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Room of cards
Chapter 66
Season 6
Episode 1
Editor's note
Robin Wright in Room of cards.
Photo: David Giesbrecht / Netflix
After a hundred days of Claire Underwood's presidency, the critics of the population are … mixed! The death threats are disgusting, specific and so symbolic that they feel cut off from the pages of Tom's unpublished novel. Really, we are supposed to believe that a deranged Internet troll wants Claire to be shelled, cut into cubes and exposed in such a way that her flesh is white striped and her blood fills the red in a cadaver collage of the American flag? I'm pretty sure these psychos always discuss the difference between "their" and "there". (Do not even get them started on "they are".)
But that's Room of cards. Did you expect subtlety? Plausible remote dialogue? Coherent plot development? Do not make me laugh by ending this sentence with Frank's signature.
As you probably know, Frank Underwood is as dead as Kevin Spacey's career. Regular readers of these recaps (hello, you missed me) know that my favorite star on this show has always been Robin Wright and my second favorite star is Robin Wright's cheekbones. This development suits me perfectly. The word on Frank is that he died peacefully in his sleep (lol ok) and is buried in Gaffney, which he hated, next to his father, whom he despised.
The question which theoretically arises during the procedure is: who killed Frank and how? The suspects abound, although the obvious candidate is obviously Madam President, who was in bed with him at his death. (See also: Tom.) My question is this: will this season make what viewers really want to do and close the loops unattended since the beginning of season two? Or will he introduce a whole series of new absurdities to follow and never come to the death of Peter Russo, Zoe Barnes, Lucas, Tom, etc., satisfactorily?
As Claire has always done when she wants to project authority, she has incorporated in her outfit military motifs: brass buttons on a very uniform navy blue jacket. (It is likely that this aesthetic will be repeated throughout the season.) She wants to address new recruits before sending them to Syria. Vice President Mark, whose appearance is very "And if Anderson Cooper was possessed by a demon," suggests to Claire to postpone a day later, because of this credible threat to his life. "Tomorrow will be the fifth of July, "Claire said, her hair motionless as a helmet. She will go to the base as planned.
Remember when Frank break the fourth wall was all ooooh way to put the "prestige" in prestige television? Yes, so it was in February 2013. Claire's direct addresses are not exactly what they were before, right? And we feel that this show has forgotten how to use them. Claire saying one thing to the world and another thing to us is not surprising. But Claire has her secrets and I want to know what they are. I do not say it can not to be a useful technique, but in this first, I am overwhelmed by its application. Also by the bird scene in the wall. What was once trapped in the walls of the White House is finally free to spread its wings and fly ?? Wow, such symbolism! A lot of metaphor! Anyway, I have to stop rolling my eyes, otherwise they will get stuck in this way and I will not be able to watch the rest of the season, so: continue!
Who is this soul that I see going round in circles on the outside? Why, it's DOUG, a man without country, because what's America without Frank? As one great French philosopher sang: "Life is so annoying for a servant who does not serve; he is not whole without a soul to wait. Poor Doug: out of the cave of sadness and in the psychiatric ward.
Doug is tormented. Doug is in Victorian mourning for the one person he loved. Doug is … dry now? He is visibly fit for someone in this situation, especially if his only physical form is slowly doing tricks in this meditation garden (I've barely recognized our injured hitman under all this natural light) and clenching the jaw so as not to cry. when he thinks of how he will never happen to murder another brunette to pretend to be Frank. Again, maybe it's just that we've never seen him wearing a t-shirt before.
Smug, shit Seth passes mostly for conspiracy-exhibition-by-dialogue reasons. Doug's patent rumbling comes back when he asks if Claire "even shed a tear" on Frank's death. No one liked Doug like Frank! Doug has a half BFF collar and will bury the other half in Arlington, where Frank wanted to to be buried, what Claire totally know if she had with Frank what Doug has. Plus, Doug is waiting for Claire to forgive me that I'm sure to arrive in a day!
