Home > House of Cards > Season 3 « TV Series Page House of Cards: Season 3 (2015) SEASON: Season 3 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 75% Average Rating: 6.97/10 Season Reviews: 53 Fresh: 40 Rotten: 13 Critics Consensus: Season three introduces intriguing new political and personal elements to Frank Underwood's character, even if it feels like more of the same for some. 75% Average Rating: 8.33/10 Season Reviews: 24 Fresh: 18 Rotten: 6 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Season three introduces intriguing new political and personal elements to Frank Underwood's character, even if it feels like more of the same for some. AUDIENCE SCORE 78% liked it Average Rating: 3.9/5 User Ratings: 1656 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Chapter 27 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank plans an ambitious jobs program in the Season 3 premiere. More 2 Chapter 28 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank fights off a potential mutiny. Meanwhile, Claire runs into trouble. More 3 Chapter 29 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Russia's president visits. More 4 Chapter 30 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank tries to outmaneuver a potential challenger. More 5 Chapter 31 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank tries to jump-start his jobs program. Meanwhile, Claire spars with a Russian ambassador. More 6 Chapter 32 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank and Claire attempt to negotiate the return of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Russia. More 7 Chapter 33 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 The Underwoods go into damage-control mode. More 8 Chapter 34 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 A hurricane threatens the East Coast. More 9 Chapter 35 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank's campaign picks up steam. Meanwhile, Claire receives disturbing intel. More 10 Chapter 36 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank deals with Petrov, while Claire tries to preserve the peace-keeping mission. More Show More Episodes House of Cards: Season 3 Videos 0:45 House of Cards: Season 3 Trailer View All Videos (1) House of Cards: Season 3 Photos View All Photos (53) Tv Season Info Series 3 of the drama about a ruthless congressman and his equally ambitious wife who navigate the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. It begins with Frank as President of the United States after his recent inauguration and continues with him trying to maintain a hold on his country and those around him trying to run it. Genre: Drama Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Feb 27, 2015 Creator: Beau Willimon Exec. Producers: David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, John Melfi, Kevin Spacey, Michael Dobbs Cast Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood Robin Wright as Claire Underwood Sebastian Arcelus as Lucas Goodwin Molly Parker as Jacqueline Sharp Ben Daniels as Adam Galloway Gerald McRaney as Raymond Tusk Kristen Connolly as Christina Gallagher Sakina Jaffrey as Linda Vasquez Nathan Darrow as Edward Meechum Sandrine Holt as Gillian Cole Constance Zimmer as Janine Skorsky Jayne Atkinson as Catherine Durant Rachel Brosnahan as Rachel Posner Michel Gill as Garrett Walker Mahershala Ali as Remy Danton Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper Boris McGiver as Tom Hammerschmidt Jimmi Simpson as Gavin Orsay Reg E. Cathey as Freddy Hayes Show More Cast News & Interviews for House of Cards: Season 3 7 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This November People’s Choice 2017 Winners Announced Critics’ Choice TV Winners Announced: Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley Win Best Series View All House of Cards: Season 3 News Episodes 1 Chapter 27 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank plans an ambitious jobs program in the Season 3 premiere. More 2 Chapter 28 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank fights off a potential mutiny. Meanwhile, Claire runs into trouble. More 3 Chapter 29 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Russia's president visits. More 4 Chapter 30 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank tries to outmaneuver a potential challenger. More 5 Chapter 31 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank tries to jump-start his jobs program. Meanwhile, Claire spars with a Russian ambassador. More 6 Chapter 32 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank and Claire attempt to negotiate the return of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Russia. More 7 Chapter 33 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 The Underwoods go into damage-control mode. More 8 Chapter 34 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 A hurricane threatens the East Coast. More 9 Chapter 35 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank's campaign picks up steam. Meanwhile, Claire receives disturbing intel. More 10 Chapter 36 Air date: Feb 27, 2015 Frank deals with Petrov, while Claire tries to preserve the peace-keeping mission. