House of cards season 5 finale
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‘House of Cards’ Bosses Explain That Complicated and Surprising Final Scene
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[This story contains major spoilers from the entire sixth and final season of Netflix’s House of Cards.]
In what has now become a tradition on House of Cards, another season ended with a few spoken words and a look straight into the camera. This time, however, the screen was fading to black for the last time.
“There’s a full-circle element to all of this,” co-showrunner Melissa James Gibson explained to The Hollywood Reporter of the final en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film of the series. “How Francis invited us in at the beginning, this is like the coda to that.”
The sixth and final season of the Netflix political saga starring Robin Wright ended — as was promised — with a “beautifully macabre” shocker of a series finale. Much like Kevin Spacey’s disgraceful exit from the series, the mystery of who killed Frank Underwood (Spacey) haunted
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House of Cards season 5
Season of the American television drama series House of Cards
Season of television series
The fifth season of House of Cards, an American political dramatelevision series created by Beau Willimon for Netflix, was released on May 30, 2017. Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson took over as showrunners in place of Willimon, who departed the series. The fifth årstid follows Frank and Claire Underwood (Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) and their attempt to win the 2016 presidential election against Republican Party nominee Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman). The Underwoods are also faced with mounting insubordination from staff and congressional colleagues as the threat of impeachment looms.
Following a series of sexual misconduct allegations made against Kevin Spacey in October 2017, Netflix fired the actor, making the fifth season his sista appearance in the series. It consists of 13 episodes and was followed up by a final sixth season released in 2018.
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So…Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) planned it all. From the beginning. Orchestrating his own downfall so that he can control it. A controlled burn.
If it seems ludicrous and farfetched, that’s because it is. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny and makes the show look like an absurd caricature of corrupt government (I mean, more so than it always has been).
But screw it. Things are changing in this fictional White House, and that is more than can be said about it during the rest of the season. Some are asked to resign—Press Secretary Seth Grayson (Derek Cecil) and Chief of Staff Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly). Others, like Leann Harvey (Neve Campbell) shift upward. For the time being.
This changing of the guard is bittersweet, but it doesn’t feel final by any means. In or out of the Oval, the show cannot rightfully continue without the likes of Doug Stamper. That absence would cause holes much bigger than the holes this season has suffered from with the not