House of Cards
Chapter 70
TV Flash files “Chapter 70” as hour 70 of 73 in the TV Flash guide — House of Cards (2013–2018) on Netflix, season 6, episode 5, aired 2018-11-02, 59 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E05: listed hour 70 of 73 in the House of Cards guide, hour 5 of 8 in season 6. It aired 2018-11-02 (59 min). The listed hour before it is “Chapter 69” (S06E04). Next is “Chapter 71” (S06E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Claire allows her enemies to think she's incapacitated as they plot to remove her from office. Doug's investigation leads him to uncover a secret.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter 70 sit in the House of Cards guide?
S06E05 is listed hour 70 of 73 — hour 5 of 8 in season 6, season 6 episode 5.
When did House of Cards S06E05 air?
Chapter 70 aired 2018-11-02 and is listed at 59 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
Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood made House of Cards binge-era Washington noir — Beau Willimon's full-season drops, fourth-wall villainy, a marriage of blackmail as Netflix's first English-language prestige bet. Watch the early climb as…
- 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…