House of Cards

(2013 - ) NETFLIX
Drama, 60 Mins
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quote netflix.com

Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Oscar® winner Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara (“American Horror Story”) and Corey Stoll (“Midnight in Paris”) costar in the first original series from David Fincher (“The Social Network”) and Beau Willimon (“The Ides of March”).

All thirteen episodes release February 1, 2013 exclusively on Netflix.

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I've been keeping a close eye on this one ever since Netflix outbid HBO/Showtime/AMC two years ago. Now it's old news that Netflix is in the TV game, but this is the first high stakes one they're really putting money into and with this much footage and a release date, we're likely to see it before Arrested Development reboots or their handful of other new projects surface.

Solid trailer. There a zillion political shows out there with cunning leads and fast witted cute reporters, this one gets the prize for having a congressman (house majority whip) bully the president into submission. They've gone ahead and named the current pres. in the show's world the 45th and are probably having a future fictional session of congress as well, all of which sounds better to me than picking and choosing with actual history or taking place in the recent past. I mean shit, it's David Fincher flavored TV with Kevin Spacey seasoning, that's really all you need to know.

Will it work as a model? Maybe. I know none of us watched Lilyhammer and aren't about to any time soon. I think it's cool that they're all going up at once, but will people still flock to something if they can't be introduced to it somewhere else (movie trailers, tv reruns, etc)? They'll be banking on word of mouth and that 26 million subscriber base (and all of their close friends and family members, haha), which has usually been enough to do the trick. Networks and even Hulu make their money off of advertising to all those viewers and taking that money, let's hope they stick to the HBO formula. They claim the fact that they greenlit two seasons allows for some narrative security and I think that'll definitely be on display. Doesn't guarantee any meter of quality, though at this point we should have cause to be optimistic.

Holy mother of God, I fully recommend this to everybody out there. I was just told on the weekend that Netflix had their own series that was recently released and as soon as I heard political drama, Kevin Spacey and David Fincher I was hyped and the show has not let up at any single point. I feel very comfortable watching this show yet I never feel like I can turn away from an episode. The only thing I would say is getting me at the moment is the dialogue - sometimes it seems a little...I don't know but not quite right. Not all the time so it's nothing that's should turn you away from the show

+1 for good taste Golden Miru warrior

lol *bleep* trying to get an Emmy against Spacey lol

Cheers Toby =) I've read other complaints about the script and writing. It was way easier to watch than The Newsroom/any other recent political drama were tho.

It's already Netflix's most-streamed TV show, which is cool even if we never see the viewership numbers.

Edit: And I did finish watching this a while ago and am on board for whatever's next. I was talking with a friend who theorized:

I just finished Chapter 10.... and I *bleep*ing love this show. On occasion Spacey's dialogue and accent seem incredibly corny, but only once in a while. I love how seamlessly the show blends in its poetic elements (the origami, the spider in the glass, to name a few). Very good.

i'm watching the pilot atm. kevin spacey is GOAT.

finished chapter 11. decided to save the next 2 episodes for next weekend (lol).