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I never had sex with a farm animal

or abused a girlfriend,

unless you count marrying her.

Let me say, it was tough, uh...

narrowing down my ten
most significant cases.

I prefer the smaller questions.

Of my professional
memberships, my teaching.

Madam President, just
between you and me,

my feeling is that it's not as
far-fetched as some people say.

I still think there is a universe

where the ERA gets passed.

Women truly are the best, aren't they?

I am deeply honored to be considered
for the late Justice's seat.

So, tell me.

How did they buy you? The Shepherds.

Judge Abruzzo, Madam President,
I hate to break this up.

Oh, I have already taken too much
of the president's valuable time.

Madam President.

- Mr. Vice President.
- Your Honor.

It has been a sincere pleasure.

I'll set up Judge Michaels for
the end of the day tomorrow?

I have Secretary Durant waiting for you.

I felt emasculated.

Excuse me.

Bill Shepherd guiding my hand.

And you looked emasculated, Mark.

- You're mistaken.
- No, I'm not mistaken.

- I watched your face.
- Madam President...

Please don't call me that. Please.

- Claire.
- Better.

- Claire.
- Yes. What?

That was not a fight you were gonna win.

- Do you like being the messenger?
- What?

Has it been a dream of some sort
since you were a little boy?

Because I can tell you something.

Once you identify the degree
to which you are boxed in,

you'll see how liberating it is.

Are you with me...

or are you with those
horrible, horrible people

you've attached yourself to?

Because I can tell you
something about Bill Shepherd.

I could smell it on him.

The way I could on my
father, on my mother.

He's sick.

- Well, he was.
- He is.

And then where will that leave you?

With her?

Annette Shepherd?

I know what that woman is,

and more to the point, isn't capable of.

And that little encounter with
the honorable Judge Abruzzo

at the fundraiser, that was
orchestrated too, wasn't it?

Yes.

I look at him sometimes and
imagine him at six years old.

Was he always so deliberative?

Cautious?

And I think in another life...

some other context

might we have been friends.

It's time to decide, Mark.

I hold every president
to the same standard.

Are you making America better,

or are you making America worse?

That's all that matters...

Excuse me. Could you
turn this off, please?

- Yes, sir.
- The level of discourse in this city.

I'm telling you. She does have a point.

You need to tell Duncan to be careful
when it comes to his pit bull.

City.

FDR turned this place into a city.

With his agencies and armies of clerks.

All the professors that followed.

Before the war, this was
just a small Southern town.

One built of marble, yeah, but just a...

small town sitting on a swamp.

Place to visit.

Place to...

protect the Republic.

Secure States' rights.

That's not what it is today.

Some top-down money
grab for bureaucrats,

lobbyists and the entire
Democratic party.

- You've always been more Teddy.
- Than that traitor pig Franklin?

Look, I know it's a sacrifice for
you to be here, in Washington.

But for God's sake, why take
the same room he was in?

Well...

Well, he wanted to keep an eye on her.

Francis never could let
go of the White House.

But he did give us the opportunity
we've been waiting for.

She's not qualified.

She stole the damn thing.

If ever there was ever a chance to
shrink the office down to size,

it's the presidency of Claire Underwood.

Maybe you should run for office.

I think that time has passed.

I'm worried about you.

Oh, don't be.

Never better.

Deregulation bill is the
first of a hundred,

ready and waiting.

The speed you're moving at...

I can come back. The lawyers
are due any minute.

No, no. Come on in here. Grab
yourself a cup of something.

I know Annette wanted to
talk to you in person,

before the rest of the team arrives.

I passed on what you told
me about the president.

I want you to have it all before

Duncan got his hands on it.

She admitted to all
three of the abortions.

But I can get you the names
of the men. Who they were.

No, I'm not comfortable with this.

Let's take that off the table for now.

She'll play along.

We'll make sure of it.

I always imagined that
if I were president,

I would want you to be a
member of my cabinet.

You look like a movie star.

Oh, well, it's the glare. I
get migraines since the fall.

- They can come on quite suddenly.
- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

The vice president said that you
wanted to meet me in person.

It's so good to see you.

Sit.

