She attempts to push a sexual assault bill through Congress, which fails. Claire has, in season two, gained media attention for her high-profile rape allegation against a military officer. Tusk hires Danton, who strikes up an affair with Sharp and leaks photos from an affair Claire had with Adam Galloway. Tusk and Underwood go to war, resulting in a number of underhanded deals involving the laundering of Chinese money. But his power grab is complicated by Tusk, who has the president's ear.
In a less overtly sinister maneuver, Underwood preps Jackie Sharp for the position of majority whip. But Barnes' former colleague and, at the time of her death, current lover - Lucas Goodwin - stars digging, aligning with a deep web hacker, eventually getting himself arrested by a horde of FBI agents. So Underwood takes care of it, e.g., throws her in the path of a speeding metro train. But Barnes is causing trouble, uncovering the details of Underwood and Stamper's Russo sting. Underwood's first order of business as vice president is to plot his path to the presidency. Tusk and Underwood trade support, and the season ends with Underwood accepting the vice presidency. He sends Underwood to Missouri to vet billionaire Raymond Tusk for the empty vice president slot. President Walker, meanwhile, needs a new vice president, because Vice President Jim Matthews is now running for the empty governor's seat. And also because they're sleeping together. It's a mutually beneficial relationship, because Underwood can and does use Barnes' reporting to ouster his political opponents.
Peter Russo, a hard-partying politician trying to clean up his act a young reporter named Zoe Barnes, who's frustrated at being continually passed over at the Washington HeraldĀ and ready to help in exchange for scoops. He assembles a team of allies: Doug Stamper, his ever-faithful right hand man Rep. Underwood is cunning, ruthless and resentful at having been snubbed by newly elected president, Garrett Walker, for the secretary of state nomination. The opening scene of episode one neatly illustrates what's ahead: When we meet Francis "Frank" Underwood, House majority whip, he is murdering a dog outside his Washington, D.C., home. Read more: Surprise 'House of Cards' Season 4 Trailer Airs During CNN Republican Debate Season 1 2016 ads during the presidential debate? For those whose memories are foggy and the uninitiated viewers who want to dive in for season four of Netflix's House of Cards, here's a season-by-season recap of everything that's happened on the political drama so far.
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