Let’s hope this isn’t the last we see of him. Good for Freddy for refusing the Underwoods’ money. The move was shocking because Freddy’s criminal past popped up out of nowhere - wouldn’t Frank or the first reporter have looked into that? - and because part of me still wanted to believe the man who throws people in front of subway cars still had a heart, albeit a cold one. But in the end, Frank still did it - he sacrificed his only real friend for his White House dreams. Frank had a hard time cutting Freddy out (a harder time, I would point out, than Claire had manipulating Adam, a man she supposedly loved once upon a time). Freddy was easily the best character on this show, and the only person who made Frank Underwood seem human. Frank mentioned at the end of the episode that they had put an APB out on Doug’s car, so the big question is - where did Rachel go? Did she pick up Lisa and try to make a run for it? Did she dump the car? Did she wander back into that Twin Peaks-esque forest? I’m hoping she teams up with someone else who wants revenge against the Underwoods - maybe Freddy or Janine. Who knew that Rachel had that in her? I guess Doug forcing her to break up with Lisa was the last straw. But nonetheless - her “I will not be ashamed” speech was brave and inspiring, however calculated it might have been. And yes, I know she was lying about the number of abortions she actually had and maybe the circumstances under which she had them. Yes, she’s still a morally bankrupt, manipulative woman who intentionally ruined the lives of her ex-lover, the First Lady and a fellow rape victim this season. I actually cheered for Claire this episode. Ah - there’s still so much to be unraveled in season three. That said, considering the brick incident last season, it’s impossible to put anything past the Underwoods. I doubt that the reveal about the rape was calculated, unless Underwood hired or blackmailed that man into sending fake anthrax to the White House so he couldn’t make the interview (and had the same man later to plant the bomb in front of their doorstep). After all, her trauma leads to a bill - a bill which is later leveraged as a bargaining tool for political support when Underwood takes aim at the Oval Office. But soon Claire’s rape, like everything else in the show, becomes a means of leverage for the Underwoods. At first, Claire’s history with General Dalton McGinnis seemed to be a ploy to garner sympathy for her - much like some accused Scandal of doing with Mellie’s rape earlier this season. Specifically, she cries when she is forced to face her rapist. But despite all his wealth, he only ends up being a pawn in Tusk’s game - and his strange sexual fantasies never come back into play.Ĭlaire does something rare this season - she cries. Sure, we get the sense that Feng is a bored and slightly scary billionaire. What was so surprising and bizarre about the first shot of Feng with his head in a bag is that we never saw anything like it again. It also made it abundantly clear, if it wasn't already, that Frank's boundless ambition would lead him to do truly deplorable things, as though staging the suicide of an alcoholic wasn't bad enough.Who is this man? Is he being tortured? Oh, nope - this is a sex thing. Zoe's death completely altered the expected path of season two, as her friends and colleagues attempted to get to the bottom of her death, though ultimately appeared to abandon the thread out of fear that they would be next on the chopping block. Underwood shocked us all when he murdered troubled congressman Pete Russo near the end of season one, while Zoe and her fellow reporters quickly caught a whiff that something wasn't quite right, and Frank may have been involved. Zoe Barnes - House Of Cards (Season 2, Episode 1) Without question the most absurdly unexpected death in recent TV history, season two of Netflix's acclaimed political drama House of Cards got off to a mind-blowing start when intrepid investigate reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) was hurled in front of a metro train by slimy political climber Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey).
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