House of Cards is a whole different series; one that you might not have been introduced to until now. The series makes you smile when the characters smirk, drop your jaw at the sheer politics and takes you on a tour of a virtual chess game – only that pawns here are ordinary people, and the kings and queens the presidents themselves.
The series revolves around the Presidential election of Frank Underwood, who was first the Secretary but with the help of his scheming mind and politics is able to climb the ladder into becoming the President instead. But things start going south when his dirty work comes out in the public.
It’s a constant war between the good and the evil, and you find yourself torn between what is right and what is wrong. And the best part yet – you find yourself rooting for the villain and actually enjoying it. So if you haven’t watched this masterpiece yet, we’ve come to your rescue! Here’s a detailed index of the House of Cards to equip your brain with a quick summary of the show, before you delve deeper into it. Check it out!
Index of House of Cards
Index of House of Cards Season 1: Hunger For Power
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 1" Check here
2. "Chapter 2" Check here
3. "Chapter 3" Check here
4. "Chapter 4" Check here
5. "Chapter 5" Check here
6. "Chapter 6" Check here
7. "Chapter 7" Check here
8. "Chapter 8" Check here
9. "Chapter 9" Check here
10. "Chapter 10" Check here
11. "Chapter 11" Check here
12. "Chapter 12" Check here
13. "Chapter 13" Check here
Frank, a Democratic Congressman celebrates the victory of President Garrett Walker whom he actively helped in his campaign. However, things go south when Walker says that he plans to propagate his agenda in Congress and does not intend to comply with the agreements.
Frank thus presents himself as the right-hand man of Garett, but behind his back hatches a masterplan so as to get a cabinet position.
Frank’s wife runs the Clear Water NGO, and often times is seen using Frank’s connections to get to the big guns to make her venture successful. Nonetheless, it is clear from the initial parts of the season that both husband and wife lust for power, and scheme and strategize together to help each become more successful as well.
Underwood gets his hands on the reporter whom he manipulates into changing the public opinion. He then also uses Peter to overpower Walker and as a major pawn to stand in the elections, only to make him lose by defaming him.
By stitching a well-strategized plot together and executing it nicely, by the end of the season he gets elected as the Vice-President of the country. But the reporter, Zoe, gets a hunch of Underwood’s masterplan – and starts piecing it back together to trace it back to him.
Index of House of Cards Season 2: Frank Underwood Becomes the 46th President
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 14" Check here
2. "Chapter 15" Check here
3. "Chapter 16" Check here
4. "Chapter 17" Check here
5. "Chapter 18" Check here
6. "Chapter 19" Check here
7. "Chapter 20" Check here
8. "Chapter 21" Check here
9. "Chapter 22" Check here
10. "Chapter 23" Check here
11. "Chapter 24" Check here
12. "Chapter 25" Check here
13. "Chapter 26" Check here
Zoe and two of her friends, Janine and Lucas start to investigate Underwood’s case and locate Rachel. Frank appoints Doug and brings her to a safe house, whereas lures Zoe on the other hand to a metro station.
Seeing an opportunity with no eyes or security cameras fixed on him, he pushes Zoe in front of an incoming train – thus getting her killed. After Zoe’s death, Janine aborts the mission but Lucas continues.
He takes a hacker’s help to hack into Underwood’s text history, but the hacker turns out to be Doug himself – who frames Lucas for cybercrime instead. Meanwhile, Doug starts to get excessively obsessed with Rachel, so much so that Rachel ambushes him and runs for her life, leaving him there to die.
On the other hand, Claire gets quite close to the First Lady and gets to know that her and Walker’s marriage are facing some unusual tensions. Meanwhile, Frank manages to successfully drive a rift between Tusk and the President to his own advantage.
The Justice Department starts to dig deeper into the connections between Feng and Tusk. Feng brainwashes Walker into giving out his travel records that clearly state he visited a marriage counselor, raising questions whether the donations were discussed or not.
Articles of impeachment get drafted and Frank manipulates Tusk to testify against the President – which brings him down from his presidential position; making Frank the 46th President of the United States.
Index of House of Cards Season 3: The Fall Out
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 27" Check here
2. "Chapter 28" Check here
3. "Chapter 29" Check here
4. "Chapter 30" Check here
5. "Chapter 31" Check here
6. "Chapter 32" Check here
7. "Chapter 33" Check here
8. "Chapter 34" Check here
9. "Chapter 35" Check here
10. "Chapter 36" Check here
11. "Chapter 37" Check here
12. "Chapter 38" Check here
13. "Chapter 39" Check here
Half a year into his placeholder Presidentship, Underwood pushes for a job program America Works, that manages to start conspiracies. He then changes his oath and decides to run for President, against Heather Dunbar.
When he tells Doug that he does not intend to make him his Chief of Staff, Doug switches sides and works with the opposition party instead. Galvin tells him that Rachel is dead, which makes Doug sink into serious depression.
He later reveals that she was never dead, and has been living with a fake identity in new Mexico. Doug gets furious and tortures him into locating Rachel. He then goes and meets Rachel; drives her to the desert and kills her there.
By the time he returns, he gets chosen as the Chief of Staff for Frank, thanks to Remy’s resignation. When Claire gets selected as the Ambassador of the United Nations, she runs into a pickle with the Russian President.
