House of Cards, Season 2
Tweet-length reviews of each episode
(See also my reviews from Season 1.)
House of Cards, S02E01: The WTF plot sucker punch actually made me grin without irony. Maybe I warmed up to the show between seasons.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) February 24, 2014House of Cards, S02E02: Will Frank also undermine Major Dad’s sway over Walker’s Netflix queue? “I suggest ‘Usual Suspects,’ Mr. President.”
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 2, 2014House of Cards, S02E03: Hieronymus Bot! Lucas’s wacky deep web adventures are fun for now, but the minute I see a Guy Fawkes mask, I’m out.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 7, 2014House of Cards, S02E04: Claire’s big interview is straight-up pornography for real-life CNN execs. Frank’s pseudo bottle episode is filler.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 8, 2014House of Cards, S02E05: So many Civil War LARPers, and they’re not even the ones chewing the scenery. Feng, Gavin, and FBI guy are hackwork.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 10, 2014House of Cards, S02E06: Tusk is playing hardball, eh? Clever, if a bit on-the-nose. I’m kinda bummed Doug is finally cracking. He’s my rock.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 15, 2014House of Cards, S02E07: Claire’s marital destabilization tactics are at the pioneering intersection of US foreign policy and Heathers.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 17, 2014House of Cards, S02E08: Do all lobbyists have mad P.I. skills like Remy? Also, I want to make a fanfic lifestyle magazine called Plutocrat.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) March 30, 2014House of Cards, S02E09: So they developed all these innocent characters just to be collateral damage in a presidential brove triangle?
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 4, 2014House of Cards, S02E10: All the elements of the impending boiling point are pretty boring, so I predict a seriously wacko twist just ahead.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 6, 2014House of Cards, S02E11: Meechum’s… *self-actualization* is an anachronistic grab for water cooler talk in a post-broadcast-schedule world.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 15, 2014House of Cards, S02E12: The season opener was farcical, but Frank’s endgame is looking pretty dry. Fingers crossed for a cartoon finale.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 18, 2014House of Cards, S02E13: Finale as microcosm of season: the pulp isn’t pulpy enough, and all else (even Frank’s biggest moment yet) is bland.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 23, 2014House of Cards, Season 2: A smart ode to the long con, a functional indictment of a broken democracy, but still too lumpy as entertainment.
— Rob Weychert (@robweychert) April 23, 2014