I agree that the two new powerbroker characters came in a bit abruptly. That said, the dude had an interesting in-story. The blonde chick, I had to read up on the wiki to figure out who the fuck she was, and I still don't fully understand her roll. At first I thought she was supposed to be the National Security Adviser, since that was basically what she was peddling. Whatever.
I didn't mind, and in fact fully expected the husband-wife Pres-VP to come up at some point, but Francis resigning after just winning the election? WTF? I was *always* expecting Francis to do what all powerhungry rulers do when they face domestic issues: launch a war. I was always expecting something like a full scale invasion of Syria, or even a hot war with Russia over that Antarctica shit to be the way Francis "won" the impeachment story line. Resigning? Francis? lol.
I liked how Claire started to talk to the camera half way through, it was fitting seeing how she is taking over.
The ending was all wrong. As some have said they need to wrap this up next season, and do it in one of two ways: Claire and Francis rift (as almost happened in one of the earlier seasons) and the infighting causes their complete and utter downfall, ending in assassination or imprisonment. Or, their total victory with them suspending the constitution or something similar due to a national emergency (that the orchestrate). I don't see a middle ground that would fit the Underwoods.
