The reviews for Season 4 of House of Cards are in and the show's been getting some positivity.

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Most critics have always been wary of the Netflix drama's over-wrought emotional drama and Machiavellian posturing, they are still showing this chapter some love, and some suggest the show's back in form.

Here's a round up of reviews:

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"Until now, House of Cards has centred on the character's outward expression of power - not to mention his hunger for it - but the writers have shrewdly stripped that back, instead focusing on the character's internal fears in a way not dissimilar from Tony's dream sequences in The Sopranos.

You'll never root for Frank more than you do by the end of these six episodes." -- The Independent

"...there are some real risks taken this season, both stylistically, and in terms of plot. Did showrunner Beau Willimon decide to go out with a bang? Without getting into too much detail, a big event a few episodes in completely shifts the show on its axis in unprecedented fashion. Whether it ends up giving the series somewhere new to go isn't clear in the six episodes screened for critics, but it's nice to see House Of Cards showing some of the ambition Frank so admires." -- AV Club

"The fourth wall breaking that was so central to both the development of Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) character and the uniqueness of the Netflix series when it debuted in 2013 has also been the focus of parodies and occasional mockery of House of Cards. So if you're one of those people who hated the direct address to the viewers, who thought it was artificial and annoying, the upcoming fourth season is for you.

If, however, you think these narcissistic soliloquies were an important part of the pseudo-Shakespearean affectation of House of Cards, the thing that had it aspiring to be a sub-par modern take on Richard III, rather than just another West Wing knock-off, the lack of Frank-to-viewer conversation points to where the show has gone wrong for me over the past two seasons - and where it progresses in the new season." -- The Hollywood Reporter

"House of Cards returns for a fourth season on March 4, and it is more or less the same show it has always been. If you enjoyed the first three seasons, with all their twists and turns and underhanded Underwoodery, you will probably enjoy the fourth, at least through the six episodes that Netflix released to critics. If the first three seasons made you tear your hair out a bit, well, the fourth will probably do that, too. Sometimes House of Cards plays out like a more serious version of Scandal, and sometimes it plays out like a version ofThe West Wing where everyone has been replaced with their evil doppelganger, but at this point it's mostly just its own animal. House of Cardsis House of Cards. For better and worse." -- UPROXX

Season 4 of House of Cards is set to return on March 4.

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