House of Cards

Previously on House of Cards ...

I have never known anyone more honest, ethical,

and patriotic than Garrett Walker.

- You set me up, Frank. - Let's say

that what the president has accused me of is true.

Would that be so bad?

My enemies want me dead. You're asking me to give them confirmation.

And we're giving you safe haven in return.

This is a one-time offer, Mr. Feng.

My client exercises his right to plead the Fifth Amendment.

Did you ever use these contributions to bargain for political favors?

My client exercises his right to plead the Fifth Amendment.

Having trouble starting it? She needs to be gone.

But you said you didn't care if she was here.

I don't need to explain myself.

I don't want you here! OK?

I don't love you the way that you love me!

What I don't think is brave is Claire Underwood

dodging this debate and having you fight this battle for her instead.

I'm actually working with her now. I'm withdrawing the bill.

After what she did to me?

Maybe Jackie Sharp is right, you are a fucking coward.

- But he prescribed us medication. - Have you mentioned it?

The medication?

our president is seeking psychological treatment,

and chose to hide this from the American people.

I believe our colleagues in the House certainly

have enough to consider articles of impeachment.

What you're asking is just shy of treason.

Just shy, which is politics.

We have a president who not only took

mind-altering medication, a man who has his finger on the button

while US ships are squaring off with China,

but then instructed his White House counsel to coach a...

- Allegedly, sir, not proven. - To coach a witness.

Which is behavior either resulting from the use of those drugs,

or worse, a deliberate attempt to obstruct the law.

Wouldn't you call either scenario impeachable?

That's for the United States Congress to decide, sir, not me.

Were you aware that the president was taking any form of medication?

- No, I was not. - Did you notice him acting in a bizarre fashion?

- Unstable, incoherent? - No, sir.

- Any odd behavior? - No, sir.

Not even firing his chief of staff in the midst of a trade war?

He didn't fire me. I resigned.

- Would you tell us why? - I resigned because I felt

I could no longer serve the president to the best of my ability.

And what changed? How did you come to that conclusion?

I had some fundamental differences of opinion

with certain people in the White House.

- Like who? The president? - No, sir.

What "certain people" then?

One person, actually. The vice president.

- Frank Underwood. - He wanted you gone?

I can't speak as to what the vice president did or didn't want.

Was he trying to hide anything? Was he afraid you might expose something?

You'd have to ask him, sir.

What's happening in the Judiciary Committee is a farce.

- The Republicans are exploiting... - Excuse me, Mr. Vice President,

but it's not just Republicans.

A number of Democrats have come out saying they would support impeachment.

Including the majority whip, Jackie Sharp.

Which is egregious, since the committee hasn't stopped hearing testimony,

nor has the special prosecutor completed her investigation.

You vigorously defend the president,

but there are reports that you've had a falling out,

- that you haven't spoken in weeks. - That is simply not true.

I've spoken to senior staff at the White House

who say the president is worried you want to run against him in 2016.

And just today Linda Vasquez intimated that you...

Look, I fully expect that the president will run in 2016,

and I hope that he's generous enough to invite me to be his running mate.

Impeachment, conviction, let's say it happens.

It won't. He's completely innocent.

Let's say it does happen. You become president...

That is not a scenario I'm going to entertain.

The thought must have crossed your mind.

And one could make the argument that the president wouldn't be in this predicament

if it weren't for you. It's your staff's involvement with Feng and Lanagin

that expanded Dunbar's investigation,

- which resulted in the travel logs... - These impeachment hearings

are the result of political maneuvering, not...

Your maneuverings, or the Republicans?

Morley, I've always liked you. You ask the tough questions.

And you can certainly question my judgment,

but do not question my patriotism.

I serve this nation and my president, not myself.

- He's lying through his teeth. - What we're doing is working.

We keep the whisper campaign alive.

We spin him as power hungry, as duplicitous.

- Focus attention on him, not you. - What's the latest?

- Twenty percent? - Zogby has you at 24. Your speech made a difference.

The approval numbers are moving in the right direction.

We need to do more than play the spin game.

We need to destroy Frank.

Offer his head instead of mine.

- We use Raymond Tusk. - How?

