House of Cards, for me, categorizes as what I call shooting star shows. They come out of nowhere, shine bright for a while until they ultimately fade to the point they disappear from sight.
Don't get this the wrong way - this is a well made show. The acting, especially Kevin Spacey, is top notch. The breaking of the forth wall was genius. I liked the first season a lot as it showed the game of politics as I could very well imagine it to be. Or I should probably say, as I think it actually is. But there came a point where it became just too much. Watching bad people do bad things and come away with it each and every time was nothing I would continue to watch. Plus they introduced so many uniteresting sideplots that made me at times left the show running while I went out of the room. Like I said, it just went on too long. There wasn't a single character I could get behind. Had it finished after the third season with the Underwoods going to jail for what they did, I would have given it a much higher rating. I made it to the end of season four and, seeing how the ratings drop, went on to look what transpired in season five and six. And I'm fine with stopping there.
Review by FinFanBlockedParent2022-04-20T20:15:01Z
House of Cards, for me, categorizes as what I call shooting star shows. They come out of nowhere, shine bright for a while until they ultimately fade to the point they disappear from sight.
Don't get this the wrong way - this is a well made show. The acting, especially Kevin Spacey, is top notch. The breaking of the forth wall was genius. I liked the first season a lot as it showed the game of politics as I could very well imagine it to be. Or I should probably say, as I think it actually is. But there came a point where it became just too much. Watching bad people do bad things and come away with it each and every time was nothing I would continue to watch. Plus they introduced so many uniteresting sideplots that made me at times left the show running while I went out of the room. Like I said, it just went on too long. There wasn't a single character I could get behind. Had it finished after the third season with the Underwoods going to jail for what they did, I would have given it a much higher rating.
I made it to the end of season four and, seeing how the ratings drop, went on to look what transpired in season five and six. And I'm fine with stopping there.