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* TheWikiRule: [[http://house-of-cards.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The House of Cards Wiki]].

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* TheWikiRule: [[http://house-of-cards.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The House of Cards Wiki]].
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* NamesTheSame:
** Rather bizarrely, Doug Stamper is the ''only'' character to have the same last name as their British counterpart (Tim Stamper). Similarly, Francis Underwood is the only character to have the same first name as his British counterpart (Francis Urquhart), and Claire also always addresses him as "Francis"; everyone else addresses him as "Frank" because a SouthernGentleman named Francis would insist that you call him 'Frank', and a British aristocrat would faint at the idea.
** ICO, the terrorist group that acts as a stand-in for ISIS, is not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This show, along with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', established Creator/{{Netflix}} as a serious provider of original programming, proving that streaming services can make engaging television as good as, or better, than traditional Television providers. This lead to Amazon Prime and other services to FollowTheLeader not long after.

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* BreakthroughHit: This show, along with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', established Creator/{{Netflix}} as a serious provider of original programming, proving that streaming services can make engaging television as good as, or better, than traditional Television providers. This lead led to Amazon Prime and other services to FollowTheLeader not long after.
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* CareerResurrection: For Robin Wright, who had spent most of the 2000s in supporting or background roles in independent movies. ''House of Cards'' offered her a co-lead role in a mainstream product for the first time in several years, earning her a Golden Globe award as well as multiple Emmy nominations in the process. She was subsequently in more big-budget features (like ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'') as a result.

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* CareerResurrection: For Robin Wright, Creator/RobinWright, who had spent most of the 2000s in supporting or background roles in independent movies. ''House of Cards'' offered her a co-lead role in a mainstream product for the first time in several years, earning her a Golden Globe award as well as multiple Emmy nominations in the process. She was subsequently in more big-budget features (like ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'') as a result.



** Reg E. Cathey died shortly after production began on Season 6, though it's unknown if Freddy was intended to appear as his final scene telling Frank off back in Season 4 gave a decent closure to his arc.

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** Reg E. Cathey Creator/RegECathey died shortly after production began on Season 6, though it's unknown if Freddy was intended to appear as his final scene telling Frank off back in Season 4 gave a decent closure to his arc.



* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on the season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp Creator/AnthonyRapp accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on the season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.



* TroubledProduction: Filming on Season 6 was interrupted by Anthony Rapp's accusation that Creator/KevinSpacey molested him 30 years earlier, when he was fourteen. Netflix quickly announced that this would be the show's final season (though this was always the plan anyway), and shortly afterward shut down production indefinitely as similar stories about Spacey came pouring in. He was then sent for an unspecified "evaluation and treatment," throwing further doubt on whether the season would be completed. And then ''eight'' crew members came forward with accounts of Spacey's predatory behavior which made them deeply uncomfortable around him. Spacey was fired a week later. In the end, production on Season 6 resumed with Robin Wright becoming the sole lead.

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* TroubledProduction: Filming on Season 6 was interrupted by Anthony Rapp's Creator/AnthonyRapp's accusation that Creator/KevinSpacey molested him 30 years earlier, when he was fourteen. Netflix quickly announced that this would be the show's final season (though this was always the plan anyway), and shortly afterward shut down production indefinitely as similar stories about Spacey came pouring in. He was then sent for an unspecified "evaluation and treatment," throwing further doubt on whether the season would be completed. And then ''eight'' crew members came forward with accounts of Spacey's predatory behavior which made them deeply uncomfortable around him. Spacey was fired a week later. In the end, production on Season 6 resumed with Robin Wright becoming the sole lead.
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House of Cards was very popular, and I don't recall OITNB being more popular that this show.


* BreakthroughHit: Established Creator/{{Netflix}} as a serious provider of original programming, although ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' became an even bigger hit for them later in 2013.

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* BreakthroughHit: Established This show, along with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', established Creator/{{Netflix}} as a serious provider of original programming, although ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' became an even bigger hit for them later in 2013.proving that streaming services can make engaging television as good as, or better, than traditional Television providers. This lead to Amazon Prime and other services to FollowTheLeader not long after.
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* FakeBrit: Irish Creator/DominiqueMcElligot as English Hannah Conway.
* FakeNationality: Fake Hispanic: Indian-American Sakina Jaffrey as Hispanic-American Linda Vasquez.

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* FakeBrit: Irish Creator/DominiqueMcElligot Dominique [=McElligot=] as English Hannah Conway.
* FakeNationality: Fake Hispanic: Indian-American Sakina Jaffrey Creator/SakinaJaffrey as Hispanic-American Linda Vasquez.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure:
** Elizabeth Norment, who played Nancy Kaufberger, died between seasons 2 and 3.
** Reg E. Cathey died shortly after production began on Season 6, though it's unknown if Freddy was intended to appear as his final scene telling Frank off back in Season 4 gave a decent closure to his arc.


