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* The penultimate episode, Chapter 72, has Doug listen to Frank's personal audio diary, which contains every single line he has ever said to the audience, and as he listens, he begins to start looking at the audience. And after an entire episode of subjecting people to Frank's innermost thoughts while debating about what to do regarding Claire, Doug turns to the audience, and says "She leaves me no choice", making him the third person in the series to address the audience.

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* Say what you will about the quality of Season 6, but it's hard to judge the show after the massive hurdle they had to overcome thanks to Kevin Spacey's sexual assault allegations. When one of the most iconic television characters ''ever'' suddenly has to disappear after five seasons, they could have just called it quits and cancelled the final season despite all the filming they'd already done. Instead, they worked with what they had and did their best to bring the series to a true conclusion - YMMV on if they succeeded, but it's hard to not respect everyone involved for giving it their all and not giving up.

!! Season Six

* The penultimate episode, Chapter 72, has Doug listen to Frank's personal audio diary, which contains every single line he has ever said to the audience, and as he listens, he begins to start looking at the audience. And after an entire episode of subjecting people to Frank's innermost thoughts while debating about what to do regarding Claire, Doug turns to the audience, and says "She leaves me no choice", making him the third person in the series to address the audience.

** It says something about Hammerschmidt's efforts that this is the first crisis Underwood has faced that he cannot charm or manipulate or threaten into going his favor. The only strategy Frank has is to point out the lack of solid evidence in Hammerschmidt's article. And even then, as Hammerschmidt rebuffs, the corroboration of the Democratic Whip and a ''former President'' is going to make a lot of people take a closer look at Frank's affairs.

* The penultimate episode, Chapter 72, has Doug[[spoiler: listen to Frank's personal audio diary, which contains every single line he has ever said to the audience, and as he listens, he begins to start looking at the audience. And after an entire episode of subjecting people to Frank's innermost thoughts while debating about what to do regarding Claire, Doug turns to the audience, and says "She leaves me no choice", making him the third person in the series to address the audience.]]

-->'''Claire''': I just wanted to see your face.

* Claire beautifully explaining how she crafted the "crazy crying" face shown on the news and that her "breakdown" is all part of a carefully crafted plan.

-->"[[LampshadeHanging Did you think I'd forgotten you?]] Perhaps you hoped I ''had''.... Don't waste a breath [[spoiler:mourning Miss Barnes]]. Every kitten grows up to be a cat. They seem so ''harmless'' at first -- small, quiet, ''lapping'' up their saucer of milk. But once their claws get long enough, they draw blood. Sometimes from the hand that feeds them. For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain there can be ''no'' mercy. There is but one rule: ''Hunt''...or be hunted." ''(Smirks)'' "Welcome back."

* In the closing scene of Season 2, Frank [[spoiler:enters '''his''' Oval Office, disdainfully shoves Walker's rolling chair out of the way, lays his hands on the resolute desk, and does his customary knock on wood]]. His expression says it all.

* Frank making it clear that he will let '''no-one''' threaten Claire when one of his rivals threatens to [[spoiler:release the reason of her abortion to the public.]]

* Any time in Series 3 that someone rebels against Petrov. The three protestors who blag their way into the meeting, the homosexuals on hunger strike, and finally Claire's ''epic'' speech to Petrov after [[spoiler:the American citizen imprisoned for gay rights campaigning kills himself]].[[note]]YMMV on the last one--see the "Alternative Character Interpretation" entry.[[/note]]

-->'''Claire''': I'm not going to New Hampshire. [[spoiler:I'm leaving you]].

* Frank having the audacity to kill Claire's hopes for a Senate run by claiming ''in the State of the Union address'' that she endorsed the person she was hoping to replace.
** And then Claire hits back by [[spoiler:going to one of Frank's random victims from Season 1 to leak a picture of his father at a Ku Klux Klan meeting, all to force him to make her his Vice President]].
* Edward Meechum vs. a lone shooter. [[spoiler: When Lucas Goodwin tries to assassinate Frank, Meechum moves to protect Underwood, getting hit and killed. However, in-between getting shot with the bullet that killed him and before he died from it, he shoots and kills Lucas.]]

* The WhamShot at the end of the season when [[spoiler:Claire turns to the camera once she's finally on the same level as Frank]].

* Frank's first line to the camera near the end of the season premiere, after the reveal that [[spoiler:he'd had the surviving terrorist in his custody the whole time]], chastising us for being surprised at what he's capable of at this point. "And I thought you knew me."

* Despite everything Frank does to undermine him, it turns out Conway [[spoiler: ended up winning on Election Day, stunning Frank and Claire with how his turnout was so much greater than expected. If not for Frank faking a major terrorist threat to throw things off, Conway would have won cleanly and become President after all. So much for a man Frank dismissed as a pretender.]]

* Underwood can't help but lay it on thick when Conway is [[spoiler: finally forced to concede, and then offers him transportation secretary just to cause Conway to snap.]]
* Looking for Frank, Claire searches up and down the hallway and starts speaking. It soon becomes clear that [[spoiler: she's finally talking right to us.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Claire''': Just to be clear, it's not that I haven't always known you were there. It's that I have mixed feelings about you. I question your intentions. And, I'm ambivalent about attention. But don't take it personally. It's how I feel about most everybody. (''walks out like nothing happened'')]]
* The final scene: [[spoiler: Now President, Claire is in the Oval Office as the White House has a lockdown over a protestor shot. Frank is calling Claire, waiting for her to tell him about the pardon she'll be giving him. Claire looks down at the phone...then looks right up at the camera to intone "My turn."]]

* The final scene: [[spoiler: Now President, Claire is in the Oval Office as the White House has a lockdown over a protestor shot. Frank is calling Claire, waiting for her to tell him about the pardon she'll be giving him. Claire looks down at the phone...then looks right up at the camera to intone "My turn."]]

** Thanks to Tom Hammerschmidt, many of Frank's victims like Remy Denton, Jackie Sharp, and Garrett Walker get to go on the record about how he manipulated and used them. Double points for Walker since he seems to be getting a measure of redemption in the eyes of the public, so he won't be going down in history with RichardNixon.

* Jackie and Remy [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayl have finally had it]] with Frank and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turn on him]].

* Jackie and Remy [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere have finally had it]] with Frank and [[TheDogBitesBack turn on him]].