House of Cards
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How much better is the second half of this episode than everything weve seen so far?
(Or was it?
I feel like onHoC, its never-say-die until you see the body.
But maybe Im overthinking it.)
Women are truly the best, arent they?
Claire tells Judge Abruzzo, a SCOTUS hopeful she has been strong-armed into interviewing by Mark and the Shepherds.
He pauses for far too long.
Hes a Syrian who is in with ICO, the terrorist group that is threatening more attacks.
Im intrigued by Claires use of that word, emasculated.
Isnt she above that kind of thing?
Claire also reveals that she can tell Bill is sick, explaining her meeting with the doctor last episode.
Why is he pontificating to his sister?
I would never let a sibling just ramble at me that way, especially if we were both billionaires.
As he talks, I write in my notes:Oh, he likes states rights.
Hes one of THOSE white people.
Do people typically talk to each other while standing side-by-side, staring out a window?
Also, that is some very sensual sister-hair-smoothing, Bill.
Seth barrels in to say that Claires had three abortions, which they can use against her.
Annette is not interested.
Cathy responds by saying she can still feel Franks hand on her back.
Im not sure this was a smart play.
Everyone discusses this quite calmly.
I worry about what all these drivers must know.
Claire wants it to look like complications from the fall; Doug says he can get Cathys detail pulled.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT FRANK ANYMORE EXCEPT THE TWO OF YOU.
Meanwhile, theHeraldhas been bought by Gardner Analytics, which means it has been bought by the Shepherds.
Tom goes on some crotchety rant about how no one writes stories anymore.
Isnt this the same plot from when Slugline first came on the scene?
The only person who knows everything is you.
Okay, back to the ladies.
It ends with Claire inviting Jane to move into the White House.
Maybe one day later, Claire is telling Jane to have Cathy killed.
Maybe it wont happen today.
Cathys totally rational response: I curse you.
And wish you a painful death.
Drawn out and excruciating.
To which Jane replies, I dont want to disappoint you.
Thats not how Im going to die.
One scene later, Cathy is manhandled into the back of an SUV.
By the end of the episode, Claire reports that Cathy is dead.
But said death happens off-screen so we have no idea what went down.
I say: YES TO ALL OF THIS.
Its over-the-top but in the most entertaining and bananas and somehow still fitting way.
Why didHouse of Cardsever star men at all?
Mark, fresh from a tryst with Annette, tells Claire to go with Abruzzo.
Whatever, who cares about Mark?
Lets get to the good stuff.
In the Oval, Jane and Claire are talking about Duncans past misdeeds.
Some prep school drugs, a gripping transcript, charges conveniently erased from the young Shepherds record.
Annette arrives in an absolutely fabulous dress and with perfect hair.
Claire sees Annettes Claire Hale and raises her an Annie.
Nothing like a nickname from the archives to put someone in their place.
One carefully-placed remark about Duncans old mugshot and Annies a changed woman.
You should do what you want.