Not everyone comes back from
a fall like that, Cathy.

Yes.

I'm starting to feel
like a proverbial cat.

Take off your glasses,
let me see your eyes.

You have no shortage of stories.

You know that.

My memory's been very erratic lately.

Sometimes, I think I might just forget

the details of my time in
office altogether if...

If?

Honestly, I would love nothing more

than to just move on, Madam President.

Well, I understand that
you have a job offer.

Several. I'm lucky.

The Eisenhower Strategic
Initiative, isn't it?

Yes, a think tank makes sense.
Outside of government.

Well, not entirely outside.

And heavily funded by...

A coalition of industrialists
and civic-minded folk, yes.

Big plans to change the world.

Hmm.

I haven't accepted.

But you want to.

You think I shouldn't take the job?

I think you should
trust your gut, Cathy.

Take care of yourself.

Claire.

I'm sorry I didn't
write after Francis...

Oh, there's no need to apologize.

I can still feel his hand...

on my back.

Cathy, he's gone.

Bill Shepherd got to her.

I can feel it. She's going to testify.

My lawyers tell me her
team is still negotiating,

maybe for a while yet.

She thinks she's safe
with them, with this job.

Instead they're gonna
be sentencing her to...

It needs to look like
complications from her fall.

I can have her detail pulled.
I still know some people.

The opportunity will present itself.

One last piece connecting
us both to Francis.

The world is either with
us or against us, Doug.

You think you'll ever wear them?

Doesn't feel right.

Do you know the last
thing he said to me?

"Promise me you and Doug

will take care of each other."

I want to thank the National Gallery

for curating this magnificent exhibit.

Our hope is, in due time,

these works of art will return
to their rightful place

in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Mr. Nasser.

They're making a fool of
you, these Shepherds.

The special interests. The go-betweens.

Your so-called peacekeeping in
Syria was a shameless land grab

built on the lives of American
soldiers you sent into battle.

Then you can blame
Jane Davis, Mr. Nasser.

I do.

I had hoped to renegotiate the deal

Jane helped broker many months ago.

Now I know that's impossible.

Oh, because she's
conveniently unavailable.

Because you're in no position to do so.

You've been excluded, just as I have.

They're stripping power from you.

Have you ever seen the
Baathist playbook?

It was inspired by American
intelligence agencies.

Sometimes, you need to be an
insurgent in your own country.

Well, that's interesting.
Because presently,

I'm meeting with a member of a
known terrorist organization.

Pardon me. But I'm a lawyer.

If you allow American
corporate interests

to cut ICO out of Syria's future...

Are you about to
threaten me, Mr. Nasser?

No, but we all know
what ICO is capable of.

I'm merely conveying a message
from one of my clients.

You and your client
are one and the same.

Americans have such
faith in their ability

to keep things and people safe.

Mr. Nasser, Syria is a country of...

former schools, former homes,
former places of worship.

Your organization played a
large part in the destruction.

And so have you, Madam President.

I'm afraid I can't help you.

No...

you can't.

I got two daughters, a beautiful wife.

Paid my dues.

Four terms.

A Republican in a diverse district.

I got a ground operation second to none.

And my volunteers,

their sons and their daughters are

coming up right behind 'em. I just...

I just feel like, um...

this could be my moment, you know?

Fred told me about the legislation
about to be introduced.

Mm-hmm.

I'm co-signing.

- It's...
- Ambitious.

It's unprecedented.

It's bipartisan, is what it is.

You worked for her.

I worked for her husband.

Nobody wants her hands
on a nuclear football.

Or sending any more uniforms
anywhere, here or abroad.

You're gonna have to be okay with that.

Are you?

I owe her nothing.

So what do they have on you?

Hold on, slugger.

I'm still trying to get acquainted here.

- Right.
- Where do you think you're going?

Fred Amburg asked me to meet you.

- Well, Fred asked me to meet you.
- And we've met.

Where do you get off?

- After where you've been.
- You mean where I was.

With Mr. Amburg.

The last person you worked for...

Became the President
of the United States.

He pushed you out.

I am your chance.

You know, not that I have
to prove myself to you,

or to anyone else,

but I can find the opening,

the crack, the weak spot.

