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While the quality of the show overall shouldn’t be linked with the performances within it, the two often are, for better but mostly for worse. Or they may only remember not liking Doug by the end of Season 3 - “House of Cards'” worst season by comparison - and that alone may influence whether or not they cast a vote in favor of the actor playing him. Voters may have noticed Kelly’s expanded arc in Season 3 and how effectively he played each stage of Doug’s physical recovery, mental relapse and return to form. This Emmys season, Kelly is getting an even bigger push than normal from Netflix, which is both understandable and possibly ill-timed.

His arc felt more like stalling than progress, especially with that ending. Doug, as we’ve known him through the first two (better) seasons of “House of Cards,” had little in common with the broken man in Season 3.

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While politicians’ comments to a TV star may not be the ideal sampling to represent fan reaction, they may be right. Fucking Doug’s back,’ as opposed to, ‘Why did you do that?'” “But 90 percent of the people were like, ‘Yeah, dude. “I was just at the Correspondents Dinner this weekend, and there’s your audience right there, and I think it was a very mixed reaction,” Kelly said. It’s a largely subjective interpretation, and Kelly’s heard mostly positive responses from a select group of targeted viewers. So it was the only way you could end it, if you think about it.”įrom the character’s perspective, it’s hard to argue against this point of view. What Doug did may have been “about getting back to where he belongs,” but other fans may have seen it as him falling back into another addiction (his struggles with alcoholism and its connection to Rachel was well-chronicled throughout the season). All he wants is to be back where he knows he belongs, which is by Francis’ side. “That whole arc for him over the whole season is about getting back to where he belongs,” Kelly said. Kelly, too, was worried about a backslide, as his initial thought was how much fans would hate his character.īut should they hate Doug? While it’s morally impossible to defend the actions taken by President Underwood’s Chief of Staff, it’s much easier to understand why he had to kill Rachel in order to remain true to himself - as despicable as that may make him. After extra careful consideration, Doug lost his last shred of empathy as he shoveled dirt onto Rachel’s body, and the whiplash was too extreme. He came so close to recovery - even making the kind decision before going back on it - and then he gave it all up for Frank. Audiences spent an entire season watching this character get his life together after being thought dead at the end of Season 2, and now he’s right back where he started.

Then, he let her go, before doubling back in a heartbreaking twist.įor some viewers, it was too much. Ignoring how long he had at home before tracking Rachel down in Arizona, Doug still had to sit with her on an excruciatingly long car ride, listening to her plead for her life from the back seat. Whether viewers do hate Doug is just as big of a question as whether or not they should hate Doug, and it all comes back to the time he took to make the decision. IndieWire’s Consider This Event Returns with ‘Yellowjackets,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Beef,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘P-Valley,’ and ‘Rise of the Pink Ladies’

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