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But it also offers up Neve Campbell's pistol-packing Leann Harvey, a lawyer hired by Claire to somehow facilitate her own Machiavellian power-grab, as well as the First Lady's heretofore-unmentioned mother, played by Ellen Burstyn. As its distraction, the first hour introduces Joel Kinnaman's selfie-taking Governor Conway via one of countless expository news segments playing in the background. It's a bit like a sleight of hand trick in which the magician actually wants the volunteer to think there's something up his otherwise empty sleeve.
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The writers have chosen to combat accusations of a lack of material with all of the material they have decided the sluggishness of season 3 will be tempered with a bustling season 4 where not only do things happen, they happen so quickly the viewer has no idea whether or not they matter. But the more of season 4 you watch, the more apparent it becomes the skid – or the appearance of the skid – is staged by the premiere and the next few episodes that follow.
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It is the aforementioned over correction sending the series into a skid. This feels largely like a response to the criticisms leveled against the show in season 3. The divergence between the two has all the hallmarks of a great story, especially since their united front is the cornerstone of the House of Underwood.īut, in true House of Cards fashion, no matter how brightly one plot's potential may shine, the luminescence of a half a dozen more (introduced in rapid-fire succession) proves difficult to resist. Claire scenario, given it is the crux of season 4 – during the early episodes, anyway.
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Or at least that is how the series would like to present the Frank vs.