Using the actual truth as a weapon/tactic. "Our need to stay in power eclipses our need to govern," he mentioned during his address. A tactic he secretly hopes will help get his America Works program off the ground and ingratiate him to the populous who will see that he can produce large-scale results. He would say he's out in 2016, but in actuality he's using the freedom that being a "placeholder president" allows and affords (along with not having to care what congress thinks, including his own party) to be brash, bold, and strikingly honest. Frank's plan by the end of the episode was clear. With Frank being told by his party leaders (including Jackie) that they don't want him to run and 2016 and Claire flubbing a Senate inquisition with regards to her UN Ambassador nomination, this episode gave us an outstanding "tough day at the office" chapter that, while not delving into diabolical deeds, opened up the season wide. Our real "welcome back" as far as these two top-lining characters are concerned. "The Black Egg"A notably strong, tense Frank and Claire episode. Also because now, as he demonstrated to Claire (who also longs for Claire Force One someday) during a drone strike, his murders are part of executive orders. His rise to the Oval Office was all about "butchery," though perhaps he can no longer afford to commit such nasty tactics (ahem, murder) while on top. When we later catch up with President Frank, he's at a drastically low approval rating (battling both parties at every turn) and trying to fund an enormous jobs bill by putting an end to time-honored entitlement programs. Perhaps an indicator of what's to come with regards to his sheer lack of reverence. Taking a time out to gleefully piss on his own father's tombstone. "You have to be a little human when you're the president."Frank opened the episode, of course. Doug seemed to be on a destructive path by the episode's end (though only opting to drink a modest amount of bourbon though a syringe squirt). It was a great, offbeat way to start he season when, I presume, most of us expected full-tilt Underwood. His desire to get back to work was so strong that not only did he somewhat coldly dismiss his brother (who'd been by his side for months while he was in the hospital) but he painfully duct taped his newly broken arm so as to not miss a meeting with Frank. His job and position within Frank's inner circle are what he uses to define himself and without that he's lost. And how their approval, and use, of him is paramount to his existence. ![]() Here, with Rachel gone, we focused more on his main obsession - the Underwoods. Doug's a guy who we started learning more about in the back half of Season 2, though mostly as it pertained to his obsession with Rachel. "The Recovery"While lacking the shock and awe (and big death/show exit) of the Season 2 premiere, Season 3's opener played things a little differently by keeping Frank and Claire out of the spotlight for a good thirty minutes while focusing on Michael Kelly's Doug Stamper - who is still alive (though severely damaged) following Rachel's attack. Frank Underwood's Most Underhanded MomentsOh, and I'll also be succumbing to one of my pet peeves and giving the episodes unofficial titles since House of Cards chapters come with no names.
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