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Perhaps this is why showrunner Beau Willimon has decided to hand the baton over.Įither way, season four is an enticing step in a new, albeit firm direction for the original Netflix drama. Sponsored Article The gripping, multiple-awards winning TV series House of Cards returns tonight on RTL CBS Entertainment now TV ch. I now have an explanation: season four bears the hallmarks of a TV series that finally knows exactly which directions it's headed in. For the rest of us, this works in the show's favour, providing the show with an intrinsic history that, arguably for the first time, makes the show feel like an assured body of work.Īs somebody who struggles to binge watch television shows, House of Cards has always been one I've been able to flit through without ever being sure why. Past moments are reflected upon - hell, in one instance, reenacted - in a way that'll make more casual viewers scramble their way onto Wikipedia. You'll never root for Frank more than you do by the end of these six episodes. Until now, House of Cards has centred on the character's outward expression of power - not to mention his hunger for it - but the writers have shrewdly stripped that back, instead focusing on the character's internal fears in a way not dissimilar from Tony's dream sequences in The Sopranos. While there is no moment to rival season two's Zoe Barnes shocker (they give it a good go), the most lingering moments subtly emerge from the script's focus on Frank's inner psyche.
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Stylistically, the opening episodes posit season four as the show's most ambitious yet - a big statement considering it's risk-taking previous.