HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 4 EPISODE 12 SERIES

HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 4 EPISODE 12 SERIES

But even in the alternate reality that is HoCвЂ™s Washington, I cannot go along for a second with this series of events: The chief of staff to the president of the United States can go off the grid, to Caracas, during the primaries, to assault a known cybercriminal who is on the run from the FBI then return to the Lower 48 buy a van from a sketchy car dealership that must have been running a special on Vehicles For Snipers and Pedophiles go to a hardware store and pick up supplies that basically scream, вЂњIвЂ™m just in town to kill somebodyвЂќ then dig a grave off the side of the road in no manвЂ™s land then decide at the last minute to let this girl go live with the trees or whatever sheвЂ™s dreaming of doing then double back and kill her. I do not, as a general rule, like to fact-check TV shows, because as long as these characters and plot machinations obey the laws of the House of Cards internal universe, I donвЂ™t care if whatever they do вЂњcould never happenвЂќ in real life. Who thought anyone would have any interest in RachelвЂ™s life of southwestern semi-squalor? Who thought we would need to hear about this plan for her shiny new life that we have always known will never come to pass? Who thought, given all the ratcheting-up of the plot that is happening in other quarters - Frank and ClaireвЂ™s marriage, the election, HeatherвЂ™s moral compromise, Jackie and RemyвЂ™s affair - that what viewers would really want to spend nearly half the season finale watching was Doug And RachelвЂ™s All-American Murder Road Trip? THE POINT IS THERE IS NO FREAKING POINT AT ALL.

You may be thinking, Gee, seems like we spent an awful lot of time this season, and during this critical season finale, playing Rachelquest! What was the point of all this time if the end result was just that Rachel was out of the picture? OH WAIT, IT WAS POINTLESS.

House of cards season 4 episode 12