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An impressive digression with Freddie, but the leaked photos and the continued high play of the two patriots are far juicier.

Let's hope the second half picks up the pace. So far, the weakest first half of any season.

First-class carnage. It’s not the best episode ever, but it’s certainly among the best.

An interesting episode about dealing with and enforcing laws in education, with a juicy side-plot from rural America. Impressive performances, with Spacey in his element.

After the first pummeling, it slows down tactically and the colourful story slowly takes on a broader scope and more characters. Basically a pure chatterbox, without any major moments, but from the point of view of the whole, no less important than the others.

The Underwood crisis continues to deepen and the anger is completely understandable. A very emotional and steamy episode and understandably so.

Joel Kinnaman is a good action actor, but emotionally he can't quite deliver, at least for now; and not only because he’s lagging behind Frank by leaps and bounds. Another half-dead episode, which makes the fifth season so far a futile search for a face.

A military feeling episode of a failed military intervention that will result in another high political game on the chessboard.

Lots of loose ends and lots of characters with question marks. It will be interesting to see how they reach the finish line. On the other hand, Frank and Viktor’s conversation – thumbs up.

A brilliant verbal shootout in a presidential debate. A battle of three great personalities with an ultra-realistic feel. An episode that gobbles up the highlights of the current political system for its own benefit and at full speed.