I don't know,

maybe it's a curse to
know what people fear.

Like you.

I think what scares you, Congressman.

Your base,

your ground game, all that love.

You thought you deserved it,

that it was meant for
you and nobody else.

You got blind.

You forgot that they'd come for you.

But they will come.

That's how this business is built.

So, I'm going to ask you again.

What is it that they have on you?

My district covers O'Hare.

Pensions.

The baggage handlers. I...

Shit.

It was stupid.

Well...

it's only stupid if you
can't make it go away.

Tom, calm down.

I'm getting too old to be polite.

Hear the deal out. Content
will not be changed.

And you and I both know better.

Something happened that night.

Their marriage was broken,

he went over there.

I'm not saying they're connected,

but the next day he winds up dead.

She knew an indictment was coming.

Do you understand what that means?

Then keep writing.

So they can turn it into a 140
characters for clickbait?

We don't write anymore,

we come up with feed for the trough.

Put that goddamn thing
down before I smash it!

You need to go back in there

and apologize.

To whom, Dayna?

Our new boss is a voice
on a speakerphone!

He doesn't even know I walked out.

Why don't we write about
how Gardner Analytics

is buying up television stations

and some of the greatest
papers in this country?

"Analytics." Oh, my God.

What the fuck does that even mean?

According to the autopsy,

natural causes.

Heart attack?

Overdose of his liver medication.

Accidental, presumably.

- What aren't you telling me?
- Nothing.

He would never do that intentionally.

Witnesses in the lobby of
the Hay-Adams that night

said the former president
was acting disoriented.

Did you share this with his widow?

She's the one who asked
me to look into it.

She suspects the Shepherds.

He was with them a lot,
but not that night.

- And who was?
- Other than her?

That was her husband, Doug.

She's the president.

Don't you sound devoted, Nathan.

My only contact with her is
in my official capacity.

Did you think you'd seen the last of me?

That's the last thing I thought.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Doug, here.

I tracked his comings and goings back

to when he left the White House.

I got my hands on the metadata
going into his computer.

LeAnn Harvey's camera phone was
streaming during the crash.

A direct feed to only one IP address.

Francis'.

His laptop.

It's not easy to watch, but...

- Okay.
- Up to you.

Mr. Hammerschmidt.

Duncan Shepherd.

I'm sorry I couldn't be at the
meeting in person this afternoon.

My walker drops him off when it's late.

Come.

You saw my little outburst.

I enjoyed it.

The outrage.

We need more of it.

I especially liked your appearance
on television the other night.

Yeah. Well...

I get a little heated sometimes.

It's exactly the kind of
exposure the Herald needs.

Tom,

you're now part of a conglomerate

with vast influence and reach.

The point is I can bring you
whatever evidence you need.

- Hold on.
- Divorce for pardon.

There's a kernel of truth
to it, but your source...

And before you say anything,
consider what I'm offering.

An opportunity for justice.

If you're talking about manufacturing
evidence, Mr. Shepherd,

- I'm not interested.
- Beg to differ.

And spare me the seasoned
journalist routine, please.

Your 30 years in the business.

I've spoken to your old
assistant, Angela.

She's written a piece
about her time with you.

I could run it, or...

Your dogged pursuit of Frank
Underwood, pardon the pun,

is now your pursuit of his bride.

Hmm.

Think about it.

Men your age, they unravel
very easily these days.

Judge Vincent Abruzzo
has the credentials.

The published writings,
the public statements.

It all checks out. Full package.

So what's the hesitation, Madam Prez?

Beltway Television is owned
by Gardner Analytics.

It's the latest brainchild
of Duncan Shepherd.

So far, I've deflected all questions

regarding Ms. Cruz's commentary.

Good. Let's not dignify it.

No. That's fine, thank you.

They were a hazard, I couldn't resist.

Sorry I missed the funeral.
Were there psalms?

Number 42.

I love 42.

Nasser had no business
coming to you directly.

Well, I knew if I met with
him, you'd suddenly appear.

He feels lied to, Jane.

Because he was.

We were never gonna give those
bandits a seat at the table.

Jane, he's threatened more ICO attacks.