At his hearing. When he goes to the judiciary.

Sir, you're already being accused of coaching one witness.

- If you take steps to coach another... - Not coaching. The truth.

Raymond admits to the money laundering,

puts Frank at the center of this, and says I knew nothing.

And then we'll reward him for his honesty.

You mean a pardon?

- I want you to talk to him. - And put myself at risk?

You're not part of this administration anymore.

There's no law that says you can't pay Raymond Tusk a visit.

And in return, resignations don't have to last forever.

If I do this, you have to be a million miles away.

Tricia and I will go to Camp David.

It's not a million miles away, but it'll do the job.

I can go after Linda, dig into her past...

Neutralizing her won't neutralize the bigger problem.

- The president is after blood. - Then what's his move?

He can't ask me to resign, he'd have to force me out.

And to do that, if I were him...

...I would return to the hand that first fed me.

- Raymond Tusk? - Exactly.

He'd have to implicate himself to implicate you.

Not if he gets a pardon.

It's the one thing that only a president can offer.

Tusk is a hand grenade. If he pardons him...

You're right. Tusk is a hand grenade.

We need to pull the pin and throw him at Walker

before Walker pulls the pin and throws him at us.

I want to meet with Raymond. One-on-one.

Let me speak on your behalf. That way if anyone finds out...

I know Raymond. He won't respond to anyone but me.

- When's his hearing scheduled? - Day after tomorrow.

- Two p.m. - That gives us...

- ...40 hours to make it happen. - Yes, sir.

I think it's mine.

Seth, it's four in the morning.

- When? - I want you to go with her.

I'll get it cleared right now.

Thank you.

Meechum says the plane will be ready in 30 minutes.

- OK, good. - Think it was just a panic attack,

- or was she really trying... - I don't know.

It was bad enough they felt they had to keep her overnight.

I'm gonna call the White House physician's office,

- see if they can recommend anyone. - OK.

- Oh, wait, my phone. - It's in your hand.

I'll be back sometime tonight.

Impeachment is our only chance.

Here are the seats that are still in contention in the midterms.

These 13 we're gonna lose, no matter what we do. But even if we win all the rest,

that only leaves us with a five-seat majority.

We either save the party or we save the president.

Anyone who votes against impeachment

is gonna get pummeled by attack ads between now and election day.

- How many do you have already? - We need 18.

- I have six. - So 12 more to go.

Look, Donald, I know this is a big ask,

- and you prefer to focus on policy... - Jackie, you can stop.

- I'm on board. - Really?

One hundred percent.

I have to say I'm a little surprised.

When you rolled those dollies into the cloakroom,

you said, "Work with me, I'm not Frank Underwood."

And then you helped get my stimulus package through, just like you promised.

And what do you expect this time?

That you never become Frank Underwood.

You must realize, if we're successful, he will replace Walker.

I don't like Frank, but I hate being in the minority even more.

We can't let the Republicans control both houses of Congress.

You've changed since I joined the leadership.

Just getting better at playing the game.

I guess you can teach an old liberal new tricks.

I guess so.

So tell me who you still need.

My lawyers are saying fifty-fifty that I survive a trial.

Now, I'm not a big fan of those odds, but I'm willing to take them.

If your lawyers are putting it at a coin toss,

then you're paying them too much to be overly optimistic.

How can I trust Garrett? He turned his back on 20 years of friendship.

He could accuse you of the same.

Nobody on this planet wants to see Frank Underwood go to jail more than I do.

I just don't want to be sharing a cell with him.

That won't happen.

All you've given me to go on is Garrett's word.

He's asking you to tell the truth.

Good things happen to those who do the right thing.

And you just expect Frank to lie down, throw in the towel?

We don't even give him the chance. Your testimony knocks him out cold.

Excuse me.

Yes? Oh, thank you.

Hold on.

There you go.

Care package, from my wife.

Now, you were saying.

I just want to warn you, she's not herself right now.

They had to put her on some heavy doses.

- Of what? - Lithium, mostly.

It was either that or commit her for 30 days.

She just took some, so she might be a little...

Megan?

Stop.

Your mom told me they found you in the lake.

- What do you care? - I care very much.