More telling than his actions were his words: “I only care about the man,” Yates said when explaining why he wouldn’t be mentioning America Works in the book. Yes, he slept with Kate Baldwin this week, but Frank also enjoys the company of women besides a predilection for his own sex. This marks the second week in a row I’ve mentioned “homoerotic undertones” between Frank and Thomas.

Thus, Frank’s special messages are irrelevant - barely. How and when Mendoza returns are key to the importance of this aside, but for now it reads like another suddenly dismissed plot line after spending much of Season 3’s first half outlying his importance. That being said, “he’s not gone - just in storage,” are the carefully chosen words of Mendoza’s replacement. According to our brief exchange, Hector Mendoza declared a couple of paid speeches as income and has thus been dismissed from Congress and forced to abandon his Presidential campaign. Breaking the Fourth Wallįrank’s closing testimonial regarding Yates’ preface was certainly telling, but it was his aside with new Senate Majority Leader Henry Mitchell which caught my attention. Good enough for a Guest Star Emmy? I think so. Cathy for turning in a profound performance in only a few minutes. How? With Freddy, who is almost definitely still harboring deep resentment for the Underwoods after they cost him his business. He still needs a job, though, no matter how humiliating the offer - a feeling I’m guessing most AmWorks benefactors are familiar with. It was too late to get the money back, but Frank is ready to officially run for President now that he’s seen the benefits of America Works firsthand.

With a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, Frank begrudgingly gave up funding for his pet project in order to make sure FEMA was fully prepared for an impending disaster (I guess that gives Underwood an advantage over “Dubya”).īut then it never came. In addition to the intriguing coupling - though its function has yet to be proven - Frank abandoned his AmWorks program in order to prevent a political (and actual) disaster. She was talked out if it, but couldn’t turn down a man whose writing she adores - and he couldn’t turn down a powerful, righteous and much more morally sound woman in a bar. Reporter Kate Baldwin, meanwhile, was ready to give up her journalistic integrity to cast Underwood in a dark shadow of his own creation. Thomas Yates proved he’s willing to play along with Frank’s version of his life story by including the too-good-to-be-true swimming story as the book’s preface. EPISODE 7 REVIEW: ‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Episode 7 ‘Chapter 33’ Starts Over Morning Briefing:įramed by two writers creating opposing stories about our not-so-dear President Underwood, “Chapter 34” attempted to dig into two of the season’s most compelling new characters.

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