Season 5 has been good throughout, however unlike the previous seasons, this one has been a little slow and uneven. It starts off promising, with a very good first episode, only to drag out on the election, which has been happening since season 3-4, it got a bit tiring after a while.
While this season's strongest points come from the brilliant acting by Kevin and Robin, this season has been very slow. Around 90% of season 5 takes place in the White House, and eventually it gets boring. Seasons 1-4 was very open, and had much more interesting characters, and a more throughout story. This did not.
That doesn't mean that this season was bad, this episode in particular was very well written and directed. House of Cards has always been a beautifully shot season, with some great moments.
One of the biggest complaints and what I think is the reason this season got so many bad reviews, is it felt pro-feminist. Almost every male character in this season is portrayed as been dumb, with all the females being the strongest. Claire Underwood appears to be smarter than Frank this season, which is completely stupid.
Season 5 has been good, it's had great moments, but overall it felt very feminist, slow and I got sick of seeing the damn White House. So I'll give the season along with this episode a 6.4/10, most of which comes from Kevin's acting.