The writers were still debating one crucial detail - which Underwood would be left standing at the end of the season? - when rape and sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein broke in the New York Times and The New Yorker in October. A powerful woman was the leader of the free world, and though it was fictional, there was a heightened energy on set because of it. About 200 miles away in Baltimore, the first two episodes of the final season had been filmed. While they hadn’t figured out how exactly the epic power battle between Claire (Robin Wright) and Frank (Kevin Spacey) would conclude, they were close. They had finished writing 9 episodes and outlined 11 out of the 13 overall. Co-showrunners Melissa James Gibson, Frank Pugliese, and the show’s five writers had been convening at their New York office since June 2017. The House of Cards writers were in the middle of crafting the final chapters of the show’s operatic showdown between President Claire Underwood and her estranged husband, former President Frank Underwood, when their real world collapsed. Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Netflix
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