In therapy, Doug will not change his story, which is suspicious, makes it look like a script that, as we know, is true; He did do not pushed Zoe on the subway tracks – and besides, he could never talk about Frank, who helped him get sober and the only thing he was asking in return was the unwavering loyalty and unconditional to Doug, as well as his responsibility for all of Frank's murders. and criminal activities. Later, we see that Claire is in contact with the therapist (reminds me that Don Draper was spying on Betty through his psychiatrist), insisting that Doug stay there indefinitely and suggesting that he could take antipsychotics. And if he is an addict? She wants only the worst for him.
It's time to meet the new kids. They are brothers and sisters: Diane Lane is Annette Shepherd and Greg Kinnear is his brother, Bill. They run Shepherd Unlimited, which is like a Koch Brothers-type conglomerate that owns factories and philanthropy, but primarily uses its financial power to bend our just Republic to their Republican will. Dun Dun Dunn. I'm usually here for everything related to Diane Lane but, as always in this series, I look forward to the moment when her character will stop speaking by uttering insignificant mysterious statements ("The fire of # 39; artifice the most difficult to do is blue "- hum, what?) And makes this cool thing called" intrigue "happen. But for now, they talk to each other often and have dark thoughts in the dark.
The shepherds want Claire to sign this deregulation bill, which I think allows companies to more easily dismantle factory workers and sell their members to the black market, or something clever. This bill has been in the making for ages and Frank Pinky has sworn to sign it. But Claire says she is not held to Frank's promises. Bill does not understand that and I wonder, as I often do on this show: do people really talk to the president this way? Putting aside the current type, I feel that even the richest donors did not get into the Obama ring and did not scream against Barack.
The Shepherds also do not feel Claire's list of candidates, including this character from Nancy Gallagher. "For the record, no one likes women more than me," says Bill, who is certainly a misogynist and, at the time, he is the only man in the room. But he does not want Nancy for anything Nancy runs. Claire says something very similar to Leslie Knope, about trust in government and its ability to improve people's lives. I guess this show is located in the distant past.
Back at the military base, Claire delivers a boring speech about independence, while leaving viewers at home, explaining that we should not believe a word that Frank told us. She does a little "thank you for your service" and repeats where, as you probably expected, a young recruit dares to ask if Claire has a plan or not. And on the way home, someone pulls on the Beast. The bullet-proof glass stands and the assassination attempt is (largely) secret.
For some reason, we have to watch Claire recite all the assassinated presidents and all the presidents almost murdered. I understand that you have unlimited time on these Netflix broadcasts, but seriously, what is the purpose of this? Do you build in time so that we can get up and find snacks since there is no advertising? This episode lasts almost an hour and could have easily lasted 45 minutes or less. Whatever it is, Claire is happy that someone respects her enough to try to kill her, which is a very realistic approach.
Throughout this episode, Claire keeps the memory of a little girl harassed by boys who cut her dress to her, then revenge herself by pushing a broomstick into a peephole in one of their eyes . Sure.
What is interesting here is that Annette has a son who is a friend with a young woman, Melody Cruz, who appears in the press for Air Force One, looking for an exclusive interview with the brand new POTUS. This, and when his sister asked him if he had organized this assassination attempt – which, according to all available information, was more of a warning shot – Bill said nothing. Why is everyone in this universe so cavalier about the homicide? Annette and Claire also went to Andover together and Frank told him "fascinating things" before his death.
Back in the White House, we learn that Claire still does not have a chief of staff and relies solely on Mark, a man she can not trust, dislike and who is constitutionally unable to respond directly to his questions. asked. Claire tells Nathan, the FBI guy, that she "starts to believe" that Frank was murdered. I wonder what his finale is here, drawing attention to the suspicious circumstances of Frank's death. Who do you think she's going to get caught?
Claire retired to her room after the longest quarter of our life to find Frank's ring in the middle of the bed. So, apparently, someone broke into the White House, or had someone inside – but not before dug up Frank's grave, opened his coffin and removed the ring from his mortally rigorous finger. D & # 39; agreement! Three conjectures who did it? Looks very Shepherd-y, or of course it could be Mark. He is a troubling man and Claire had him clean Tom's corpse at that time. Maybe he's holding a grudge.
In a classic, super subtle HoC moves, the ring fits perfectly to Claire's middle finger, which she points to the sky while looking at us.
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