House_of_Cards_1x01_-_Pilot

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VASQUEZ I know it’s a lot to put on your plate... FRANCIS You’ve got 100 days before the honeymoon is over. Anything you want to put on my plate, feel free. INT. UNDERWOOD’S (OUTER) OFFICE - FRONT DOOR - DAY Francis opens the door for Vasquez. As she’s leaving -- VASQUEZ Keep me posted? FRANCIS Let me talk to Blythe. I’ll check in with you later this week. Terrific. VASQUEZ Vasquez leaves. Francis watches her go. He speaks to us -- FRANCIS She’s wary. I can see it in her eyes. (and now to the camera) Walker’s political capital rises or falls with the success of this Bill. And I need to be at the center of it. He closes the door, walks back toward his inner office. FRANCIS (CONT’D) Vasquez might not trust me as far as she can throw me. But she doesn’t have to. If I prove myself indispensable, she can’t afford to throw me very far. He pops his head into Nancy Kaufberger’s office. FRANCIS (CONT’D) Nancy, set up a call with Harold Blythe. Continues toward his office. 34.
FRANCIS (CONT’D) (calls out) Doug? Stamper pops out from his. FRANCIS (CONT’D) You have a list for me? STAMPER Just finished. FRANCIS My office. INT. FRANCIS’S OFFICE - AFTERNOON Francis and Stamper are having a brainstorming session. Ferguson? Too old. Willis? STAMPER FRANCIS STAMPER FRANCIS Too stupid. Boyd? Queer. Really? STAMPER FRANCIS STAMPER Francis gives him a look. STAMPER (CONT’D) He’s married with two kids. Come on. FRANCIS STAMPER What about Catherine Durant? A beat. Francis leans back in his chair. 35.
Page 1 and 2: EXT. UNDERWOOD RESIDENCE - NIGHT SL
Page 3 and 4: FRANCIS I’m so sorry. I’ll have
Page 5 and 6: FRANCIS (CONT’D) But it’s time
Page 7 and 8: HAMMERSCHMIDT Any guess what’s on
Page 9 and 10: ZOE But what you’re really tellin
Page 11 and 12: VASQUEZ Thanks for coming Frank. (g
Page 13 and 14: VASQUEZ There are lots of deserving
Page 15 and 16: I know... EVELYN CLAIRE We want CWA
Page 17 and 18: CLAIRE (CONT’D) You don’t not c
Page 19 and 20: As she ascend the stairs we hear a
Page 21 and 22: FRANCIS (to the camera) I love that
Page 23 and 24: STAMPER Who do you want? FRANCIS A
Page 25 and 26: FELICITY (to Claire, sympatheticall
Page 27 and 28: CHRISTINA As long as they’re good
Page 29 and 30: A cab pulls up. Zoe emerges. She’
Page 31 and 32: BRIAN (CONT’D) I guess that’s a
Page 33: VASQUEZ (CONT’D) (points) Do thes
Page 37 and 38: Evelyn nods. CLAIRE And you’re an
Page 39 and 40: ZOE Good, then I’ll get straight
Page 41 and 42: ZOE I don’t doubt it. And yes, Me
Page 43 and 44: CLAIRE Aren’t they all? EXT. MICH
Page 45 and 46: STAMPER (CONT’D) Doug Stamper - t
Page 47 and 48: A beat. CLAIRE The Holburns. FRANCI
Page 49 and 50: Blythe nods. FRANCIS (CONT’D) Tha
Page 51 and 52: DURANT Secretary of State? FRANCIS
Page 53 and 54: She ends the call. ZOE (CONT’D) Y
Page 55 and 56: INT. BLAIR HOUSE - VASQUEZ’S OFFI
Page 57 and 58: FRANCIS Because it’s my job to kn
Page 59 and 60: HAMMERSCHMIDT You read the whole th
Page 61 and 62: We ZOOM IN on Francis and Claire si
Page 63 and 64: FRANCIS (CONT’D) Don’t you look
Page 65: -- A COP CAR with its lights flashi

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