 02, 2017
A middle section of six episodes gradually took hold, but only the final four instalments really made me want to keep watching, thanks chiefly to Corey Stoll's portrayal of self-destruction, a real tragedy, followed by growing tension in the plotting.
January 31, 2013
The show is dryly witty in its depiction of constancy and fidelity on the Potomac.
January 31, 2013
It's a very promising start, at a minimum. The distribution model for House of Cards may be looking to reinvent how we watch TV, but the show itself feels very much of a piece with what we've been seeing for the last 10 or 15 years.
March 03, 2013
Long story short, you owe it to yourself to watch House of Cards, simply because the horrors that are about to follow promise to be interesting enough to sign up for a NetFlix Instant account.
November 17, 2015
The production values are lush, the pacing tight, the dialogue razor-sharp ("I love that woman," Underwood says of his wife at one point. "I love her more than sharks love blood"), the tone dark and delightfully nasty.
February 01, 2013
Spacey vacillates between chilling and charming, breaking the fourth wall to speak directly, confidentially, to the camera.
