Season two was boss.
Might have to re-watch it though to get some of the smaller points made.
The last scene of season 2 gave me chills (doesn't happen very frequently).
What did you think of that Jennifer?
EDIT - can't believe some of the shit that went down this season.
Still my favorite show on TV without question.
Ready to discuss plot stuff once enough time has elapsed for the spoilers folks.
I started watching on VDay, I think, and just finished last night... i.e., not a crazy pace, but a decent one. I'm usually more into "fantasy" stuff with my TV viewing, but this show was an exception. I also think it's some of the best work I've ever seen by Spacey and Wright, even counting movies.
I think Breaking Bad was better, marginally, but regardless HoC is in my Top Ten Shows ever. I thought the season was even better than the first one, and a bit darker. The Underwoods had less room to screw up here, the stakes were far higher and they were under far more scrutiny as the Veeps.
I love that very last scene that they took their time with, and it was almost all silent -- with Claire and Frank quietly walking and talking, then Frank going on alone. The last second was jarring but perfect (his trademark move), now that Claire had replaced something he had lost earlier in the season.
Some people say the asides are gimmicky but I don't think so, I think they're relevant -- they're the only brief moments throughout the season when we know Frank is telling us the truth. Otherwise we don't really know what he's up to or how he's reacting, because he is such a consumate liar.
I'll be posting a spoiler post tonight on FaceBook (marked as such) of the Top Ten Shockers of Season 2 for me.
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Oh, yeah, and I want to talk about how it was mostly shot in Baltimore, and I know where some of the places are. (Joppa for example is up I95 a bit toward Philly, and I've gone hiking off Old Joppa Road before.)
I know where Freddie's BBQ is (it's slightly to the east of I83S running into Inner Harbor), and it looks the same. That whole street that Freddie walks down with the row houses is the street that tees into it. Just kinda cool to know where to find this stuff.
in DC, I don't think that Cathedral Heights metro is a real stop, though; there's a Capitol Heights stop and a Columbia Heights stop, but I think the sign distinctly said Cathedral Heights (I'll have to look again). There is a Cathedral Heights neighborhood in Wash DC though.