TV season #9 of 2017:
House of Cards, season 4
Well, the Underwoods’ continual victories get harder to believe with every passing season, and I’m getting mighty tired of this revolving door of characters opposing them. (Opposition and setbacks are great, but it’s always somebody new picking up the mantle, because the writers don’t know what to do with most of their characters.) This season had kind of a wonky structure too, but the opening episodes with Frank and Claire at war with one another were pretty great. On the other hand, nearly everything about presidential politics and campaigning on this show looks downright quaint given how the election of 2016 ended up going down in real life.
★★☆☆☆
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