House of Cards has already been renewed for a fourth season. Not surprising, given how much of a smash hit the Netflix political drama has been for three straight years in a row. While the series may have taken a hit in the reviews for the third season (many complaining the show had lost its edge, meandered around its storylines and tried to give Frank and Claire a conscience), it's clearly still winning massive crowds and a consistently strong audience. According to the official announcement, the fourth season of House of Cards will last thirteen episode and air next year.
That's not surprising. But here's something that is- a character, previously thought to have disappeared, who might be coming back in a big way next year on House of Cards. That character would be Janine Skorsky, played by Constance Zimmer in the show's first and second season. Skorsky was originally Zoe Barnes' superior at The Washington Herald, eventually becoming her colleague at Slugline and her ally in trying to unravel the conspiracy behind Frank Underwood's rise to the Oval Office. However, at the end of the second season, she would end up throwing her partners under the bus to save herself retribution from Frank.
Zimmer recently revealed she would return for a fourth season of House of Cards, although she couldn't say much about the future storylines the fourth season would hold. Ditto for actor Michael Kelly, who plays Doug Stamper. Kelly recently stated that he's "mostly looking forward to just going back." Later, adding, "they don't tell me much."
However, House of Cards still has its enemies in the world. One of whom is politician Barney Frank, who wants the series banned from all television sets permanently.
"It is the most inaccurate, misleading, and unfortunately, it gives people a bad idea," Frank argued. "We suffer from people saying 'What's the point of voting? It doesn't do any good. None of them can be trusted.' 'House of Cards' just reinforces all of that inaccurate impression."
Although, in House of Cards' defense, most voters can probably tell the difference from a real politican and a fictional one who regularly murders people to get elected.
Keep an eye out for announcements about House of Cards' fourth season, sure to premiere sometime in 2016.
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