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To an alcoholic?

To a sober, recovering alcoholic.

Did you want him to self-sabotage?

Absolutely not.

It got Matthews in the race.

I like to back people who want to succeed.

Take yourself as an example.

You just took advantage of the situation.

Matthews took advantage. I didn't seek the nomination.

Russo was in the passenger seat when he died.

That's not entirely accurate.

I saw the police report.

And I spoke to the Commissioner directly,

because I cared about Peter, and I wanted to know the full story.

He wasn't in the passenger seat?

The passenger door was open, and he was halfway out.

They think that...

He might have had second thoughts.

If I speak to Barney Hull, he'll confirm that?

What are you suggestlng, Zoe?

Maybe there was foul play.

If there was a hint of foul play,

don't you think the police would have investigated?

The same police that buried his DUI?

And you think I was involved.

There's a connection between you.

Listen, you sound ludicrous.

I'm just asking questions.

No, you're connecting dots that don't exist.

You want me to just walk away?

Act as if I don't know anything?

Yes, I got Peter out of a jam.

Yes, I sent him to speak to Kapeniak.

But beyond that, there's nothing to know.

Can you blame me if I find it difficult to trust you right now?

Trust me or not.

But I'm about to be confirmed as the Vice President.

And our relationship extends to the Oval Office now.

Don't step out of the sunlight for no reason.

Let's start this new chapter with a clean slate.

Now you sleep on that, and i'll be in touch.

WOMAN: We'll start with blood and hormone tests.

Those results should be back within a few days.

If they're good, we'll move onto genetic testing

for both you and your husband.

Have you spoken to him yet?

Not yet. I want to do the tests first.

We can do those anytime this week.

CLAIRE: I'll have my office call yours.

I almost forgot.

I've been doing some research on the Internet...

Be careful of the Internet.

Well, I was looking into common issues

associated with post 40-pregnancies.

And this drug came up, but there wasn't much on it.

It's Cruvenae...

Cruvenae-tenuestrin.

You probably haven't found much,

because it's still in the beta stage.

And what does it do?

It helps maximize blood flow to the placenta.

Until CBT, there hasn't been any viable drug for that.

The jury's still out.

But placental insufficiency affects women of all ages.

I wouldn't worry about it for now.

That's putting the cart way before the horse.

MAN ON TV: Now, as to who is going to replace Matthews when he wins...

Can I at least turn off the overhead?

Of course.

You want me to go work downstairs?

No. That's fine. Just make some room.

You haven't said a word.

No.

Where does that leave us?

I'm fully prepared.

And I have been for some time.

I know you'll do whatever you think is best.

JANINE: But Underwood confirmed it.

He's going to be tapped for VP.

That doesn't get us any closer to...

We know that Russo cleared the way for Matthews.

It reinforces the theory. It doesn't give us proof.

We can't go after the guy for playing dirty.

That's not news. Half the fuckers in Congress play dirty.

He propped up a sham candidate just to take him down.

Nobody forced Russo to drink that night.

The guy was an alcoholic.

Okay, we don't know what happened that night

other than three days later, he killed himself.

Are you gonna contact him again?

I don't know.

LUCAS: We need to slow down, take a step back and re-evaluate...

We already let Rachel slip away.

There's no point until we have more!

We should keep him guessing, not... Have more from where?

From who? LUCAS: I don't know.

But we should exhaust all options

before Zoe reaches back out to Underwood.

We don't have any other options.

We are up against a brick wall, and unless...

LUCAS: Zoe?

Hey. Hey.

Hey.

I just need to think.

Well, let's think about it together.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Freddy.

Yeah, Frank?

Was there something different about these ribs this morning?

Better or worse?

I didn't think that they could get any better,

but these were something special.

Well, tried a new butcher.

He slow bleeds his hogs. lt ain't legal, but...

Well, I won't tell anyone.

I don't know if I'm going to go back to him.

Went out to his shop.

He's got a room in the back where he does it.

Soundproof, the whole setup.

Why soundproof?

'Cause of how they scream. They can smell it coming.

You stick that pipe in their throat, next 10 minutes is hell.

Bust your fucking eardrums.

