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House of Cards Season 3 Spoilers

Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:53 am
Posted by YumYum Sauce
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
9583 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:53 am
Of course I searched for this and couldn't find anything. I realize there's been threads on the subject but I feel I did my diligence of searching so KMA.

Just finished season 3 last night. I've got a bad taste in my mouth. Loved the first 2 seasons, but I really feel like they're going the easy way out with Frank and his wife splitting up.

I side with Frank on the whole thing, too. She knew what she was getting into from the beginning. Nothing about their arranged political corruptness is any better or worse than ever. They're still both lying, cheating, back stabbing murders.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for Claire? I feel like she's being a huge count. She knows how this works.

Also, the book writer guy was terrible. His acting just wasn't believable to me. The way he delivered his lines was awful.

Loved the Doug storyline. A man comes full circle. Still wondering what his physical therapist had to do with anything?
Posted by Broseph Barksdale
Member since Sep 2010
10571 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:55 am to
Season 3 is the drizzling shits
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
74021 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:59 am to
I thought the Doug storyline was horrible and took away from what made the first 2 seasons so awesome.

I liked season 3, but I think it could have been better

Claire was monumentally annoying
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
89137 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:09 am to
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Are we supposed to feel sorry for Claire? I feel like she's being a huge count.


frick Claire. I hope Frank pushes her off a building.
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 10:09 am
Posted by NeverRains
Texas
Member since Jun 2012
3031 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:10 am to
Claire was a HUGE bitch in that last episode. It really made it pretty easy to wait for season 4. Hopefully they can recover from it
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27167 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:14 am to
She became such a great villain in season 2, but in season 3 she became soft, naive, and frankly stupid.
Posted by YumYum Sauce
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
9583 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:21 am to
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It really made it pretty easy to wait for season 4. Hopefully they can recover from it


I just felt like they ran out of ideas. She's smart enough to know the UN embassador thing was a terrible idea to begin with. I felt like the Russian president was great though. He nailed it.

Where do they go from here? Is she going to run against Frank? I feel like now that the journal was destroyed, Frank has nothing on her to bring her down if needed.

Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130337 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:42 am to
I think she is running against Frank. Only thing I can think of.

And she was horrible in 3. Just...terrible.
Posted by ColdDuck
BR via da Parish
Member since Sep 2006
3010 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:58 am to
Claire was bad, bookwriter dude can't act, Doug stuff was stupid, enough with the Russians. Whole season was not even close to the first 2.

Manipulating congress and all that stuff was cool in the first 2. This season had no good story lines. Even Remi character became unlikable.
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
41562 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:11 am to
Season 3 was terrible. Claire really sucked pretty much every minute. Nothing to do with Claire is even remotely plausible.

Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:13 am to
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I think she is running against Frank. Only thing I can think of.


I mean, the story line went off the rails a long long time ago, so they might as well do this at this point.
Posted by tigercubs
RVA
Member since Jan 2010
2452 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:13 am to
They need to get back the classic Doug that goes around manipulating and murdering people
Posted by kballa6
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
4185 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:41 am to
What made Season 3 hard for me to watch is that it gave Frank too much power. He is best when he has little power and can still make big moves.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:45 am to
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I think she is running against Frank. Only thing I can think of.

And she was horrible in 3. Just...terrible.


If this is the plot (like we all suspect), then it may just surpass Heroes as the good series that shite the bed the hardest. It is completely ridiculous that she was chosen as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and will be even more ridiculous for her to be a viable candidate for the presidency. Her only governmental accomplishment is ruining peace talks with Russia all over a drama queen gay guy killing himself. Michelle Obama would stand a better chance of being the next President over Claire.

I'll give the first few episodes a shot, but the second this becomes the plot, I'm out and not finishing it. The 3rd Season should have been the final season with Frank's fall forming a trilogy. Instead they're milking it to its own creative detriment.
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 11:48 am
Posted by south bama tiger
Member since May 2008
6646 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 1:03 pm to
Robin Wright (Claire) took over a lot of the writing for season 3 so it's no wonder that her character became more prominent to the plot...thereby ruining the series. Season 3 is garbage aside from the Russians. Doug is back which is great but his rise was as slow and drawn out as possible.

The best thing they can do to season 4 is unexpectedly kill off Claire, making Frank Underwood a sympathetic figure to the nation and springboards him to a second term.
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6974 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 1:17 pm to
I'm withholding judgement on season 3 until I watch season 4. By itself, it is bad, but depending on how they wrap it up, it could be viewed differently.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116181 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 2:27 pm to
Claire is reckless, immature, a complete bitch, and insane through the season

Pretty much a 180 from her character on the first two parts
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
56055 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 2:32 pm to
I wish Zoe Barnes was still in the show
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13168 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:16 pm to
How can she run? They've already had the Iowa caucus, seems unrealistic if not downright impossible to have a candidate emerge now. Aside from all the reasons she would be an awful candidate, that alone shows how this isn't where the story is going.

I won't watch if it does
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:30 pm to
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The best thing they can do to season 4 is unexpectedly kill off Claire, making Frank Underwood a sympathetic figure to the nation and springboards him to a second term.


This is what I'm hoping for...Frank kills her and gets the sympathy vote from this "tragedy."
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