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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.