This series has a massive black hole at its centre - a Kevin-Spacey-shaped hole. There is no getting away from the fact that his presence is what really made the US version of House of Cards a great and, indeed, classic TV drama. Without him, it's like Dallas or Dynasty at The Whitehouse with increasingly preposterous plots and #metoo femi-posing (and personally I do not agree that any man accused by possible compo and attention-seekers should even be named, let alone fired from ANY job - Spacey has not been charged and has had not trial for the allegations by adult males). I did not even watch the last DVD - I was so sick and tired of it all by then.
TOO many women characters - who all merge into one in the end. This drama is so busy meeting its diversity targets it forgot it exists to entertain! That's where drama by committee gets you - boring worthy po-faced drama. With lots of women and black people.
Forget this series; watch and enjoy the towering performance by Kevin Spacey in the first few series - and I sincerely hope Mr Spacey is back on our screens soon too.
2.5 stars rounded up.