![]() ![]() The president is "bravest and most resolute man I know," she hisses. When the ambassador dares to say she feels sorry for Claire because-even her husband didn't stand up for her after Russia-Claire lets her have it, as only she can. In New York, Claire pays a quick visit to the Israeli ambassador to warn her she'd better act like a U.S. "You take money where you can get it," says Frank, who admits from Day One, he was ashamed Claire said yes when he asked her to marry him: "I didn't think I deserved her." He adds, "I can tell you this, though, there would've been no White House without Claire." It was purchased by Claire's father, who also paid for his first campaign. Claire is taken by them, underscoring her conscience and disgust with her husband.įlashing forward again, Frank brings Tom to his and Claire's first home in Gaffney, South Carolina. Over and over, the camera keeps returning to a group of Tibetan monks painstakingly making a Mandala sand painting-a mural-like work that is promptly wiped out, then disposed in a body of water. He's more bothered by the fact she thinks she's the one who made him president. Does he want her to resign from the U.N.? No, he says, smoking a cigarette outside, the one vice the Underwoods share besides crushing people. But she's gone out of her way to put all that behind them, she says, and thinks he's searching for things that aren't there, and ignoring the things that are. ![]() He retorts she said far worse things to him. "I think you're punishing me for what happened in Russia," she says. "You should think before you bring a proposal such as this."Ī stunned Claire confronts him for singling her out on purpose. In a cabinet meeting to decide how to handle Israel's attempt to sabotage the Jordan Valley plan (by sending aid to Zimbawe), Frank goes out of his way to humiliate her. "I don't like him being up here," she complains.īetween that and the fight in Moscow, Frank is clearly exhausted. For a moment, the show seems to insinuate that the same thing might happen here, but instead Claire storms out of her bedroom and tells them to keep it down. "That's Chapter 8," Tom says, nodding toward the episode from House of Cards' first season, in which Frank and his old classmate Tim talked about hooking up with each other in college. "Almost puked all over myself," Frank says. The last time he was this drunk, Frank remarks, he broke into a library at his alma mater, The Sentinel. One night, Tom, the hunky ghostwriter, and Frank are up drinking and playing videos games in the White House. Claire forces herself, while Frank is expressionless. "A little more of a smile, please," the photographer urges. They pose for an official White House portrait, and when Frank places his hand on Claire's shoulder, she flinches. The Underwoods return from Moscow still licking their wounds from the fight on Air Force One. Claire's hair is darker, Frank wears a white suit, and the whole thing is disorienting.Īfter the church scene, the episode rewinds to a month ago, making us wonder how things got to this point. The rift between Frank and Claire is growing, but this episode opens in a startling way: With the volatile pair renewing their vows. ![]()
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