ICO is neutralized, mostly.

It's time to re-think our
involvement in Syria.

Stand down, rebuild.

This deal is important for all of us.

Including the Shepherds.

Look, I'm no fan of that family,

but in the case of Syria,
our interests align.

The next phase of our...

presence in the region

is more about the spoils than the peace.

The problem is Petrov,

whom the Shepherds and I despise.

What do you have on the Shepherds?

I'm sure one of the several agencies

you're involved with has something.

And don't you keep files on
everyone you're dealing with?

Bill and Annette are very careful.

What about Annette's son, Duncan?

Well, Mark knows them more than I do.

I thought there were better
options for a former president...

but Annette wouldn't leave Frank alone.

That's their problem, they
don't know when to stop.

You know, when you
left three months ago,

I wondered where you'd gone.

And then, I didn't think of you at all.

You say that.

But I detect pain in your
eyes, Madam President.

As a deer longs for streams of water.

So I long for you, God.

Do you miss him?

God? Always.

I'd like you to move in here with
me, Jane, into the White House.

I need your counsel

and your perspective
when it comes to Mark.

The truth is that whole last
year in the White House...

I just lost myself.

And the crazy thing is, I've
never even met Zoe Barnes.

Is that what you told the US Attorney?

Or did you and Claire
Underwood make a deal?

The president and I are
on different paths.

You're saying you haven't seen her.

We've spoken.

I just don't see a role for
me in her White House.

I'm working with Congressman Cole.

He's making a play for speaker.

Hmm.

I left the Herald today.

If that's why you wanted to see me,

- make a pitch for your new guy.
- No.

No, this is about making amends.

Last fall I started drinking again.

No.

You picked this place because it's
full of bloggers and Hill rats.

Right now, everyone here can
see us talking together,

like civilized people.

As if I never called you
a murderer in print.

Your latest article on Francis.

This story about the nights
leading up to his death?

You want to make amends?

Who are your sources?

Peter Russo.

Zoe Barnes.

LeAnn Harvey.

Doug, there isn't a shadow
for you to hide in anymore.

The only person knows everything is you.

I don't.

Let him go.

I don't know what you're talking about.

At some point, you're
gonna have to decide.

Claire Underwood, believe me,

she'll come for you when it's time.

Thanks.

You know, there's caffeine in that.

I do.

I love that you love
Arnold Palmers, but...

Arnold Palmer was a great man.

She still on your mind?

This arrangement isn't working.

Which arrangement?

Mark, come to bed.

She needs to feel some
degree of autonomy.

Fuck autonomy.

She serves at our pleasure.

I'm sure she feels undervalued.

Undervalued?

Claire Hale? Please.

What if Bill doesn't get better?

He is better.

If we don't play this right,

in the public eye, we
are doomed to fail.

- You know that, right?
- She's doomed, you mean.

Look...

Let's be clear.

I am not attracted to her, but she
needs to see me as a partner.

And what is the rush?

Bill wants a majority on the court.

He's waited a long time.

Let her at least look
like the president.

I'll scuttle the nomination
if it comes to that later.

I want Judge Abruzzo, Mark.

And don't ever question
my brother's ability

to function at the highest level.

What is that Sylvia Plath line?

"She eats men like air."

Who are we talking about?

Hey.

Sorry we missed each other yesterday.

Well, my apologies for leaving
you in the lurch again today.

Everything okay?

I spoke to Annette.

I really think this is the best course.

- Did you ever meet George?
- George?

My brother George. Incurious George.

No, I never did.

And back in the old days, we acquired
an operation in the Midwest,

refining Canadian crude.

Profit margin was...

It was staggering.

But George,

he got all high-minded about it.

Thought that we were bending
too many laws. So he...

He bought a rival company, green
energy type, and he sued us.

Sued us.

I mean...

The betrayal.

My father's true religion was family.

And he was troubled.

He was deeply troubled
by what George had done.

Changed his will.

Any sibling bringing litigation against

any other at the time of his death

would automatically lose their
share of the inheritance.

Every damnable penny.

He used that word.

Which is exactly what
happened to George.

Oh. George couldn't believe it.

