House Of Cards Season 6 Original Script Now

For five seasons, House of Cards was the flagship of Netflix’s original content empire. The brutal, fourth-wall-breaking machinations of Frank and Claire Underwood defined the streaming era. Then, in 2017, it all came crashing down. Amidst sexual misconduct allegations against star Kevin Spacey, Netflix made the unprecedented decision to fire him, effectively killing Frank Underwood. The final season was scrapped, re-written, and re-shot as a shortened, 8-episode arc focusing solely on Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood.

Instead, we got a ghost of a season. And somewhere in a Netflix archive, the real ending of House of Cards sits on a hard drive, unproduced and unseen—a reminder of how real-world scandal can sometimes write a darker, more abrupt ending than any fiction. house of cards season 6 original script

Here are the major plot points from the lost original script: For five seasons, House of Cards was the