House of Cards
 

I watched the first season over the holidays.
I thought it was entertaining.
Anyone else? :)

Yep. Really great! Here's Kevin Spacey on the future of TV series.

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Yep...really great!

Valentine's Day, 2014. "...the butchery begins."

Great show. It is *exactly* how I imagine Washington functions.

I thought the show was great as well.

I loved it, the wife was so-so on it.

It is a great series. It casts politicians as the cynical and self-dealing actors on a small stage (DC) that perfectly fits my life-impression of that class. Can't wait for the new season!

I am SO happy I dont know WTF he is talking about......you guys need to lay off the TV !
Every hour in front of it subtracts dendrites

I hadn't realized until recently that it's a remake of a british miniseries, which was adapted from a novel.

I just finished watching season 2, which did not disappoint. The fact that it is filmed in Baltimore adds to the cool factor (for me) since that is my hometown. They actually filmed a few scenes on the street where I grew up (the episode when Russo went home to Philadelphia). To the series' credit, other than Fells Point, most of the backdrops are generic enough that it is difficult to identify Baltimore landmarks.

Mike

I'm on season two episode 4. ***SPOILER**

I hope they explain why they have a video of the girl going in front of the metro but they don't have one 5 seconds earlier when she standing by herself and obviously talking with someone behind the curtain. That made no sense at all.

I'm 9 episodes in and trying not to watch too fast. I like being able to watch as fast as I like but it will be months before season 3 comes out so it will be hard to wait.

GREAT season so far

Finished it last night. They did jot dissapoint.

Frank Underwood is one cold hearted SOB!

Love it.

I have watched the original British version, which is excellent. Will have to check out the new version soon...

Just got Netflix and my wife and I watched the first two espisodes of season 1. Great show thus far.................

IMO, House of Cards is the hallmark of this new "golden era" of TV everyone's talking about. It's probably the best TV watching I've ever seen. Well scripted, impeccably acted, characters with depth and really unsuspecting plot turns, coupled with the freedom to kill off main characters.

"we wanted to tell a story that would take a long time to tell. We were creating a sophisticated, multi-layered story with complex characters who would reveal themselves over time, and relationships that would need space to play out".

That right there is what makes these new kinds of shows so good. No longer do they have no pre-determined ending in sight, which necessitates each episode ending with everything back at square one. Main characters can die, they can take new jobs, move to different cities, change their core beliefs, whatever - things can evolve, like they do in the real world.

Did the same with the girlfriend, and I must say I agree 100%