House of Cards (2013)
There are two kinds of pain.
Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 1 February 2013 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 2 November 2018 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Beau Willimon |
| Starring | Robin Wright, Michael Kelly and Constance Zimmer |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 73 episodes |
| Episode length | about 52 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 63 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.0/10 |
Where to watch House of Cards
House of Cards is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Netflix, or $35.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Created by Beau Willimon, House of Cards is a 2013 drama built on the premise that ambition is a muscle, not a virtue. Frank Underwood treats every conversation as a transaction and every ally as a disposable asset. The show runs 63 hours across 6 seasons, a duration that mirrors the slow, suffocating climb from Congress to the Oval Office. It strips the genre down to its bare mechanics: power is not won, it is taken. The camera rarely leaves his face, forcing the audience to sit in the eye contact he refuses to reciprocate. It is a masterclass in the architecture of betrayal.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures survived the cut, so the money story goes quiet. What remains is a 8.0 TMDB user score. That is a solid number. People liked the game. They just might have wanted the board to be a little less rigid.
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Sources
- House of Cards on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q3330940 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “House of Cards (American TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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