'House of Cards' Review: Season 2 Starts Off With a Bloody Surprise

Editor's Note: This is part one of Mashable's three-part review of season two. Part one covers episodes 1-3. Parts two and three will publish Saturday and Sunday.

A depleted streetlight above a jogging path in Washington, D.C., is the striking image of House of Cards season two's opening scene — as if foreshadowing 13 episodes filled with darkness. Frank and Claire Underwood come barreling down the path into focus, continuing the nighttime run they began at the end of last year's finale

Dressed in black runners' attire, the power couple look like robbers ready to steal whatever more power they find during their merciless sprint toward a political finish line Read more...