What is a story with no joy or happiness, no heroes? (except a few dead ones you did not care about anyways). There is not one character to care about. This is so depressing, the worst example of humanity. Such depraved characters..... smart maybe, clever maybe, calculating maybe, but depraved sociopathic zombies at their best/. We can not watch this...waste of time....unless I actually want to watch the lowest of the low in action. Life is about so much more.

The first season is a nine, maybe even a shade better. It went downhill rapidly after that. A freaking jobs program? And the way the writers make government work is also increasingly ridiculous. Spacey was the best thing about the show, and without him it is just plain bad.

Dont get me wrong this is indeed one of my favorite listed series but by time i dunno i felt it gets weaker in terms of story , first 2 seasons were perfectly done but from 3rd season it got gradually weaker , maybe it was better to focus on story more , instead of just relying to the actors which with no doubt they play they role smoothly as possible .

I loved the first 4 seasons but season 5 has been a bit of a trial to get through. Spacey chews up the scenery as he attempts to consolidate his power with his wife acting as his second. He tries to become so ridiculously evil, you can almost see him growing horns and fangs. Meanwhile, Claire, initially tries to distance herself from him before being seduced into his circle by being allowed to keep a lover in the White House and becoming VP. That, alone, is what soured me given how patently stupid that is. And Congress is so intimidated by Underwood, they don't push back.Now that Spacey has been fired from the show, it will be interesting to see if Netflix can continue with only Robin Wright as the lead evil-doer. I'm curious how they'll write him out of the show.In any case, watch this season if you want, if only to complete the whole thing but be prepared to be disappointed.