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for House of Cards Season 3 All Critics (53) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (13) This series dwindles into sleek, well-oiled, smoothly professional office drama, a beautiful example of ensemble playing with Robin Wright's Claire the equal of her husband. But not more than a couple of episodes at a time. May 2, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Martin Hoyle Financial Times Top Critic Wright... remains one of the best parts of the series, while Underwood's bottomless appetite for dark dealing keeps Spacey so deliciously detestable you can't help but keep rooting for the bad guy to win. Mar 3, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Don Kaplan New York Daily News Top Critic With the cupboard bare, Willimon does his best to inject some residual humanity into House of Cards in Season 3. But it's awfully hard to retroactively Frankenstein a human heart into what is essentially a monster show. Mar 2, 2015 | Full Review… Andy Greenwald Grantland Top Critic The season starts extremely slowly, but gets pretty good, starting in the third episode. It never reaches the dark, dramatic heights of previous seasons, but it's also a little more focused and intelligent than they were. Mar 2, 2015 | Full Review… Spencer Kornhaber The Atlantic Top Critic House of Cards benefits from hurried viewing. It keeps you from noticing how much of a political soap opera it really is, or questioning who to root for, since every major character is just different shades of self-obsessed and power-hungry. Mar 2, 2015 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic As I would never underestimate Frank's ability to change the course of events with a quick sleight of hand, I wouldn't count out the show's writers quite yet. I will definitely be streaming the entire season this weekend. Mar 2, 2015 | Full Review… Jethro Nededog TheWrap Top Critic House of Cards no longer has much to say about itself. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 12, 2018 | Full Review… Daniel Krauze El Financiero Season three is an awfully late point at which to pivot into character drama. Nov 14, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… Todd VanDerWerff Vox It can easily be said that season three is a step up from the previous season, and it ends up being for a very basic reason: the intrigue has returned in force and is simply more engaging than what season two had to offer. Jul 6, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Jeff Beck The Blu Spot Up until now, their marriage has been portrayed to outsiders, and to themselves, as a relationship between equals. But that notion slowly begins to fall apart once they're in the White House, and that's what makes season three so compelling. Oct 3, 2016 | Full Review… Patricia Garcia Vogue View All Critic Reviews (53) Audience Reviews for House of Cards: Season 3 Still a gripping show, to be sure, but the third season of House of Cards ultimately represents a step down for the show's previous bold, audacious, and amoral nature. Quite simply, it seems to have lost a bit of its edge. Instead of a character study of Underwood and the chilling dynamic he has with his wife and those of his subordinates, the third season focuses on a flawed man struggling to hold on to power with good, albeit self-serving, motivations. Instead of utterly corrupting Underwood, the highest office has instead spurned a lighter, and slightly less cunning Underwood. At times it does seem to boarder on a more mature West Wing, but its narrative shortcomings are overcome by the continual brilliant performances and expert direction and production values. JeffreyM Super Reviewer ½ I always figured that the right way to do S03 of House of Cards was to witness Underwood's empire crumble before him and be a little more cynical and comical because o fit. In certain aspects, that's what we get but this season was a big step back on the quality of the first two seasons and it barely has any of the dark humor that preceded, excluding the escapist fun this show previously had. The direction, writing and acting from Spacey and Wright are still spot on, but the way secondary characters are handled leaves much to be desired. There's no sense of momentum to any storyline going on and I barely cared for any of them. Even Doug's story which takes on forever to unfold, held promise but quickly started to be a nuisance. Only to have that awful conclusion. So many contradictions... Are you trying to get the viewer confused? That's a good thing if handled well but this was just poorly executed. We also seemed to had a very interesting escalating conflict between the USA and Russia with two very charismatic presidents, to, once again, be left out to dry, not offering a satisfying enough conclusion. There were many other characters who were ditched way too soon and for what? To get a bunch of new ones which are practically the same, but on a new skin? Blhergh. Get a grip, House of Cards. You have much to prove next time. Francisco G Super Reviewer It may not be as addicting or as focused as the previous two seasons, but House of Cards Season 3 is still top notch television that has strong lead performances and a strong sense of tension and addiction. MatthewM Super Reviewer ½ In season 3, Underwood's reign began to crumble in the threat of a ambitious attorney general. It explored the relationship between Frank and Claire closely. Thank goodness the breaking of the fourth wall was used less this season, the first few episodes were actually quite terrible in my opinion (e.g. including pussy riots) but it got more interesting as it went on. Fans would not be disappointed. SylvesterK Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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