This Is a House Of Cards Season 3 Discussion Post

So the season 3 of the ‘Queen Claire Underwood And Also Some Lessers’ has been released on Friday.

As expected, some crazy twists have happened, which we need to discuss. Here’s the summary, however, to prevent those who are not done yet from being spoiled and also to fuck with y'all a bit, 50% of the following statements are true and 50% are complete horseshit.

1.Frank Underwood got caught on his earlier crimes and got impeached.

2.Frank Underwood lost the support of the Democrat party and got forced to announce his intention to not run for the president in 2016.

3.Rachel was found by Frank’s enemies, spent the whole season in quasi-captivity while trying to figure out how to trade off her information for not being killed directly afterwards. Became a core reason to Frank’s downfall as she was meant to be.

4.Doug turned out to be alive, spent the whole season swinging from alcoholism to evil plotting; killed Rachel in the end.

5.Doug turned out to be alive, became Frank’s chief of staff; due to a plot-related reason hit the bottle again and fell of the wagon in a major problem-causing fashion.

6. Zoe’s parents turned up in Washington with information Zoe shared before her death, and shit got real.

7.In the move elevating HOC to the level of soapiness not seen before, Claire hooked up with a creepy yet charismatic Russian president.

8.The same Russian president also drank vodka during a state dinner from a bottle made of solid gold; killed a man with his bare hands.

9.Claire, after a long arc dedicated to the dislocation of their marriage, left Frank.

10. Claire has reconsidered her morale and decided to speak her mind during a plot-important moment; ended up causing major problems in foreign politics.

11. Meechum got killed protecting Claire from a plot-related assassination, causing her to reconsider her morale and ultimately leading to her unraveling.

12. Meechum got jealous over another man getting close to Frank for a plot-related reason and spat with him verbally.

written from scratch by yours truly; source for the picture