So you’ve lost your lead actor because he started buggering young boys in the early 80s and never stopped. What do?

Apparently you keep calm and Robin on.

When Kevin Spacey became the first high-profile celebrity caught up in the maelstrom of #metoo — right in the middle of filming House of Cards season six — Netflix did not hesitate to fire his fucking ass.

It was really their only move — action is taken, confidence is restored, the show is renewed. And Netflix was surprisingly out in front of the rest of the industry in disavowing Kevin Spacey and literally erasing him from cinematic history.

So it’s possible Netflix acted quickly enough to inoculated House Of Cards against the stomach-turning revulsion that one would expect as the natural audience reaction to anything Spacey. Making Robin Wright the focus of this final season is also especially shrewd considering the absolutely despicable behavior demonstrated by certain men against women in Hollywood. Netflix clearly makes much better PR decisions than programming choices.

But does anyone care at this point?

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House Of Cards was a great premise and the first season unfolded as a cynical, clever tweak of those earnest political dramas like The West Wing that came to be much more about political signaling than telling good stories. It was driven by unique, interesting characters whose motivation came strictly from their own ambitions and whose actions were grounded — restricted? — by their station in life.

Then came season two episode one and House of Cards became the first show to add to the new shameful entry in the lexicon next to “Jump The Shark”  when then Vice President Underwood puts on a trenchcoat, some problem glasses and a fedora in order to “Push The Reporter” in front of an oncoming train.

Since then other shows like The Walking Dead (“Hid Under The Dumpster”) and Homeland (“Pull The Nipples”) have contributed their own phrases to the language that all essentially mean “The creativity and spark is gone from this show and it’s on auto-pilot.”

“Push The Reporter” was an unbelievable, coincidental twist that would become the hallmark of House Of Cards for remaining 3 seasons. People double-cross and triple-cross each other, career politicians murdered close friends and colleagues with impunity, someone shows up with a Mystery Box photo, recording or will that turns out to be destroyed, lost or fake, characters changed their motived to serve the plot, etc, etc, etc. A whole lot of unnatural drama got created just to keep people watching.

Did people keep watching? I have no idea, I stopped halfway through season four.

So, is there any chance that a season six of House Of Cards will be able to redeem itself now that another fictionally “First Female President” has her finger on the button?

Take a look and tell us what you think:

Wait… wut? “We’re just getting started”?

No, you’re done, House Of Cards. Shut up! Shut up! Clean up, go home!

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