I'm blown away that you jumped on the BBC series so fast. And I'm glad you reviewed it so strongly positively. I am definitely looking forward to watching the remaining three episodes, and probably the next two series.

Amazon seems to have settled on a this pattern of putting the first season of a show in Prime for "free", then charging for the rest. They do this for older shows that are complete, like HoC. Their other gambit, when a show is still on the air, is to put past seasons in Prime, but then charge full retail for the current season. Either way, I keep having the experience like slamming into a wall if I get into a show and hit the toll gate.

The Brits know political drama and spy stories. We agree on that, too, I know from past talking about Smiley et al. After I located HoC @ Amazon I went browsing through related BBC shows, and bookmarked a half dozen more in the spy and politics genres. And also found a bunch of Discworld animations, which is a subject for a whole 'nother post.

Thanks for tipping me off to House of Cards, Frank. I can tell I'm going to enjoy it.