House of Cards
2013 · 6 Seasons · Netflix · Drama
House of Cards at its peak was some of the sharpest political television ever made, a show that understood power as something enjoyed rather than merely wielded. The first two seasons remain essential viewing. The decline is real, the final season is a mess, and the whole edifice was complicated by circumstances outside the story. Watch it for what it was at its best, and stop when it stops being that.