Masterful, beguiling and charismatic, francis underwood kevin spacey and his equally ambitious wife claire robin wright continue their ruthless rise to power in season 2 of house of cards . Behind the curtain of power, sex, ambition, love, greed and corruption in modern washington d.c. The underwoods must battle threats past and present to avoid losing everything.' as new alliances form and old ones succumb to deception and betrayal, they will stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy.special featurestwo houses' exploring differences between the original show and the history of how this project came together.'table read' a behind the scenes look at table reads cut together with the actual scenes from the show.'direct address' exploring the way francis talks directly to viewers in both the original and new series.'politics for politics sake' politics is only the back drop in this show, but the themes are universal. This featurette explores what the show is all about relationships and power, not just politics.'line of succession' a look at the creative process that goes into making an episode.