House Of Cards: 5 Reasons Frank Underwood Is No Walter White

2. He Has No Double Life To Maintain

Frank Underwood is a simple man - he desires power, and he takes it. There is little in his character that cannot fall under that little rule. He is unashamed of who he is, even if he has to play it down at times to appease his Washington bosses, but never has to hide within his own home. While far from one-dimensional, this can make the congressman turned president seem a touch one-note compared to the vicious deception within Heisenberg. Breaking Bad is one of the few shows willing to thrust its main character into a universe where he can never be 100% honest. He has specific lies he tells to his family, lies he tells to the gangsters, and lies he tells to himself, all of which reinforce his status as the most complex protagonist television has seen, let alone antihero. Frank just can compete with the layers of deception ingrained in this man.