House Of Cards - Season 1 ^new^

: A congressman with a history of addiction whom Frank blackmails and later manipulates into a tragic downward spiral to clear a path for the Vice Presidency.

House of Cards, Season 1: The Corrosion Begins in the Dark house of cards - season 1

Based on the 1990 BBC miniseries of the same name (which itself was adapted from Michael Dobbs’ novel), the American House of Cards - Season 1 transplants the action from Westminster to Washington, D.C. The series opens with a bitter betrayal: Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the House Majority Whip, is promised the position of Secretary of State by the incoming President Garrett Walker. After Frank delivers the President’s victory on a silver platter, Walker reneges on the deal. : A congressman with a history of addiction

This bleak worldview captured the mood of the early 2010s. The 2008 financial crisis had shattered trust in institutions. The public perception of Washington was at an all-time low. House of Cards - Season 1 validated that cynicism. It suggested that the smiling faces on C-SPAN were hiding fangs, and that the real business of government was not governance, but survival of the most cunning. After Frank delivers the President’s victory on a