Here, well break down the major points of the house of cards series finale, and try to understand what the series. The sixth and final season of house of cards, an american political drama web television. Salary negotiation done right, doug stamper, house of cards s3e5. Alls well that ends well or not sometimes smashing a sink faucet with a hammer is just smashing a sink faucet with a hammer. Zoe, janine, and lucas investigate rachel posner and her relationship with peter russo. Russo is subsequently arrested and charged with driving under the influence, and posner was in the passengers seat at the time.
House of cards star michael kelly speaks to the hollywood reporter about the death of doug stamper in the series finale of season six and why kevin spaceys frank underwood haunted the final season. Frank underwood will appear in the series finale, but it will. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and frank. In the opening moments of netflixs house of cards premiere episode from 20, frank underwood kevin spacey. Doug stamper kills rachel in the house of cards season 3. Movies tv business style tech awards culture politics video. It took a while, but finally doug killed rachel posner on house of cards in the season three finale.
The sixth and final season of house of cards, an american political drama web television series created by beau willimon for netflix, was released on november 2, 2018. She dropped out of lorimer high school during her sophomore year and ran. Meanwhile, zoes popularity at the washington herald continues to grow. Episode chapter 65 by all rights, house of cards should be winding down, five seasons in. House of cards star on series finale fate and releasing the demons. Frank pugliese and melissa james gibson returned as showrunners for the final season. Doug stamper kills rachel in the house of cards season 3 finale after a relatively calm season. Episode 8, chapter 73 the house of cards series finale welcome to the end of the line, house of cards friends. If youre like me and you need to get geared up for season 3 without the primer, you need to figure out how how did house of cards season 2 end. Though dougs death definitively closes kellys run on house of cards, the openended finale left much to be desired after the screen faded to black for the last time. In most cases, calling the arc of a recently ended series shakespearean might be an overreach. House of cards was possibly one of the best tv shows ever.
The house of cards finale fumbled in terms of drama, but finally explained who killed frank underwood. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Doug stamper has fallen madly in love with rachel, frequently going to visit her and. Season 4, though low on hype hard to be a standout show now that netflix has a new original series every week helped bring the underwood saga full circle. It is an adaptation of the 1990 bbc miniseries of the same name and based on the novel of the same name by michael dobbs. Nathan just wants to get out of this thing alive, which makes him maybe the smartest person left on house of cards. This is rachel posners burial site, rediscovered at last to provide closure. Up next zoe barnes train death scene house of cards hd duration.
What did you think of how the show handled franks death. A recap of house of cards series finale season 8 episode 8 chapter 73 starring robin wright. Rachel posners house of cards storyline began in the very first season, when she was hired as a prostitute by congressman peter russo. Douglas doug stamper was president frank underwoods white house chief of staff and former director of strategy. House of cards season 6 has woven a tangled web by its end, with the longsimmering distrust between doug and claire finally boiling over, and claire going to unprecedented lengths in an effort to protect her position as president. Chapter 72 opens with a time jump, one long enough for doug stamper to. Chapter 52 in the final moment of the tonally inconsistent but nevertheless intriguing fourth season of house of cards, frank underwood looks into the camera and. The fixer and frank underwood kevin spacey acolyte met his end in the oval office during the series finale of netflixs house of cards, when robin wrights president claire underwood sorry, claire hale stabbed him with a letter opener and suffocated him to finish the job. Now that season 2 of house of cards has existed in its entirety for a full week, chances are most viewers other than those who binged the whole season over the first weekend have had the time to move well past the season premiere, and perhaps even witness frank underwoods swift and decisive rise to. Doug and tom hammerschmidt meet, and doug confirms he killed rachel but. The actor had a strong final season of the netflix series, even in the wake. Francis and doug plan to frame secretary of state nominee, michael kern. When writerproducer beau willimon adapted the blackaspitch british miniseries house of cards for a groundbreaking deal with netflix, he introduced u. The finale itself is not really final until its played.
