Life imitates art as ‘House of Cards’ returns

FRIDAY sees the return of ‘House of Cards’ for its sixth season. If there were ever a series where life imitated art, this is surely it. It had to be re-written, delayed and adapted, once allegations against its star, Kevin Spacey, emerged, propelling screen-wife Robin Wright into the Oval Office.

We’ll never know the original story line – this was always going to be the final season. But it has had everything from a despotic megalomaniac Commander in Chief to its real-life #MeToo moment along with misogyny, betrayal and hate crime. A bit like watching the news, really.

The original season-six episodes had to be dumped while writers desperately scrambled for a new storyline. In truth, it had lost its sheen after season three, but I kept watching.

I wonder now how many will download the final series just to see what they’ve done with it? Spacey’s character Frank Underwood is, by all accounts, mysteriously dead or disappeared although without a body, how will we know? Or perhaps care?