'House of Cards' sets season 3 premiere date

Actor Kevin Spacey stars as the cunning politician Francis Underwood... — Actor Kevin Spacey stars as the cunning politician Francis Underwood and actress Robin Wright as his wife, Claire, in the popular Netflix series "House of Cards." Credit: AP / Nathaniel E. Bell

By VERNE GAYverne.gay@newsday.comDecember 1, 2014

"House of Cards" will return February 27, and -- as is its wont -- all of it will return that day.

Netflix announced this Monday, although "announced" isn't the precise right word as much as "teased," as this very brief (umm) tease indicates. A February return was of course expected, and if memory serves, a storm enveloped the northeast last February (14) when the second season arrived.

Here we see the new president and First Lady ascending the steps of Air Force One -- the triumph of Lady MacBeth and Richard III now seemingly complete...