Michael kelly has now earned four emmy nominations for playing the loyaltotheend doug stamper on house of cards. House of cards legitimized netflix as a home for original series. House of cards season 4 predictions hollywood reporter. House of cards series finale death explained hollywood. We have made it the series finale of this wild show. But it seems pretty clear that frank will have to deal with being.
Spacey has been accused of improper behavior, he has not been convicted. The political thriller with a penchant for breaking the fourth wall wasnt without its flaws or detractors, but it won numerous. House of cards season 5 recap episode guide, summaries. Instead the focus narrows to a rundown boarding house and a character who has been absent if not out of mind all season long. House of cards series finale death explained hollywood reporter. House of cards star michael kelly on series finale. Rachel posner was a former prostitute who had a relationship with doug stamper. This article contains spoilers about season 6 of house of cards. The season finale begins with a series of postcard images of the american southwest, accompanied by a morning in america fanfare that suggests were watching the beginning of a frank underwood campaign commercial.
House of cards star michael kelly on the final season and doug stampers fate when it all went down, there were a million emotions going through my head. Unlike his brother, he never saw the appeal of settling down with a wife and children, and moved. House of cards is an american political drama television series directed by david fincher. House of cards series 6 was originally set to be a battle between claire and frank. My turn, claire underwood declared in the season 5 finale of acclaimed. Season 4 of house of cards ended with claire underwood. In the season 3 finale, the tables were turned when doug finally caught up to rachel after episodes of searching for the missing woman. Doug stamper kills rachel in the house of cards season 3 finale. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. House of cards 20 tvma 6 seasons tv dramas with frank out of the picture, claire underwood steps fully into her own as the first woman president, but faces formidable threats to her legacy. House of cards is an american political thriller web television series created by beau willimon. The shepherds prepare for claires assassination in the penultimate episode of house of cards season 6.
There were only 12 episodes in the original threeseason u. House of cards final scene is dividing fans, but michael kelly says ending felt like the right move. The season was produced by media rights capital, and the executive producers are david fincher, kevin spacey, eric roth, joshua donen, dana brunetti, andrew davies, michael dobbs, john melfi, and beau willimon. The sixth season continues the story of recentlyinaugurated, democratic president claire underwood robin wright, who faces new threats. Heading into netflixs house of cards series finale, chapter 73, its easy. House of cards cant escape frank underwood in its final season, because to do so would require shifting its focus from the simple pursuit of power. Nothing in this farewell season needed to be about frank underwood. The opening scene of chapter 39, probably the best opening scene in house of cards so far. Doug stamper breaks the fourth wall in house of cards series six picture. Every seven years that, and claires statement during their flight back from moscow that she is the reason he is president, continue to put frank in a foul mood. Over the course of six seasons, netflixs first foray into. Rachel is absent most of season 3, appearing only in flashbacks and photos as doug, still.
House of cards season 6 ending explained how did the. The final shot of the series is claire holding dougs dead body. Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and. Doug forces rachel out of her bed in the middle of the night and drives her into. Much like iowa on house of cards which in the final episodes was set to decide which candidate to. Did doug really kill rachel in house of cards season 3. It turns out to be nathan, who gets the coordinates for rachels burial site from doug in exchange for letting him live and telling claire he escaped the country. The first season of the american television drama series house of cards premiered exclusively via netflixs web streaming service on february 1, 20.
Robin wright took the reins of the first ever netflix original series house of cards. Their only child house of cards season 3, episode 11 recap. Doug, who has already killed once after murdering rachel posner. It changed my life in so many ways says michael kelly about playing doug stamper for the entire run of netflixs flagship series house of cards. Netflix house of cards star michael kelly has revealed there was a moment during the filming of the last series. In the penultimate episode of the final season of house of cards, doug is out in the. Season 3 of house of cards, like president underwoods air force one, has landed. I just died in your arms tonight nothing in this farewell season needed to be about frank underwood. Doug admits that frank was coming to the white house to kill claire after the events of the season five finale, and that he stopped frank to protect the legacy from the man and a murder that his. Rachel is moved by doug stamper out of washington dc, to an apartment in joppa, maryland, a significant enough distance from the.
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