House of Cards
Chapter 56
TV Flash files “Chapter 56” as hour 56 of 73 in the TV Flash guide — House of Cards (2013–2018) on Netflix, season 5, episode 4, aired 2017-05-30, 45 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E04: listed hour 56 of 73 in the House of Cards guide, hour 4 of 13 in season 5. It aired 2017-05-30 (45 min). The listed hour before it is “Chapter 55” (S05E03). Next is “Chapter 57” (S05E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With a tight race and low voter turnout on Election Day, things look grim for Frank. But he's still got one more trick up his sleeve.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter 56 sit in the House of Cards guide?
S05E04 is listed hour 56 of 73 — hour 4 of 13 in season 5, season 5 episode 4.
When did House of Cards S05E04 air?
Chapter 56 aired 2017-05-30 and is listed at 45 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
- Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood
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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
Michael Kelly’s Doug Stamper did the dirty inventory on House of Cards — Beau Willimon’s binge-era Washington noir, Frank and Claire as a marriage of blackmail, fourth-wall villainy, Netflix’s first English-language prestige bet. TV Flash…
- Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes
Kate Mara’s Zoe Barnes made House of Cards binge-era Washington a reporter problem — Beau Willimon’s noir, Frank and Claire as a marriage of blackmail, fourth-wall villainy, full-season drops. Netflix’s first English-language prestige…
- 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…