Watch Netflix's new original series "House of Cards" now!

So this new Netflix exclusive show "House of Cards" is pretty damn great, I'm seriously impressed. I suppose it was only a matter of time before Netflix cut out the middle man but they knocked it out of the park with this show. But besides being the flagship for Netflix exclusive content what is this show specifically about?

"House of Cards" is kind of like the intrigue of All the Presidents Men, the speed of "The West Wing" and a Shakespearean level of revenge had a love-child and somehow we find a gleefully vindictive Kevin Spacey at the center of an expanding web of political deceit and debauchery. Probably my favorite aspect of the show (a reimagining of the brilliant 1990 BBC mini-series of the same name) so far is how Spacey is constantly breaking the 4th wall with a level of smugness only he could pull off. You both want to punch him in the face and admire him, I'm hooked!

It's good, real good and I know I'm bordering on gushing now but bear with me a little longer. Netflix is so confident in this show that they are making the first episode available free online even if you're not already a subscriber (who isn't these days though?) but be careful, you'll want more.

~ Watch the first episode of "House of Cards" directed by David Fincher! ~

Oh, and if you do have Netflix all 13 episodes of the first season are available to watch right away! I really like this business model, screw waiting a week between episodes, that's sooooo TV. I'm already seven episodes into the first season and can't stop ... even if Netflix checks in and concernedly asks every couple of hours to see if I'm still alive and watching.