After binge* watching season 2 of the Netflix original series “House of Cards,” fans of the political thriller are anxiously counting down the days until Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his equally conniving wife Claire (Robin Wright) make their small screen debut for yet another drama-filled season. But according to reports, it looks like admirers of the BBC adaptation will have to wait longer than they initially expected.

    Originally, the show’s creator Beau Willimon informed fans via Twitter that the upcoming season was already in the works. Tweeting a photo of a packed writer’s room, Willimon assured viewers that only 800 more pages were needed to complete the third season of the Emmy-nominated show. With writers already concocting* the wittiest of lines for “HoC” characters, Willimon admitted he had every intention to start shooting season 3 in early spring. That meant another February release date was to be anticipated.

    But just like the plot of “House of Cards,” the drama pushed our naive hearts right onto a subway track when they retracted their statement, alerting fans that the premiere of season 3 would be pushed back due to a tax tussle with Maryland. According to reports, “House of Cards” is holding off on the production of its series until mid-June in the hopes that Maryland will offer the Golden Globe-nominated series a lucrative tax-break deal.

    In fact, fans probably shouldn’t expect the political series to make its season 3 return until spring 2015.(SD-Agencies)