Chapter 14
- Episode aired Feb 14, 2014
- TV-MA
- 50m
Frank prepares for his promotion to Vice President. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and Frank. Claire fights back against Gillian. Zoe considers working with Frank again.Frank prepares for his promotion to Vice President. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and Frank. Claire fights back against Gillian. Zoe considers working with Frank again.Frank prepares for his promotion to Vice President. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and Frank. Claire fights back against Gillian. Zoe considers working with Frank again.
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- Trivia(at around 29 mins) Frank and Freddy are discussing over the slaying of the pigs, Freddy hitting the table while he speaks was unscripted, actor Reg E. Cathey improvised and thought it'll help settle the mood better, therefore Kevin Spacey's reaction was fully natural.
- GoofsWhen Zoe is looking for Frank on the Cathedral Heights metro platform, a station list is seen on the wall across the tracks. It clearly lists the stations of the Baltimore Metro, starting with Johns Hopkins Hospital on the left, then Shot Tower, etc. They added signage for a fictitious Cathedral Heights station in DC, but neglected to correct the station list sign. The scene was clearly shot in the Baltimore Metro system, not DC.
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Francis Underwood: Did you think that I'd forgotten you? Perhaps you hoped I had. Don't waste a breath mourning Miss Barnes, every kitten grows up to be a cat. They seem so harmless at first. Small, quiet, lapping up their saucer of milk. But once their claws get long enough, they draw blood. Sometimes from the hand that feeds them. For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted. Welcome back.
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Composed by MC Magico and Alex Wilson
Regarding "Chapter 14", now this is how to start off a season. Future season openers should learn from this. An episode that sets things up for what is to come, follows on from previous events and builds upon them, all without being repetitive, introduces new conflicts and such and it does feel like the storytelling and characterisation is advancing. It has lost none of what made Season 1 as solid as it was, and actually consider it the best episode up to this point of 'House of Cards' and that is no easy feat. A fond reminder of back when 'House of Cards' was such a great show that was among the most watchable and addictive, before it declined so drastically in the past two seasons.
"Chapter 14" was utterly riveting and gripped me from the get go. It didn't feel contrived or over-convenient and the cynical edge has always been an interest point of the show rather than a problem. The pace is again just right, the deliberate feel of it never was a problem for me when 'House of Cards' was in its prime. After directing the very good "Chapter 10" and the brilliant "Chapter 11" in the first season, Carl Franklin returns as director in his penultimate episode for the show, the last being the next episode "Chapter 15". Again providing alert yet accomodating direction and showing that he had a sure hand and knew what he was doing.
Visually, as ever "Chapter 14" looks slick and stylish, with lots of atmosphere and no trouble with cohesion, so there is nothing to complain about on that front. The music knew when to have presence and when to tone things down to let the dialogue and characters properly speak, with again some very clever sound quality.
Once again, there is plenty of sharpness, bite and probing thought in the writing. Can never get enough of the writing for Frank and his as ever chillingly cynical monologues (those last lines). The story is always absorbing and rich in tension between the characters, there is a lot to digest but it comes together and doesn't feel bloated. The characters never cease to fascinate, or so when 'House of Cards' was in its prime that is, and the character interaction blisters. The acting is without complaint, Kevin Spacey particularly.
In conclusion, brilliant. 10/10
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