--- title: 'House of Cards' Season 3 Briefly Shows Up on Netflix 2 Weeks Early description: The show, which was set to premiere Feb. 27, appeared on the streaming site Feb. 11 canonical: https://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-11T21:53:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:37:41.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'House of Cards' Season 3 Briefly Shows Up on Netflix Over Two Weeks Early og:description: The show, which was set to premiere Feb. 27, appeared on the streaming site Feb. 11 og:url: https://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d64eaa957c4d7dc/69877ed4cd6848b5fb099a8a/hoc_ps2_002_h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: hoc_ps2_002_h og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'House of Cards' Season 3 Briefly Shows Up on Netflix Over Two Weeks Early twitter:description: The show, which was set to premiere Feb. 27, appeared on the streaming site Feb. 11 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d64eaa957c4d7dc/69877ed4cd6848b5fb099a8a/hoc_ps2_002_h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _House of Cards_ Season 3 Briefly Shows Up on Netflix Over 2 Weeks Early > Sponsored content. 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Bell/Netflix  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:37 PM UTCPublished: Feb 11, 2015 9:53 PM UTC Season 3 of _House of Cards_ made a surprise early debut on Netflix Wednesday, before disappearing again just as suddenly. Netflix had announced that the political drama would premiere Feb. 27 on its site, but the first 10 episodes (of 13) appeared on the site Wednesday afternoon — over two weeks early. At the end of Season 2, murderous politician Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) finally nabbed the presidency. Season 3 will explore how he and the new First Lady Claire (Robin Wright) fare as leaders of the free world. From the descriptions of the episodes, it looks like the Russian President will play a major role in this season’s plot line.  Screenshot of House of Cards page on Feb. 11 Netflix **Update:** Netflix acknowledged the leak in a tweet Wednesday afternoon: > [](https://twitter.com/HouseofCards/status/565631636440887297) And _House of Cards_ creator Beau Willimon added his own joke: > [](https://twitter.com/BeauWillimon/status/565637284004134912) ### See the Most Memorable On-Screen Couples  Peter and Ellie - It Happened One Night, 1934 Columbia Pictures/Getty Images  Scarlett and Rhett - Gone With The Wind, 1939 Silver Screen Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images  Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson - His Girl Friday, 1940 Columbia Pictures/Getty Images  Rich Blaine and Isla Lund - Casablanca, 1942 Popperfoto/Getty Images  Ricky and Lucy - I Love Lucy, 1951 Archive Photos/Getty Images  Don Lockwood and Kathy Seldon- Singin' in the Rain, 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images  Tony and Maria - West Side Story, 1961 United Artists/Getty Images  Holly Golightly and Paul - Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961 Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images  Bonnie and Clyde - Bonnie and Clyde, 1967 Fotos International/Getty Images  Katie and Hubbell - The Way We Were, 1973 Columbia/Getty Images  Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen - Grease, 1978 Paramount Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images  Han Solo and Leia Organa - The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 Lucasfilm  Sam and Diane - Cheers, 1982 NBC/Getty Images  Frances 'Baby' Houseman and Johnny Castle - Dirty Dancing, 1987 Vestron/Getty Images  Wesley and Princess Buttercup - The Princess Bride, 1987 20th Century Fox  Harry Burns and Sally Albright - When Harry Met Sally, 1989 Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Vivian and Edward - Pretty Woman, 1990 Buena Vista/Getty Images  Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast, 1991 Disney  Cory and Topanga - Boy Meets World, 1993 SGranitz—WireImage/Getty Images  Jenny Curran and Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump, 1994 Paramount Pictures  Ross and Rachel - Friends, 1994 NBC/Getty Images  Doug and Carol - E.R., 1994 NBC/Getty Images  Jack and Rose - Titanic, 1997 20th Century Fox/Getty Images  Buffy and Angel - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997 Getty Images  Carrie and Big - Sex and the City, 1998 HBO/Getty Images  Patrick Verona and Kat Stratford - 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999 Buena Vista/Getty Images  Noah and Allie - The Notebook, 2004 New Line Cinema  Jack and Ennis - Brokeback Mountain, 2005 Focus Films  Tom and Summer - (500) Days of Summer, 2009 Fox Searchlight  Carl and Ellie - Up, 2009 Pixar/Disney ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/"},"headline":"House of Cards Season 3 Briefly Shows Up on Netflix Over 2 Weeks Early","datePublished":"2015-02-11T21:53:05.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:37:41.000Z","description":"The show, which was set to premiere Feb. 27, appeared on the streaming site Feb. 11","url":"https://time.com/3705995/house-of-cards-season-3-netflix-early/","keywords":["Television","Netflix","house of cards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d64eaa957c4d7dc/69877ed4cd6848b5fb099a8a/hoc_ps2_002_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d64eaa957c4d7dc/69877ed4cd6848b5fb099a8a/hoc_ps2_002_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hoc_ps2_002_h","caption":"Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in House of Cards","creditText":"Nathaniel E. 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