Now, the humane way to do it is to make it quick.

Bring out a bucket of slop like it's feeding time,

and then, barn, shovel right to the base of the head.

No screaming.

Now, he's willing to open up the race,

but Birch was very clear.

If he can't endorse anyone, you can't either.

That's fair.

You really want Buchwalter to win?

I want the best man to win.

That sounds like a cagey, bullshit non-answer to me.

I'm on the sidelines for this one, Terry.

You're never on the sidelines, Frank.

I'll see you around.

Claire...

You wouldn't return my calls.

I'll be back.

My attorney said that I shouldn't be in contact with you.

Blue Cross said my insurance was canceled.

CLAIRE: Oh!

The severance package gave me health coverage for up to a year.

That sounds right.

So there must be some kind of mistake.

Well, you'll have to talk to the insurance company.

I did. They said it was terminated.

They can't reinstate it without the employer's approval.

And you want me to get involved?

There's medication that I need

that I can't get unless it goes through my HMO.

Oh, I'm well aware. I reviewed your records.

What? You signed a consent form.

No, I didn't.

You forged my signature?

Did a Mrs. Applebaum pay you a visit?

You realize what you're doing is...

Civil, not criminal.

Have you thought this out? Because when we go to court...

You mean six months from now?

You're expecting in four, no?

That's four months without the medicine you need.

I'm willing to let your child wither and die inside you

if that's what's required.

But neither of us wants that.

Now tell me, am I really the sort of enemy you want to make?

But here's the alternative.

This office, this staff, 22 million a year could be yours.

The CWI could be yours.

And you and me, we wash our hands of each other.

You're trying to buy me? No.

When we first met, I promised to empower you.

I'm fulfilling that promise.

How do I get screwed? You don't.

I resign. You take my place.

No strings? None.

NEWSCASTER: Exit polls have Jim Matthews winning

by anywhere from a 9 to 12% margin of victory.

Swofford is expected to...

CLAIRE: Hello. WOMAN: Mrs. Underwood?

Yes?

Hi. I'm calling from Dr. Larson's office

to confirm your 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for the blood and urine test.

I can't come.

Well, if tomorrow doesn't work,

we can reschedule for Thursday or even Monday.

No. I won't be rescheduling.

Please tell Dr. Larson I appreciate all her consultation,

but I've put a great deal of thought into this,

and I won't be pursuing any further tests.

Thank you.

FRANCIS: Have you thought about what we discussed?

I think you're right. We should start with a clean slate.

What about our text messages?

And the contact?

Are we good?

Yeah.

We can put all this other nonsense behind us,

and trust one another and continue to help one another?

I'd like that.

Consider the slate clean.

ZOE: Answer me one thing.

The passenger seat. You said Russo was trying to get out.

But there was nothing...

I thought we just agreed.

I want to believe you, but I need details.

More than what you're sharing.

What's your question?

The night Russo fell off the wagon, he was at a fundraiser.

The McNeely Cancer Institute... All in the police report.

Rachel Posner was at the hotel that night.

Who's that?

The call girl who was with Russo when he was arrested.

I didn't know her name.

She disappeared, Francis.

When?

Don't act surprised.

I showed the bellmen a photo.

One of them remembers seeing her.

The girl is a prostitute. I'm sure she frequents many hotels.

But that hotel on that night?

Now, you sound like Ms. Skorsky talking.

I haven't discussed this with anyone.

I wanted to ask you first.

I have no idea what happened that night

except that Peter started drinking again.

I don't know who was or wasn't there.

I wish I was. Maybe I could have stopped him.

Do you know where Rachel is?

Listen to what I am saying.

I'm trying to protect us both.

But these are questions anyone could ask.

But no one is except you.

I can't imagine what you're after.

I took a chance,

showed up at your house and placed myself at your feet.

Crosses ethical lines, professionally, physically.

And I hold myself accountable for that.

Those are my choices, and I can live with them.

I'd like to move forward,

but I need to know exactly what I was a part of that...

That I wasn't a part of someone's...

Finish your thought.

Part of someone's murder.

Jesus!

I want to believe you, Francis.

LUCAS: Janine!

Come in.

I've been calling you.

