Binge or Cringe - House of Cards Season 6: Does It Live Up To The Hype?
Netflix original House of Cards' sixth season is here. Is it as good as its predecessors? Find out in our verdict now
The Netflix
Original House of Cards is a political soap opera which is currently into the
sixth season. In the season, the character of Robin Wright called Claire
Underwood has taken over as the first President of the United States of
America, after the death of her husband, Francis Underwood. The question is
whether Claire will prove to be as effectively ruthless and menacing as
Francis, or she will play it fair. The show creates intense suspense as there’s
a lot of curiosity around the death of Francis.
While, Kevin
Spacey may be detached from Netflix, but House of Cards still can’t get over
Frank Underwood. You can feel his silent existence throughout, even after his
death. In such a scenario, it is Robin Wright’s character of Claire Underwood
who ably shoulders the responsibility and delivers an honest performance. Apart
from her, Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper is very enjoyable as he tries to
protect Frank’s legacy, deal with Claire and also reveal a big secret! We also
want to specially mention two new characters of Greg Kinnear and Diane Lane
(brother-sister Jodi) who provide lots of interesting moments throughout the
series.
Our verdict: The
story has multiple layers, too many back references and a slow-paced narrative.
House of Cards is just short of being in a mess.
Claire’s calm
demeanour will keep you double guessing, which is interesting, but still, the
show demands too much focus from the viewers. This season is
comparatively shorter as it has 8 episodes, instead of the usual 13 plus
it has moments of suspense around Secretary Cathy Durrant's death and the
revelation of Frank’s death. You can invest and commit to this season, to have
a good time.
Will there be a
season 7? Who knows! What we know is that House of Cards is blahworthy!
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