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If you鈥檙e a Netflix subscriber with access to their Instant service, you may have already seen the first season of , Beau Willimon鈥檚 adaptation of the 1990 BBC miniseries of the same name; those who haven鈥檛, though, should consider taking the time to catch up sooner rather than later, as the series鈥� second installment will this year. To herald the program鈥檚 return to air, Netflix has offered up a trailer for season two alongside a new promotional poster to tide fans over before Frank Underwood鈥檚 quest for revenge continues once more.

Those who haven鈥檛 seen House of Cards to date unsurprisingly won鈥檛 get much out of the footage; this isn鈥檛 a show one can simply hop aboard blindly and follow along without considerable difficulty (and to that end, you may want to avoid watching it if you鈥檙e unversed in the show鈥檚 plot intricacies as of now). For everyone else, though, this juicy teaser ought to excite and tantalize with all of its promise of further politicking, scheming, and intrigue as Frank (Kevin Spacey) and his wife, Claire (Robin Wright), maneuver through the corruptible underbelly of Washington in their joint pursuit of power.

Of course, things look like they鈥檙e getting a bit more complicated for the Underwoods this time around: now that the couple has climbed a few rungs on the political ladder, lying and murdering with calculated precision on the way up, they鈥檙e prime targets for increased scrutiny and extortion. Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) has begun stitching together the pieces to observe the bigger picture of Frank鈥檚 crimes; Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney), meanwhile, is calling in favors from Frank, threatening a grim outcome should the newly nominated Vice President fail to do so. On top of all of that, privacy has become a thing of the past for both Frank and Claire in light of their newfound notoriety. Heavy lies the head that wears the crown, indeed.

Andy Crump blogs at .