House of Cards
Chapter 45
TV Flash files “Chapter 45” as hour 45 of 73 in the TV Flash guide — House of Cards (2013–2018) on Netflix, season 4, episode 6, aired 2016-03-04, 48 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E06: listed hour 45 of 73 in the House of Cards guide, hour 6 of 13 in season 4. It aired 2016-03-04 (48 min). The listed hour before it is “Chapter 44” (S04E05). Next is “Chapter 46” (S04E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Claire clashes with the Secretary of State over her involvement in negotiations with Russia. Dunbar must choose between her campaign and her ethics.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter 45 sit in the House of Cards guide?
S04E06 is listed hour 45 of 73 — hour 6 of 13 in season 4, season 4 episode 6.
When did House of Cards S04E06 air?
Chapter 45 aired 2016-03-04 and is listed at 48 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season one, dropped complete on February 1, 2013 — the full-season binge that announced Netflix drama. The early Underwood climb is the purest hit of fourth-wall villainy and marriage-as-conspiracy.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Beau Willimon's binge-era Washington noir: Frank and Claire as a marriage of blackmail, fourth-wall villainy, full-season drops. Netflix's first English-language prestige bet made political antiheroes binge furniture. Watch the early climb as streamer confidence; the Spacey-exit rewrite is now inseparable from the brand.
February 1, 2013. Netflix did not tease a pilot through sweeps. It dumped Beau Willimon's Washington noir as a complete first season — one of its first major English-language prestige bets — and asked the country to treat a congressman's fourth-wall smirk as living-room furniture. Frank and Claire Underwood climb toward the presidency with blackmail as love language; Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright make citizens bleed on a chessboard. Rex can keep the three-network night. This was a **full-season drop** on a winter…
Filed against
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- Robin Wright as Claire Underwood
Robin Wright's Claire Underwood made House of Cards a marriage of blackmail — Beau Willimon's binge-era Washington noir, fourth-wall villainy, full-season drops, Netflix's first English-language prestige bet. Watch the early climb as…
- Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper
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- Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes
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- Corey Stoll as Peter Russo
Corey Stoll’s Peter Russo made House of Cards feel like a body count, not a slogan — binge-era Washington noir, fourth-wall villainy, a congressman Netflix used as early-climb fuel. Beau Willimon’s full-season drop made political…