House of Cards - Série 5

Season 5 is not going to get five stars from me. Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood didn’t seem to get enough screen time and I couldn't enjoy his brilliant running commentary on his own manipulations and scheming. Anyway, Claire and Francis Underwood are still the lifeblood of the series, which is starting to get tedious at times, resulting in a slight loss of momentum in the story. I also felt that some of the storylines have become somewhat overelaborate, but the series still holds its place among my favorites. I'm just sorry to see Kevin Spacey go. Inquisitorial denunciations are clearly not a thing of the past. (07.05.2018)

The fifth season is already quite experimental, both with the writing ballast that had to come after so many seasons, and with the audience patience and what they can handle and what is just too much. Reality is an example, House of Cards prides itself on copying current figures on the world political scene, dealing with conflicts from recent years. Therefore, it is an unpleasant surprise to see that one of the highlights is total bullshit. It's an uncomfortable sobering of the fact that it's actually just a good show, chillingly realistic in places, cinematically random and contrived in others. Season 5 is not bad, but the previous ones were considerably better. (26.01.2019)