House of Cards, Season 1
Tweet-length reviews of each episode
Given how Netflix presents TV shows, it’s odd they chose to name House of Cards episodes as chapter numbers. “Season 1: Ep. 1 Chapter 1.”
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) February 27, 2013House of Cards Ep. 1: Spacey and Wright’s unified smugness is pretty off-putting, as are Spacey’s fourth wall shenanigans. We’ll see.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) February 27, 2013House of Cards Ep. 2: Real-life cable news clowns play themselves as the vulturous shitheels they are. Meta-cynicism!
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 1, 2013House of Cards Ep. 3: Frank is more compelling on defense than offense. I’m skeptical that Russo’s redemptive struggle will be affecting.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 3, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 4: Those are some of the ugliest uglies ever to bump. Who will play Gozer?
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 5, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 5: Extramarital logistics. Old media dying. Lobbyist slap fight. Russo, sympathetic minus s-y-m. Busywork episode.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 7, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 6: Have to admit, the reminder that Claire is stone-cold landed pretty hard. But Frank’s win struck me as inelegant.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 9, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 7: Still don’t see what boning Zoe gets Frank. Glad we’re finally digging into Doug. I dig Doug. When does he sleep?
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 12, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 8: Frank’s past is boring. Is anyone *not* trying to get in Claire’s pants? And: A Philly accent isn’t that difficult.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 17, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 9: Kill Bill, Vol. 3: Menopause. Leftover from Ep. 8: “Russo 2014: He’s better than nothing!” I’m losing interest.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 19, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 10: Decent cliffhanger. I’m curious to see Frank deal with serious fallout for once. Claire’s Rumspringa, not so much.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 23, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 11: Boundaries are what make a game engaging. Now I know Frank’s game has none. I’ll finish as a completist, not a fan.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 25, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 12: I wonder if Palin would have happened if McCain was pals with Major Dad.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 26, 2013House of Cards, Ep. 13: The cat-and-mouse thing seems prosaic, and the church soliloquy was ridiculous, but this was a hardworking finale.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 27, 2013House of Cards, Season 1: Good, but too problematic to be great. Several fresh conflicts primed for Season 2, but I’m not sure I’ll be back.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 27, 2013Nevertheless, I returned for Season 2.