Got the S5 finale spoiled by some idiot over at /tv/. Put on the first episode any way... Making Wright a producer was a mistake...
I watched it for Remy and Doug. Never Underwood.
Spoiler:Claire is pregnant for some reason. We're supposed to believe that the American public would be OK with a pregnant President who was not legally elected. Not to mention the fact that this lady probably went through menopause years ago. She also talks down to the Russian "Putin" character and makes him her *****, even though he was a dangerous badass a few seasons ago.
Anyway, in the final minutes, it's a facedown in the Oval Office between her and Doug Stamper. Remember him, Frank's guy that did his dirty work that was dead as a doornail in the season 2 finale but they just brought him back with no explanation in the season 3 premiere cause they needed the character?
Anyway, it's revealed that it was DOUG himself who killed Frank Underwood....cause he loved him so much. He loved him too much to see his legacy ruined, so he killed him. Then he gets in a fight with the 9 month pregnant Claire...no joke...and she stabs him to death. He finally dies (again) and she looks at the camera menacingly. FADE TO BLACK, END OF SERIES.
I'm not kidding. That's how they ended this garbage. I knew it was gonna be bad, but I wasn't expecting it to be THAT bad!!
Spoiler:Doug. After everything that he went through to go out like that. And that awful ***** gets away with it. She is one of the most unlikable characters I've ever seen.
Since I'm unlikely to ever see it, I feel safe asking: Did Frank make an appearance every episode as an unanswered phone call?
Spoiler:This isn't one of those things were it's satisfying to see the bad guy get away with it, and you think "Aww, man, they were just too good to get caught". This was just dumb. So many people knew they were corrupt, it's not like killing Doug will just stop all of it.
To have Claire throw Frank under the bus, and have her get away with everything. The primary reason everyone watched the show these past 6 years, was to ultimately see the Underwoods get what they deserved for all their machinations, and to see Claire get away with it, does the entire series a disservice. Harrumph
The episodes aren't bad, but the ending just doesn't pay anything off.
Geez. A once promising show that went out with a whimper. What a terrible waste.
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