After eight nominations and a slew of performances, Kevin Spacey, who plays Frank Underwood in political thriller “House of Cards,” won his first Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Drama last week.
He joins fellow cast member Robin Wright, who won Best Actress in a TV Drama in 2014 for her role as Claire Underwood, Spacey’s on-screen wife.
The series itself has not won a Golden Globe for Best TV Drama despite critical acclaim and consecutive nominations.
After Spacey’s win, Netflix released the trailer for the third season of “House of Cards.” The trailer features the Underwoods in the aftermath of their vengeful political antics.
Though the new trailer cast the characters in a darker light than before, the first season itself was telling of the Underwood’s deviant ways.
If you haven’t jumped aboard the “House of Cards” bandwagon by committing your time to seasons one and two, hang on.
Season One begins when Underwood, the House of Representatives majority whip, is passed over for Secretary of State, despite being previously promised this position by President Garrett Walker. From this moment on, Frank and Claire are bent on revenge.
Zoe Barnes, a political reporter played by Kate Mara, serves as Frank’s mistress and puppet in the press for the majority of the first season. While she gains sensitive political information to further her career, she simultaneously is manipulated into selectively leaking stories to the press that Frank can use against his opponents.
As part of his master plan, Frank supports alcoholic congressman Peter Russo, played by Corey Stoll, for governor of Pennsylvania. Frank then tricks Russo into publicly humiliating himself, causing him to blow the election. When Russo tries to expose Frank for the diabolical man he is, Frank kills Russo, staging it to look like a suicide.
Frank’s plans begin to fall perfectly in line when the vice president of the United States steps down to fill the spot Russo left open, and the season ends with Frank accepting the nomination for vice president.
The second season reveals the further actions and manipulations of the Underwoods. After Barnes starts to unravel Frank’s dark past, she meets an untimely death at a subway platform. The truth of Frank’s devious past is once again buried.
Relentlessly power hungry, Frank continues his quest for the presidency.
Meanwhile, as Frank’s deceptions start to raise suspicions, his close associates tie up his loose ends.
In the climatic season finale, Frank incriminates Walker, forcing his resignation and clearing the way for him to claim the most powerful position in the free world: President of the United States of America.
Frank, with the help of his wife, clawed his way to the top of the power totem poll. But at what cost? Season Three should answer this question and showcase the deception and sordid affairs of politics.
The third season will be released on Netflix Feb. 27.