Petrov apparently gets his hand on an American activist and keeps him captive, which makes the Underwood agree to a deal to have him released. Accordingly, Claire resigns from the Ambassador post, reasoning that she wanted to involve more in Frank’s campaign instead.
By the end of the series, tensions between the Underwoods grow so much that Claire declares that she’s leaving Frank for good.
Index of House of Cards Season 4: Fight or Flight?
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 40" Check here
2. "Chapter 41" Check here
3. "Chapter 42" Check here
4. "Chapter 43" Check here
5. "Chapter 44" Check here
6. "Chapter 45" Check here
7. "Chapter 46" Check here
8. "Chapter 47" Check here
9. "Chapter 48" Check here
10. "Chapter 49" Check here
11. "Chapter 50" Check here
12. "Chapter 51" Check here
13. "Chapter 52" Check here
Claire goes back to Dallas and runs for Congress in her home district. In the opposition, there was Celia who was the daughter of the predecessor, running for the same. Frank manages to get Claire’s support back for him, but things fall out when he publicly endorses Celia instead – leaving Claire furious.
Upon losing out in Dunbar, he gets suspicious and finds out that Claire has been leaking potential information to them. Claire threatens Frank that she would continue to do so if he does not name her as his running mate, but Frank openly refuses.
Remember Lucas from season one? Yeah, he gets released from jail and decides to seek revenge from Frank for framing him – and thus attempts to assassinate him. Only managing to injure him, he gets taken down by the Meechum family, and Blythe steps in as the acting President.
When Claire tries to take advantage of Blythe’s indecisiveness regarding a military matter and goes against Frank’s whims of not involving China, Doug leaks information about her suspending her campaign. Eventually, Frank recovers and resumes his position as President, promising to put Claire on the ticket during the upcoming elections.
A series of events transpire that bring the nation under a full-fledged war. The season ends with Frank declaring a national emergency and war, with Frank and Claire watching the live execution of the hostage. And Claire breaking the fourth wall, looking into the camera along with Frank.
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Index of House of Cards Season 5: When the Tables Turn
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 53" Check here
2. "Chapter 54" Check here
3. "Chapter 55" Check here
4. "Chapter 56" Check here
5. "Chapter 57" Check here
6. "Chapter 58" Check here
7. "Chapter 59" Check here
8. "Chapter 60" Check here
9. "Chapter 61" Check here
10. "Chapter 62" Check here
11. "Chapter 63" Check here
12. "Chapter 64" Check here
13. "Chapter 65" Check here
During the Presidential elections, Frank uses ICO to his advantage, as a means to secure votes in the key states. Doug hires a hacker and freezes the internet in a lot of places to wipe down hundreds and hundreds of files.
When Conway starts to win in the initial stages, Frank’s political machines fake a terrorist attack, and Frank pins it on the ICO. So much so that they call the Ohio election office and ask them to call the election off early under the pretense of a terrorists attack.
Ohio refuses to do so, and neither candidate gets the final number of votes they secured. When the election stays unresolved for over nine weeks the matter is transferred into the hands of the Congress office.
Both end up in a tie with Frank’s 12% baggage and Conway losing his temper often. When Claire manages to bag a senate vote, she is declared as the Acting President for the time being. She calls for a fresh election of Tennessee and Ohio.
With the help of media manipulation and tactics, they manage to win the election in these two states. By the end of it all. Frank gets elected as the President while Claire gets elected as the Vice President of the United States.
However, Zoe’s murder comes out in the light, and it’s revealed that it was all Frank’s plan to secure a place as the President. Frank is compelled to resign, leaving Claire as the 47th President of the United States.
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Index of House of Cards Season 6: The End
Episode Number Episode Name Link to the Episode
1. "Chapter 66" Check here
2. "Chapter 67" Check here
3. "Chapter 68" Check here
4. "Chapter 69" Check here
5. "Chapter 70" Check here
6. "Chapter 71" Check here
7. "Chapter 72" Check here
8. "Chapter 73" Check here
A hundred days into Claire’s Presidentship and the Shepherds duo, Bill and Annette start to plot Claire’s downfall. A rivalry ensues, both trying to sabotage and bring the name down of the other. Durant also joins forces with the Shepherds and decides to testify against Claire, but Claire and Jane scheme to assassinate her.
Turns out, Durant fakes her own death and flees to a different city. Clair comes to terms with President Petrov and seals a deal over Syria, but later finds out that it was Petrov keeping Durant safe in some other country. Claire then goes MIA for three weeks, leaving everybody to question her leading capabilities.
When the Shepherds try to draft a new Amendment to impeach Clair, she turns the tables by firing her cabinet and forming a whole new cabinet of women instead. Anette tries to use Clair’s former abortions to her advantage and get her sabotaged, but Claire reveals to Duncan that he wasn’t Annette’s biological son, putting their relationship in jeopardy.
By the end of the season, she gets Hammerschmidt, Davis and Durant killed. By the season finale, Frank decides to turn on Claire and comes into the White House to kill her.
But before he is able to do so, Claire kills him instead, and the season ends with Claire looking into the camera and saying “No More pain.”
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Conclusion
Sadly, House of Cards ended at season six itself, meaning – it ended three years ago and there’s no season seven coming, just in case you had hoped it would. The show left a huge impact on its fans that even after three years down the line, you’ll still find ongoing threads and open forums, wishfully discussing the possibilities of another season. But hey, it’s still a masterpiece nonetheless – new season or not. So hop onto our links for a wild ride, happy binging!
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