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* DiedDuringProduction:
** Elizabeth Norment, who played Nancy Kaufberger, died between seasons 2 and 3.
** Reg E. Cathey died shortly after production began on Season 6, though it's unknown if Freddy was intended to appear as his final scene telling Frank off back in Season 4 gave a decent closure to his arc.
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* FakeAmerican: English Jayne Atkinson as Catherine Durant; Swedish-American Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway.
* FakeBrit: Irish Dominique [=McElligot=] as English Hannah Conway.

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* FakeAmerican: English Jayne Atkinson Creator/JayneAtkinson as Catherine Durant; Swedish-American Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway.
* FakeBrit: Irish Dominique [=McElligot=] Creator/DominiqueMcElligot as English Hannah Conway.

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* NamesTheSame: Rather bizarrely, Doug Stamper is the ''only'' character to have the same last name as their British counterpart (Tim Stamper). Similarly, Francis Underwood is the only character to have the same first name as his British counterpart (Francis Urquhart), and Claire also always addresses him as "Francis"; everyone else addresses him as "Frank" because a SouthernGentleman named Francis would insist that you call him 'Frank', and a British aristocrat would faint at the idea.

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Rather bizarrely, Doug Stamper is the ''only'' character to have the same last name as their British counterpart (Tim Stamper). Similarly, Francis Underwood is the only character to have the same first name as his British counterpart (Francis Urquhart), and Claire also always addresses him as "Francis"; everyone else addresses him as "Frank" because a SouthernGentleman named Francis would insist that you call him 'Frank', and a British aristocrat would faint at the idea.idea.
** ICO, the terrorist group that acts as a stand-in for ISIS, is not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}''.
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* ProducedByCastMember: Creator/KevinSpacey had been an executive producer for all five of his seasons. Creator/RobinWright also became an executive producer beginning in season 4.
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* CaliforniaDoubling:
** Baltimore doubles for Washington, DC, as well as other locations. Including: the Underwood residence, Zoe Barnes' apartment, Freddy’s BBQ Rib Joint, The Clean Water Initiative building where Claire works, ''The Washington Herald'' offices, the Washington Opera House, the Secretary of State's building, Hotel Cotesworth, The Georgetown Hotel, Werner's Bar, Tio Pepe's, the [=DuPont=] Circle Bar, as well as scenes set in other locations, including Peter Russo's campaign rally in Pennsylvania and The Sentinel (military academy)’s Francis J. Underwood Library and Waldron Hall in South Carolina.
** Most of the interior scenes were shot in a large top-secret industrial warehouse in Joppa, Maryland, 17 miles northeast of Baltimore.
** There was ''some'' on-location filming. For example, the filming of a mock Presidential motorcade in season 3.
** Zoe Barnes's death was shot in Baltimore, due to WMATA not allowing scenes of violence to be filmed in their system.
** The international summit in season 4 was filmed in Indianapolis.
** Here's an egregious example: Claire's mother's plantation house is supposed to be in Highland Park, an affluent suburb of Dallas. While the green-lawned estate might have passed as a Highland Park manse, the wide lot does look like some of the homes on one of Dallas' toniest streets (Beverly Drive), and the exterior of the southern home rightly carries the posh air of a place for the ultra rich. the backyard shows a large hill of green that goes on for miles. And there are horse stables. [[TheMountainsOfIllinois Such hills don't exist in that part of Texas]]. The plantation house itself is actually in Maryland.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Much like Frank Underwood, Creator/KevinSpacey's father was abusive.

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* ActorSharedBackground: Much like Frank Underwood, Creator/KevinSpacey's father was abusive.Creator/KevinSpacey had an abusive father.



* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Frank is revealed to be bisexual. Creator/KevinSpacey, after years of speculation, finally came out as gay.
* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built; I had to protect the legacy from the man" as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations and yet still preserving the show.]]

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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Frank is revealed to be bisexual. Creator/KevinSpacey, after years of speculation, finally came out as gay.
gay during his sexual assault scandal.
* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built; I had to protect the legacy from the man" as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey from the show and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations and yet still preserving the show.allegations.]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: Much like Frank Underwood, Creator/KevinSpacey's father was abusive.
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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Frank is revealed to be bisexual. Creator/KevinSpacey, after years of speculation, finally came out as gay.
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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built; I had to protect the legacy from the man" as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.]]

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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built; I had to protect the legacy from the man" as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.allegations and yet still preserving the show.]]
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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.]]

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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper claims he killed Frank because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. built; I had to protect the legacy from the man." man" as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.]]
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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper justifies having killed Frank by saying "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.]]

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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper justifies having claims he killed Frank by saying because "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his sexual assault allegations.]]
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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper justifies having killed Frank by saying "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his predatory behavior.]]

