![]() ![]() Perhaps there was some middle ground there, and Frank's attempt to see President Walker impeached and subsequently removed from office (through his own resignation, of course) could have fallen flat, leaving Vice President Underwood to roam the halls of the White House as persona non grata for the rest of Walker's term.īut if that last scenario is any indication, the citizens in the world of House of Cards take such financial matters very seriously, as demonstrated by President Walker's approval ratings dropping into the single digits (well below what Nixon's rating was just before he resigned). That is to say, it seemed unlikely that Frank Underwood was in any real danger, and that his efforts to clutch the highest office in the land would be anything less than fruitful. Unless House of Cards was going to somehow venture into a discussion on the penal system, via a crossover with Orange is the New Black, the early announcement that the series had been renewed for season 3 took some tension out of the finale's climax. ![]() It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that the final image of season 2 is that of Frank Underwood resolutely knocking his class ring (a replacement one, given to him by Claire (Robin Wright), after he ceremoniously buried the original mid-season) on the desk of the Oval Office before the screen cuts to black. 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 Underwood's swift and decisive rise to becoming the 46th president of the United States. ![]()
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