Accused me of tricking Dad into doing it

when he was too weak
to know his own mind.

My father always knew his own mind.

George...

... he was just so broken up about it.

Didn't even contest the will.

Which as far as I see it,

it means he had no place inheriting

that kind of money to begin with.

The man had everything he ever needed.

He was just so...

Short-sighted.

Lives on some island in Maine now.

You know what the worst part for me was?

How much it upset Annette.

That was a no-go.

I'll get the nomination, Bill.

Bye-bye now, Mark.

They were good enough to provide me

with a direct feed from the Hall.

- Is this necessary?
- Inhale.

- You ever seen Giselle?
- Mm-mm.

Don't look at me like that.

The results aren't all bad.

I'm being watched.

By whom?

Tom Hammerschmidt, the US Attorney.

It's a feeling that
I've had for a while.

Hello?

I'm here.

It's too risky.

If Francis had asked,
you'd have found a way.

That's true.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

I guess this is where
we part ways, Doug.

It's for the best.

Then say goodbye.

You know what the last
thing he said to me was?

"I can't imagine a world
with only one of you in it."

There comes a point in every
relationship where you wonder,

"Are you with me?"

Are you?

So, there are some loose ends

that Bill Shepherd is trying to exploit.

One being...

Cathy Durant.

And I have known each other
for a very long time.

I know.

Well, the last time I saw Cathy,
she looked at death's door.

You can't ask that of me.

She trusts you, Jane.

She trusts you.

That's making a move in broad daylight.

I enjoy having you here.

I'll never be able to forgive myself.

And when you told him about LeAnn?

He showed no emotion, ma'am.

- Where is he now?
- Still at home.

I have a couple of agents trailing him.

As far as the Bureau is concerned,
it's for Doug's own safety.

Hmm.

And besides Congressman Cole,
has he met with anyone?

Other than myself, Tom Hammerschmidt.

Perhaps you should be the one on him.

In case we need to find
him alone at some point.

I continue to be very concerned
about his state of mind.

Yes, ma'am.

Francis left him everything
in his handwritten will.

Am I curious? Yes.

But not enough to wait for Douglas
Stamper to bring me down.

Secretary Durant, Ms.
Davis is in the back.

- Where's Sal?
- He's off. My name is Giancarlo.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Right this way.

- Very slow today.
- Ah.

Please.

I'm sorry.

- Madam Secretary, please.
- I'm sorry, I'm...

Madam Secretary.

- Hey.
- Jane, how could you?

How could you do this to me?

- Listen to me, sweetheart.
- No, you listen to me.

Is this Claire?

Are you doing this for her?

Oh, Cathy.

Once the decision is
made, you can't escape.

Maybe it won't happen today, but...

someday,

someday, I'm afraid.

I curse you.

I curse you and wish
you a painful death.

Drawn outand excruciating.

I don't want to disappoint you.

That's not how I'm gonna die.

Well, we'll see.

Will we?

I've been thinking about the nomination.

You should go with Abruzzo.

We could get beaten up in the midterms

if the wrong signals are sent.

It's the way to be a two-term president.

There's still a lot we can accomplish.

You're such a strange animal.

You've never been
comfortable in your skin

since you've been vice president.

Why did you even try?

I believe in you.

Well, that's not enough.

I'll leave you to your movie then.

What does Annette have
to say about all this?

- I know you're close to her.
- I won't betray her.

Just like I won't betray you, Claire.

They got us, you know?

We should make the announcement.

Abruzzo.

You can start the film.

She's already met with the
EPA Regional Administrator,

looking for memos.

Hard disks have been scrubbed, and
there's nothing in the cloud.

There's no paper trail,
virtual or otherwise.

- Skorsky?
- She was with the Herald.

She left when I joined the White House.

It's just a local paper.
We can acquire it.

This isn't about the
president grandstanding.

She's talking to someone.

- Duncan...
- We should save the app for the midterms.

Well, do you trust what
you've built or not?

I don't want it exposed.

She signed up for the app.

We can get into her phone,
take a look around.

Would you gentlemen excuse us?

No, stay. Bill.

She wants to see me.

Uh-uh. Nope.

She says Mark is no longer
a viable vice president.

