"House of Cards" returns for Season 2 on Netflix on Friday, Feb. 14 -- happy Valentine's Day, right? -- and in preparation, Zap2it is taking a quick look back at the first season. Tuesday (Feb. 11) starts the downhill slide of Peter Russo with "Chapter 10."
Where we are:
In the wake of the watershed act not passing the House, Frank has rebellion on all sides -- Zoe reveals to him it was Claire who torpedoed the bill (and she wants to print it in on Slugline), Claire not only sank the bill but also doesn't seem to understand that Frank's long-term goal trumps her ambitions, and Peter Russo says he'll go public with the Roy Kapeniak lie about the Michael Kern op-ed if Frank doesn't fix this for Russo's people in Pennsylvania and his gubernatorial race.
So Frank decides it's time to do away with Russo, who has become quite the liability.
Where we are:
In the wake of the watershed act not passing the House, Frank has rebellion on all sides -- Zoe reveals to him it was Claire who torpedoed the bill (and she wants to print it in on Slugline), Claire not only sank the bill but also doesn't seem to understand that Frank's long-term goal trumps her ambitions, and Peter Russo says he'll go public with the Roy Kapeniak lie about the Michael Kern op-ed if Frank doesn't fix this for Russo's people in Pennsylvania and his gubernatorial race.
So Frank decides it's time to do away with Russo, who has become quite the liability.
- 2/11/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"House of Cards" returns for Season 2 on Netflix on Friday, Feb. 14 -- happy Valentine's Day, right? -- and in preparation, Zap2it is taking a quick look back at the first season. Monday (Feb. 3), "Chapter 2" is on deck.
Where we are:
It's time for Frank Underwood to set his plan in motion now that he's not the president's nominee for secretary of state. Step one is to hijack the education bill that Donald Blythe is spearheading in Congress. Underwood has already leaked the first draft to Zoe Barnes, which reveals Blythe's far-left-of-center plan, which President Walker cannot be seen as endorsing. Blythe ends up falling on the sword in regards to the leak and Frank takes over the bill. Check.
Step two is to take down the secretary of state nominee, Sen. Michael Kern. Frank's chief of staff, Doug, unearths an op-ed from Kern's college paper that calls Israel's occupation of Palestine illegal,...
Where we are:
It's time for Frank Underwood to set his plan in motion now that he's not the president's nominee for secretary of state. Step one is to hijack the education bill that Donald Blythe is spearheading in Congress. Underwood has already leaked the first draft to Zoe Barnes, which reveals Blythe's far-left-of-center plan, which President Walker cannot be seen as endorsing. Blythe ends up falling on the sword in regards to the leak and Frank takes over the bill. Check.
Step two is to take down the secretary of state nominee, Sen. Michael Kern. Frank's chief of staff, Doug, unearths an op-ed from Kern's college paper that calls Israel's occupation of Palestine illegal,...
- 2/3/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
In Chapter 1 of House of Cards, there’s a scene I forgot to mention. It’s an important scene, in fact it’s the first one we saw, and after one of my good friends read my review, he was surprised that I hadn’t made any mention to it. I’m talking about the opening where Kevin Spacey first addresses the audience as he’s attending to, and eventually killing, a dog hit by a car. His silky Southern Dixiecrat accent flowing on overtime, he mentions that, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering. I have no patience for useless things.” I mention this, because in that moment we see two very important things in Frances: he is no stranger to pain, and will do what he...
In Chapter 1 of House of Cards, there’s a scene I forgot to mention. It’s an important scene, in fact it’s the first one we saw, and after one of my good friends read my review, he was surprised that I hadn’t made any mention to it. I’m talking about the opening where Kevin Spacey first addresses the audience as he’s attending to, and eventually killing, a dog hit by a car. His silky Southern Dixiecrat accent flowing on overtime, he mentions that, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering. I have no patience for useless things.” I mention this, because in that moment we see two very important things in Frances: he is no stranger to pain, and will do what he...
- 3/11/2013
- by Mike Reyes
- Obsessed with Film
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