Loved the tension and suspenseful character interaction throughout, the mystery aspects are intriguing and is developing all the time, the political intrigue is not laid on too thick or hard to understand, the cynical edge of it intelligently done, and the darker tone of the season works. Do like though that things continue to progress and things introduced, set upon and built upon in the previous Season 2 episodes build on further with nothing going round in circles. Not an awful lot wrong here in "Chapter 17", but Lucas' stupidity with the fingerprints in the previous episode still looms high here and whereas the other newer characters are beginning to hit their stride when it comes to the different subplots his is the least gripping for me and doesn't advance as much as them either.
"Chapter 17" is a return to form and is one of the better episodes of Season 2. Do not get me wrong, absolutely love Frank as a character, but the newer characters did need to become more interesting so it was natural and necessary to see more of them.
"Chapter 17" is an improvement on the previous two episodes with the newer characters shining more and Frank not dominating quite as much, while not quite as great as "Chapter 14". It thankfully turned out to be a season that started off brilliantly with its first episode but was a little disappointed by but still very much liked "Chapter 15" and "Chapter 16".
Like to love all the episodes of Season 1, back when 'House of Cards' was good and in its prime (a far cry from how the show is now, how drastically the show has declined still shocks and angers me), and had high hopes for Season 2.
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