End of season 3 and my prediction for season 4 of House of Cards - Bring it on, Netflix!

OK anyone who's reading this post on the final episodes of House of Cards Season 3 has already seen them so I don't care about spoilers, reader beware: The last episode, that cross-cut between Frank desperately trying to win the Iowa caucus with and then without Claire's support, and Doug on his mission to find and kill Rachel (its clear now that he is doing this, despite his guilty feelings for her, to completely abject himself before Frank, who may be grateful but will no doubt in the end chew and spit out Doug - when he's done w/ him). The last episode obviously does not end this series, as it just looks forward to the next segment of the campaign and of their lives. The great scenes in episode 13 (or 39) are Claire coming on to Frank: Fuck me, Francis, and his inability to do so, and her contempt; his devastating attack on her for her lack of obeisance to his greater authority - he's the President, she's not - and her final withering comment about his inadequacy. What she never says, for some reason, is that it's obvious he's attracted to men and not to women - it's not about her - but she obviously cannot even articulate this, it seems to be too humiliating for her. She also may want that as a weapon to hold over Frank. So the last moment is her saying she's leaving him, as he heads off to NH for the primary. My prediction may still be right, just premature: she will be satisfied w/ nothing less than running for president herself. (Impossibly to imagine voters liking her, but still...) Note that each of the seasons has concluded w/ a dead body on Frank's hands. My next prediction: the dead body in Season 4 will be Claire - Frank will have her assassinated as they face off as potential rivals for the presidency. Doug's killing of Rachel, btw, is also very powerful, although it's hard to see where or how he got the strength, or the gumption, to take on this grisly, horrid task. He's more of a monster than we'd thought, I guess. I don't get the generally negative reviews, as I have found HofC to be well produced, written, and acted, very engaging, very campy to be sure, pretty much knowledgeable about politics as far as I can see (and within its limited budget - crowd scenes are always an issue), and not overly complicated like some series - though I have no recollection as to what was in Claire's diary that was so sensitive or valuable.