House Of Cards Season 5: 23 Biggest WTF Moments

9. Claire's Address To Camera

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The show first flirted with Claire breaking the fourth wall in the Season 4 finale, when she turned towards the camera. It then continues to tease the idea throughout Season 5, with a number of moments where it initially appears Claire us talking to us, only for it to actually be a TV camera or live audience.

Finally, in the 11th episode, we get the moment we've been waiting for, and it doesn't disappoint:

"Just to be clear, it's not that I haven't always known you were there. It's that I have mixed feelings about you. I question your intentions, and I'm ambivalent about attention. But don't take it personally, it's how I feel about most everybody."

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