Come here.

Come in. Sit down.

Um...

You want something? Some water or...

Juice?

You going somewhere?

Hey! You going somewhere?

To my Mom's in Ithaca.

What? I'm leaving.

No. No, no, no.

No way! We have nothing.

Are you giving up on this?

There are only three people in the world

that know what he has done, and one of them is gone.

If we had anything, Lucas, any hard evidence,

or even a fucking quote from a source

that would go on record for us,

that would be one thing.

But we are grasping, and he's not fucking around.

You were the one who told Zoe to pursue this.

She told me what you said.

The only stories that mattered were

the ones that scared you to death!

Okay, this isn't just death threats! This is real!

He doesn't know about you, but he knows about me.

These were in my mailbox. No return address.

LUCAS: He took these of her?

Who else?

You can keep them.

But I don't think they're going to help you.

We need to stop him. Sick fucking shit.

Janine, you cannot run away from this.

My entire career,

I have always chosen the tough stories.

I have been fearless.

But you know what? I'm really fucking scared this time.

He's got power, he's got a lot to lose,

and right now, he is winning.

Please, I need your help. Please, don't do this.

Just wake the fuck up, Lucas!

NEWSCASTER: ... at approximately 8:00 p.m. last night.

on the northbound tracks of the Cathedral Heights Metro Station.

DC Police have ruled the death an accident.

Zoe Barnes was a senior contributor at Slugline.com.

Previously, she worked at The Washington Herald

as a Metro reporter and political correspondent.

Barnes broke several major stories

including an early draft

of the Education Reform and Achievement Act,

as well as a college newspaper article

that derailed Senator Michael Kern's nomination for Secretary of State.

Carly Heath, the Editor-in-chief of Slugline

tweeted this morning,

"Zoe Barnes exemplified the best and brightest.

"We're so sad that she's no longer with us."

What'd you think of the files?

There's plenty to work with.

Did you look at your own?

There was nothing there.

Should there be?

No.

Even if you're lying, the fact that I haven't been able to find anything

tells me you're very good at covering your tracks.

That's valuable to me.

Here's our battleground.

One hundred and thirteen votes.

You have the skeletons.

If I lose, they'll come after me.

FRANCIS: That's a risk you have to take.

How do I know you're not just using me?

Throwing a wrench into someone else's bid?

That's another risk.

The alternative is you wait 10 years.

You chose me for a reason.

I'd like to know what it is.

All right.

How many missile strikes did you launch?

Enough to keep me awake at night.

But you did it anyway. Yes, I did.

How many women and children?

Too many.

And you launched those missiles

knowing all those innocent people would die?

I had orders to eliminate the enemy.

Which you carried out expertly and efficiently.

Have you ever killed anyone?

No.

I watched apartment buildings, entire villages gone

like they were never there.

I prefer not to talk about it if that's all right.

You did what needed to be done,

and that's why I chose you, Jackie.

Service background, clean history,

photogenic, the whole package.

But more importantly,

ruthless pragmatism.

Are we working together or not?

BOB". Any public or private endorsements for Buchwalter,

I come out for Webb.

FRANCIS: I'll stay out of the fray. I give you my word.

Same goes for you, Terry.

Thank you, Christina.

WALKER: Gentlemen.

Mr. President, how was Pennsylvania?

You like Indian?

MEECHUM: Sir, I've seen the news.

I know she was close to you.

Terrible tragedy.

I spoke to Special Agent Rockland today, sir.

I begin my training next week.

Very good.

I know it's a day late.

I hope it isn't inappropriate,

but I wanted to give you this.

Thank you, Meechum.

That was very nice of Edward.

He shouldn't have spent this sort of money on me.

I've opened some wine downstairs.

I'll be down in a minute.

Did you think I'd forgotten you?

Perhaps you hoped I had.

Don't waste a breath mourning Ms. Barnes.

Every kitten grows up to be a cat.

They seem so harmless at first.

Small, quiet, lapping up their saucer of milk.

But once their claws get long enough, they draw blood.

Sometimes from the hand that feeds them.

For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain,

there can be no mercy.

There is but one rule.

Hunt or be hunted.

Welcome back.