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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper justifies having killed Frank by saying "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his predatory behavior.sexual assault allegations.]]
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* RealitySubtext: It's pretty much impossible to not see the scene in the series finale where [[spoiler:Stamper justifies having killed Frank by saying "I couldn’t let him destroy everything we built. I had to protect the legacy from the man." as a meta-commentary for what Netflix did by firing Kevin Spacey and killing off his character due to his predatory behavior.]]
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said the season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.
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Not a casting gag


* CastingGag: What do you know? [[Film/SupermanReturns Lex Luthor]] actually managed to become [[ComicBook/LexLuthor president]].
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* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Contrast Creator/RobinWright or Michael Kelly with their characters. It's very jarring.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp's accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. After actor Anthony Rapp's Rapp accused Creator/KevinSpacey of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. Following actor Anthony Rapp's allegation against Creator/KevinSpacey that he sexually assaulted him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show will conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. Following After actor Anthony Rapp's allegation against accused Creator/KevinSpacey that he sexually assaulted of molesting him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show will would conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://house-of-cards.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The House of Cards Wiki]].

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Elizabeth Norment, who played Nancy Kaufberger, died between seasons 2 and 3.

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Elizabeth Norment, who played Nancy Kaufberger, died between seasons 2 and 3.3.
** Reg E. Cathey died shortly after production began on Season 6, though it's unknown if Freddy was intended to appear as his final scene telling Frank off back in Season 4 gave a decent closure to his arc.
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* CareerResurrection: For Robin Wright, who had spent most of the 2000s in supporting or background roles in independent movies. ''House of Cards'' offered her a co-lead role in a mainstream product for the first time in several years, earning her a Golden Globe award as well as multiple Emmy nominations in the process. She was subsequently in more big-budget features (like ''Film/WonderWoman'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'') as a result.

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* CareerResurrection: For Robin Wright, who had spent most of the 2000s in supporting or background roles in independent movies. ''House of Cards'' offered her a co-lead role in a mainstream product for the first time in several years, earning her a Golden Globe award as well as multiple Emmy nominations in the process. She was subsequently in more big-budget features (like ''Film/WonderWoman'' ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' and ''Film/BladeRunner2049'') as a result.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: More like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. Following actor Anthony Rapp's allegation against Creator/KevinSpacey that he sexually assaulted him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show will conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: More Almost like ''Show''-Ending Misdemeanor. Following actor Anthony Rapp's allegation against Creator/KevinSpacey that he sexually assaulted him when he was 14, Netflix first announced that the show will conclude with season six. They then suspended production on said season and fired Spacey after more accusations of sexual harassment and assault came out, including, most damningly, some from the set of the show itself. It was eventually decided that the show's sixth and final season would be completed with Robin Wright as the sole lead.



* TroubledProduction: Filming on Season 6 was interrupted by Anthony Rapp's accusation that Creator/KevinSpacey molested him 30 years earlier, when he was fourteen. Netflix quickly announced that this would be the show's final season (though this was always the plan anyway), and shortly afterward shut down production indefinitely as similar stories about Spacey came pouring in. He was then sent for an unspecified "evaluation and treatment," throwing further doubt on whether the season would be completed. And then ''eight'' crew members came forward with accounts of Spacey's predatory behavior which made them deeply uncomfortable around him. Spacey was fired a week later.

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* TroubledProduction: Filming on Season 6 was interrupted by Anthony Rapp's accusation that Creator/KevinSpacey molested him 30 years earlier, when he was fourteen. Netflix quickly announced that this would be the show's final season (though this was always the plan anyway), and shortly afterward shut down production indefinitely as similar stories about Spacey came pouring in. He was then sent for an unspecified "evaluation and treatment," throwing further doubt on whether the season would be completed. And then ''eight'' crew members came forward with accounts of Spacey's predatory behavior which made them deeply uncomfortable around him. Spacey was fired a week later. In the end, production on Season 6 resumed with Robin Wright becoming the sole lead.

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* DirectedByCastMember:
** In addition to playing Claire, Creator/RobinWright has directed seven episodes of the show.[[note]]Chapter 23 in season 2; chapters 35 and 38 in season 3; and chapters 42, 43, 48, and 49 in season 4[[/note]]
** Creator/KevinSpacey had been an executive producer for all five of his seasons. Creator/RobinWright also became an executive producer beginning in season 4.

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DirectedByCastMember: In addition to playing Claire, Creator/RobinWright has directed seven episodes of the show.[[note]]Chapter 23 in season 2; chapters 35 and 38 in season 3; and chapters 42, 43, 48, and 49 in season 4[[/note]]
** Creator/KevinSpacey had been an executive producer for all five of his seasons. Creator/RobinWright also became an executive producer beginning in season 4.
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