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After I got done, I think this is my least favorite season.

The way Frank, Claire, and especially Doug acted didn't work for me.

And all the plotlines - except for Rachel's murder and Claire leaving Frank - went nowhere.

Strife with Russians? Eh, we give up.

Claire becoming an ambassador? She fricks up and quits.

Doug turning on Frank? Psyche!

Freddie? Oh, let's make him a lawn guy at the white house so he can continue to have folksly talks with Frank.

Remy? I quit.

Heather Dunbar? Let's let her frick with Frank with no reprisals.

AmeriWorks? Eh, it's dead.

Senator Mendoza? He's just gone.

Meechum? He's a mute now. He's only needed to threaten some author guy.

Jackie Sharpe? Ultimate betrayal of Frank and nothing happens.

Thomas the author? Eh, the book is over.

And NOW is when Claire decides that Frank being the one in power is a problem? Yeah, okay.

Good acting and so-so writing but outside of Rachel's death and Claire walking out, nothing else happened.

Agreed with all of this. The whole season is really just filler. It's just a reset, and we know Frank is going to beat Dunbar regardless, beat the Republican nominee, then we'll have yet another season of filler, until Season 6 or so where they would have already completely shite the bed with the series.

The first season is an all time classic, and last season was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the first. This season was just creatively bankrupt. Getting Frank to face off with Putin and making Claire be an ambassador to the UN (which IRL not a fricking chance would Claire have become an ambassador, especially since it just screams to the world that they're a bunch of power hungry weasels) and then have it go nowhere is just bullshite.

And the show thinks it's a hell of a lot smarter than it really is. Yeah, they struck gold in Season 1, but I think the creators have gotten cocky if they think they're on the level of The Wire or Breaking Bad. In episode 2, I kind of had to do a double take and hope they weren't going with a metaphor so obvious as "break a few eggs to make an omelet".

Really, they should have ended it this season. The board was set for Frank's fall, and the only thing that's even brought up from the past is Rachel, and that's it. No real mention of the deplorable shite Frank and Claire have done in the past, and this season doesn't make Frank really all that bad. Now one of the main cogs to Frank's destruction is dead, and the other one is behind bars for another few years. Really, they should have done a time jump in season 3 to when Lucas gets out of jail and then proceeds to leak everything without giving a frick, and then everything falls apart for Frank.

All in all I'd give this season a 6 out of 10. Not horrible, but it's a far cry from the first season and really feels like a waste of time compared to the previous seasons.

This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 10:25 pm