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Series creator and showrunner beau willimon parted ways with the series after season 4 ended on a cliffhanger suggesting frank and his running mate claire. House of cards season 3 cant come soon enough, so here are 8 books to read while you notso patiently wait. Their books became longer and longer, with cliffhangers from one chapter to the next, as way of boosting sales and subscriptions as the plot became ever more exciting. House of cards, back now with its entire second season streaming on netflix, is a show about contempt. Why you should binge the first two seasons of house of.
There are just enough flourishes around the edgeslike the way that frank only looks directly into the camera when regarding his wife or the audience, or how kelly deepens stamper into a character worth caring. But thaddeus is not who he seems and introduces the young cadel to a world. Love, faith, and other social expressions david ellis dickerson. Its third, russiacentric series riffed upon the homophobic policies of vladimir putin. Moments like this require someone who will act, who will do the unpleasant thing, the necessary thing. Genius cards is a fun way to solve the worlds problems. Yet house of cards is also weirdly perfect when it comes to what its meant to do, which is keep viewers plowing through episodes, regardless of time spent doing so.
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