This series started out extremely strong. It was stylish and slick with excellent episodes, intrigue, and a great knowledge to how things worked.
Then it got weird. The final season was atonal and strange. The idea of somehow working the First Lady in as Vice President started the odd ride and it just got weirder from there. I actually found myself upset with the 'insane Lady Macbeth' portrayal of Claire Underwood as it seemed to rely heavily on stereotypes of female politicians as emotional and unbalanced at times. This definitely shone through in the way they chose to start the series with Claire being 3 weeks in seclusion. The final season ruined the series for me, I'm afraid. The pacing was bad, the storyline was bizarre, and it relied on characters we hadn't dealt with before creating some weird cabal.
It just got weird.