Primetimer April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 An imprisoned gay rights activist drives a wedge between the American and Russian presidents before jackhammering open the Underwoods' marriage. Read the story Link to comment
hammaboo June 12, 2015 Share June 12, 2015 The one element of intrigue (and I haven't watched any episodes beyond this one yet)--and also the one element that connects it to the rest of the story--is whether Doug is tracking down Rachel in order to have her killed (thereby returning to Frank Underwood's good graces by removing an obstacle to his reelection) or is tracking down Rachel in order to bring her to light (thereby ruining Frank and clearing the path to the presidency for Heather Dunbar). That's the only reason I've remained interested in the subplot. Just finished this ep last night and that is true - why exactly is he tracking down Rachel still? Because at this point, Stamper really has no reason (that they have shown us, at least) to do anything for Underwood at this point. Unless this is his ace in the hole for torpedoing her candidacy. Link to comment
NutMeg June 24, 2015 Share June 24, 2015 I think he himself is confused as to what his motivations are. Link to comment
Hanahope August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 I finally started watching S3 this weekend and made it through 6 episodes. I too can't quite believe Claire acted this way, but she has a history of putting her own interests and ambitions above Frank's. I'm guessing she did this intentionally to torpedo the peace talks so that she can somehow get her resolution passed and prove she is a good/powerful ambassador. It reminds me how she torpedoed Frank's bill previously. I'm also wondering if Doug is doing the long con on Dunbar, getting into her good graces, all the while searching/waiting for dirt on her that he can eventually leak to Frank to prove that he's still capable and worthy of re-employment with them. Or he could be hedging his bets, waiting to see which side is going to win and making his final choice then. That's why he's still looking for Rachel (besides his own creepy obsession), to either kill her or keep her 'in the wings' to eventually bring down Frank. I had to laugh at how Frank's machinations over the Supreme Court Justice seat totally backfired on him. Its definitely harder for him to manipulate people at the top, who likely did their own manipulations and recognize others when they see it. 1 Link to comment
pbutler111 June 6, 2016 Share June 6, 2016 It really bugged me when Claire said that Michael hung himself. He hanged himself. Pictures are hung, people are hanged. I want a First Lady who knows that! Link to comment
NutMeg June 8, 2016 Share June 8, 2016 On 6/6/2016 at 11:15 PM, pbutler111 said: It really bugged me when Claire said that Michael hung himself. He hanged himself. Pictures are hung, people are hanged. I want a First Lady who knows that! Well, maybe she involuntarily admitted that she saw his as an object, which turned out to be a failed experiment rather than the masterpiece she was hoping for... Link to comment
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