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b_b  ·  4272 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "House of Cards" and the Liberal Imagination

Has anyone else besides me watched the full season? I only watched it, because my gf thought it was good. I was ready to give up after about three episodes. I'm not going to give any spoilers other than to say that there are zero redeeming characters in the show, save for one or two minor characters. What's the point of watching a show like that? If you don't care about the characters, then you have no investment in the story.

    Like Tony Soprano or Breaking Bad’s Walter White, Underwood is a high-functioning sociopath who somehow keeps viewers rooting for him.

Could not disagree more with this statement. I didn't watch the Sopranos, but Walter White is a very complex character, and there are many very complex characters in Breaking Bad, everyone seemingly straddling the line between goodness and self preservation; its the self preservation that drives people to do terrible things. In House of Cards, everyone is just a self absorbed asshole whose motivations are transparent and paper thin. Not a fan.