He's not communicating her wishes.

She wants to deal directly with me.

She's in no position to demand anything.

My God.

You want to meet with her.

She's still the president.

Who had three abortions,

lied to the American people about one.

I told you, I'm not willing to use that.

Then you'll use the other thing.

What Mark told us.

Seal. The case was pretty typical.

Prep school drugs.

Duncan Shepherd was rich enough
to get off, but the other boy,

not so lucky.

But...

the transcript.

- Hmm. Fascinating read.
- Painful, really.

Ms. Shepherd's here.

Oh, please send her in.

- Annette.
- Claire.

- Jane.
- Annette.

I'm honored we've graduated
to a first name basis.

Surnames can be a burden.

That's funny.

I've always loved mine.

What about you, Claire?
You gave yours up.

Exactly.

You feel more like an Underwood?

Well, like you said.
Surnames can be a burden.

I like your...

lady quotes.

What is woman?

De Beauvoir question.

That's right. From The Second Sex?
Remember that class, Annette?

How strange it was, as a teenager,

to be taught feminism
by a man in French.

I hated that book.

Long-winded, for sure.

But you gotta admit.

She was right about everything.

Work with me.

Directly, without a middleman.

What use is Mark,

if he can't be effective?

Mark can be very effective.

Well, but both sides are unhappy.

The Supreme Court.

This is a choice

that outlives any presidency.

Exactly.

But also part of what
defines a presidency.

Of course.

So I can't be...

I will consider any informed opinion.

But I... You understand.

The decision has to be mine, Annie.

No one calls me that anymore.

Your son, how old is he now?

Twenty-seven? No...

Twenty-eight. I always seem
to make him a year younger.

He always did look young for his age.

Especially his juvenile mugshot.

Such a baby face.

So, you'll speak to Bill?

I don't need to.

You're the president. You
should do what you want.

That's what I keep thinking.

Do you remember how much
fun we used to have,

before we understood the rules?

Look, let's not let it all
break down here, okay?

Correct me if I'm wrong,

but you've never had a foothold
like this in the White House. So...

You want to save her or fuck her?

- Either way, do it on your time.
- Don't make it personal.

Don't insult me.

Shut her down.

Show it to her.

That's what Bill and I want.
And you'll do it.

No.

- I'm not asking.
- The fallout from that...

Not my concern.

It will be your concern.

You're on your own now.

- Oh, no, no, we're done.
- Don't.

Annette.

The reign of the middle-aged
white man is over.

The Bill Shepherds of the
world who won't let go,

have to go.

The waitress who filmed it works for

the Shepherd Freedom Foundation.

They were hoping to use
the clip when it came to

Judge Abruzzo's confirmation.

Okay, thank you.

Have you heard from Tom Yates, Kelsey?

No. Uh...

You were friendly with him, right?

I haven't heard from Tom in a long time.

And your coworkers, have
they asked about him at all?

Now and then.

He used to roam around down there.

Everyone liked him.

Well, I had my national security team

look into it. And they tracked him down.

It seems he's been using his credit card

in and around Prague, apparently.

I'm glad to hear it.

No, because I was worried.

We used to talk a lot, and
then it just stopped.

Did you ever read anything
he was working on...

... besides the speeches
he wrote for me?

No, just the early stuff.

Cathy.

Oh, Stan.

Oh, my God.

That's all for now.

When did it happen?

I'm so, so sorry.

No, the last conversation
I had with her,

she was talking about her new job

and what a great opportunity
it was going to be.

Madam President.

Forgive me for calling so late.

I've just been informed...

that Catherine Durant is dead.

It's an embolism, they're saying.
Connected to her fall.

I want to thank you, Doug,
so much for your help.

It's a shame.

It's a terrible shame.

Yes...

a terrible, terrible shame.

She will be missed.

Mark.

Apologies for disturbing your run.

What's happened?

- Can we have a word in private?
- Of course.

It's okay, Steve. My
detail cleared the area.

- Clear.
- Okay, we're clear.

Where are we going?

You have 20 seconds.

I can get rid of this, or
the cops will find him.

You've run out of
options, Madam President.

I understand.

Lone Star leaving.

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