This is a full-on spoiler discussion for those who have watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards: Season 4. For our spoiler-free review of the season, click here.
Back in my full season review, I mentioned how the season was sort of fragmented. In a good way. It's all one long campaign trail, sure, but there are pull-out stories that provided more wicked weigh-stations than there were Season 3. The first six episodes, in fact, were all about the rift between Frank and Claire and how Frank's near-fatal shooting at the hands of a pushed-to-the-edge Lucas brought them back together. By allowing Frank to sit with vivid hallucinations for weeks and come to the realization that he needed Claire more than she needed him. And by allowing Claire to, essentially, take the reins of the presidency by subtly seducing (not sexually), and pushing, a weak-willed Blythe (Reed Birney) into a big power move against Petrov. Which gave her the taste of control she wanted while also instilling her with confidence.
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Back in my full season review, I mentioned how the season was sort of fragmented. In a good way. It's all one long campaign trail, sure, but there are pull-out stories that provided more wicked weigh-stations than there were Season 3. The first six episodes, in fact, were all about the rift between Frank and Claire and how Frank's near-fatal shooting at the hands of a pushed-to-the-edge Lucas brought them back together. By allowing Frank to sit with vivid hallucinations for weeks and come to the realization that he needed Claire more than she needed him. And by allowing Claire to, essentially, take the reins of the presidency by subtly seducing (not sexually), and pushing, a weak-willed Blythe (Reed Birney) into a big power move against Petrov. Which gave her the taste of control she wanted while also instilling her with confidence.
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