Frank wonders why Grayson cam clean with him so quickly. Grayson folds, perhaps a little too easily, and tells Frank that Remy hired him to dig up dirt on the Underwoods. Frank orders him not to leave until he has the answer he wants.įrank arranges for a meeting with Grayson, where he reveals that he believes that not all is what it seems to be, with Mr. Doug, meanwhile, arrives at Feng's house to try to convince him to stop the money flow to the Republicans. We see, however, that a reporter at the Wall Street Telegraph has started to connect the dots between Feng and Tusk and is following the money trail. "Best of luck keeping your majority in the House," Tusk fires back.įrank decides that he has to keep what he has learned about Tusk to himself. "You cannot bully your way back to the table, Raymond, just as you cannot buy the keys to Congress," Frank says. So, in reality, the people that Frank thought were in his pocket, have belonged to Tusk all along. Meanwhile, Frank calls Tusk and learns that Tusk has been using his money to influence members of Congress. Grayson asks Remy to orchestrate a job offer for Connor so that he can get him out of his hair, as well.ĭoug gets word to Frank that the casino money is largely coming from friends of Feng, and he flies to China to confront Feng in person. It seems that Grayson is a double agent, working for Remy to try to bring down the Underwoods. Connor and Grayson sounds like it should be one of those USA or TNT lawyer shows with the really snappy dialogue, doesn't it? After that meeting, Grayson secretly meets with Remy on a park bench. While Claire and Frank enlist Jackie to try to rally support for Claire's legislative project, Connor and Grayson duel over what the best strategy might be to start building support for it in the media.
"This doesn't happen again unless it's leading somewhere," Remy tells Jackie. While Doug goes home with the casino waitress, we see Remy and Jackie after the two have had another sexual encounter. Loneliness is the price," Frank tells Walker, as the president turns wistful. "The presidency is a great and precious thing. While Doug makes small talk with a waitress at the casino, Frank and Walker have a much friendlier chat than their last one. President."įrank dispatches Doug to Kansas City to the casino that Tusk is using to launder his donation money, and sends the president a punching bag as a gag gift. But I would much rather get back to work, as you've asked me to do," Frank counters. "If you need a punching bag, I will stand here and take the punches, as I have done time and time again, since I swore my oath. You're better than that," Walker tells him.
But, who am I to let the facts get in the way of a good story? But Frank secured a pretty impossible bipartisan piece of legislation that prevented a government shutdown. Forgive me, but, did I miss something? The China thing, sure. Walker gives Frank a verbal beating, ripping him for everything from botching relations with China to not handling the House. While the source of the funding for the ads will remain a mystery for a while (as if), Walker wants to find out where the money came from and put a stop to them, so that the blue team will fare well both in 2014 and in 2016. President Walker and his party are the target of some attack ads, designed to sway voters before the 2014 midterm elections.