‘House of Cards’ season 3 leaked on Netflix early—and mysteriously disappeared

This post contains spoilers for season 3 of House of Cards.

We all have Feb. 27 seared into our brains as the season 3 premiere of House of Cards, but on Wednesday afternoon, a monkey wrench was thrown in there. 

Netflix tells us #HouseofCards season 3 was briefly posted because of a “bug in the system” $NFLX – release coming Feb 27.

— Julia Boorstin (@JBoorstin) February 11, 2015

[Mr. Burns voice] Riiiigght. 

This is Washington. There’s always a leak. All 13 episodes will launch February 27.

— House of Cards (@HouseofCards) February 11, 2015

Update 4:43pm CT, Feb. 11: Via email, a Netflix rep responded, “Due to a technical glitch some Frank Underwood fans got a sneak peak. He’ll be back on Netflix on Feb 27. #nospoilers”

Screengrab via Netflix