Chapter 25
- Episode aired Feb 14, 2014
- TV-MA
- 48m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
4.4K
YOUR RATING
Francis feels shut out. Stamper tries to regain control.Francis feels shut out. Stamper tries to regain control.Francis feels shut out. Stamper tries to regain control.
Mozhan Navabi
- Ayla Sayyad
- (as Mozhan Marnò)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe picture hanging in Jackie Sharp's office has changed from a previous episode when Francis was in her chair. He brings up the fact he had a sketch of the Capital Building. In that episode, she had a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge and has now put up the sketch of the Capital.
- GoofsRachel Posner's apartment number changes between episodes. It is 245 in this episode , but it was 246 in episode 21.
- Quotes
Raymond Tusk: Well, Miss Dunbar, in 67 years on this planet I have never once been issued a subpena. I can now cross it off my bucket list.
- ConnectionsReferences All in with Chris Hayes (2013)
Featured review
"I've managed to isolate the president from everyone... including myself"
Season 1 was a great season, remarkably so for a first season with a lot of shows taking time to settle whereas that for 'House of Cards' was one of its best seasons throughout its run. All the episodes being good to brilliant. Season 2 was not quite as good, with a slight slump in quality in the first half of it, the episodes still managing to be very good but the first half of Season 1 was great. But the second half ("Chapter 19" onward) is excellent.
"Chapter 25" from personal opinion is one of Season 2's best episodes. One might argue that it is setting things up for the season finale, or like a prelude (being the season's penultimate episode), and in that respect "Chapter 25" succeeds brilliantly. Also consider it another one of the best 'House of Cards' episodes up to this point, at a stage where the lesser episodes were still good. Long before the show's significant decline in its last two seasons. Know that keeps getting mentioned but it does show how strongly a decline as big as the one for 'House of Cards' was makes me feel, going from one of the best television shows in recent years to near-unwatchable.
Talking now about "Chapter 25", it contains all of what makes the previous episodes so good, except the dialogue is even sharper and blacker than before, momentum has tightened and the tension has increased the more ambitious the characters have gotten.
Visually, "Chapter 25" looks great, the slickness has not been lost and neither has the atmosphere. A big standout here is the very opening, which immediately creates an air of unsettlement. The music knew when to have presence and when to tone things down to let the dialogue and characters properly speak. The writing is sharp and has bite and intelligence, getting darker all the time. The story is taut and absorbing with enough surprises to keep one guessing.
Its tension and suspense, apparent from the very start, has reached near fever pitch, especially with the continued development with Doug thanks to Michael Kelly's increasingly burning intensity, and the political tension which much of "Chapter 25" is centered around has lost none of its edge. All while not being too over-complicated that it loses the viewer. Frank and Claire continue to get more unscrupulous and manipulative all the time. Another standout in the character writing is Jackie, the steel and ferocity beautifully brought out by Molly Parker.
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright continue to be knockouts, as are Kelly and Parker.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10
"Chapter 25" from personal opinion is one of Season 2's best episodes. One might argue that it is setting things up for the season finale, or like a prelude (being the season's penultimate episode), and in that respect "Chapter 25" succeeds brilliantly. Also consider it another one of the best 'House of Cards' episodes up to this point, at a stage where the lesser episodes were still good. Long before the show's significant decline in its last two seasons. Know that keeps getting mentioned but it does show how strongly a decline as big as the one for 'House of Cards' was makes me feel, going from one of the best television shows in recent years to near-unwatchable.
Talking now about "Chapter 25", it contains all of what makes the previous episodes so good, except the dialogue is even sharper and blacker than before, momentum has tightened and the tension has increased the more ambitious the characters have gotten.
Visually, "Chapter 25" looks great, the slickness has not been lost and neither has the atmosphere. A big standout here is the very opening, which immediately creates an air of unsettlement. The music knew when to have presence and when to tone things down to let the dialogue and characters properly speak. The writing is sharp and has bite and intelligence, getting darker all the time. The story is taut and absorbing with enough surprises to keep one guessing.
Its tension and suspense, apparent from the very start, has reached near fever pitch, especially with the continued development with Doug thanks to Michael Kelly's increasingly burning intensity, and the political tension which much of "Chapter 25" is centered around has lost none of its edge. All while not being too over-complicated that it loses the viewer. Frank and Claire continue to get more unscrupulous and manipulative all the time. Another standout in the character writing is Jackie, the steel and ferocity beautifully brought out by Molly Parker.
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright continue to be knockouts, as are Kelly and Parker.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10
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