In this episode, Christine tries to move on by recruiting the firey Paul for Pete’s old district, Lt. Ellen Ripley gets vetted for the VP’s office, but ultimately Frank gets passed over when he gets tasked with vetting multi-billionare business magnate Raymond Tusk. Or does he? Meanwhile Jeanine and Zoe pull at a few loose…

In this episode, Pete retreats back inside of a bottle to hide out from his world crashing down around him, Frank pushes all his chips into the middle by putting himself at her mercy to advance his goal of the Vice Presidency, Claire has an important realization about her lover Adam and herself, Zoe pays…

This is an episode full of damage control. Zoe flees her spider ridden apartment for Lucas’ tasteful digs and chaste bed, Claire flees Frank’s storm of wrath and bullshit for her Adam’s artist colony/loft, and Pete tries to spin his his watershed defeat into a victory with the powerful Remy-led Sancorp lobby, before that victory…

Pete has to deal with a VP that is resentful to be put out to pasture, and Frank walks out on what he thinks is a nice, fat, secure limb to bring home the votes for Pete’s watershed bill, while Claire is busy sawing it off at the trunk. By the end of the episode,…

“Chapter Eight” adds quite a bit of depth to the character of Frank Underwood, a character that even a half season in we just don’t know that much about. We find out about his not-so-illustrious history as a student at the Citidel, his career as part of an acapello quartet, The Sentinels, that he has…

The Frank vs. Marty heavyweight fight continues as rubber bricks are shat, bloody shirts are waived, U is held to O I A apology, and the smell of cock is found on breath. In other words, just another day on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile Claire throws the full might of CWI behind Pete’s campaign, as the…