House_of_Cards_1x01_-_Pilot

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Yes. BLYTHE Francis goes over to the shredder, starts feeding in pages. BLYTHE (CONT’D) What are you... Francis has put too many pages in. The shredder jams. He yanks out the half devoured sheets and tosses them in the waste basket with the rest of the 600 page document. FRANCIS The bill is garbage, Harry, and you know it. You’ve wasted your time and mine. I’m not happy. BLYTHE I’m sorry Frank... FRANCIS I don’t want apologies, I want a passable bill. Tax increases? The ban on vouchers? A Federal Oversight Commission? How am I supposed to work with that? You have to help me help you. BLYTHE I’ll rewrite it. FRANCIS By the inauguration. BLYTHE If you want something from scratch that’s going to be - FRANCIS You have less than a week. BLYTHE That was years worth of work. FRANCIS Then get me a short-form draft. Get me something I can put your name on. We can flesh out the longform later. Francis points to the waste basket. 48.
Blythe nods. FRANCIS (CONT’D) That version is dead. Erase every copy on every computer. FRANCIS (CONT’D) (as he goes) Call me if you need anything. And Francis is out the door. We follow him. He turns to us. FRANCIS (CONT’D) (to the camera) Busy work for poor old Blythe. Eventually I’ll have to re-write the bill myself. Not because I care what’s in it. I only care about where it gets me. And if it gets me rubbing shoulders with Walker again, it’s served its purpose. But to do that I need a bill I can pass. Ideology is for standing still on a soapbox. I never stand still. I want momentum. INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT TIGHT on the door. A knock. A moment later the door opens, revealing the CALL-GIRL we saw with Russo the night before. She’s wearing a long overcoat and heels. CUT TO to Stamper. STAMPER Come on in. The Call-Girl takes a look around the room, impressed. She unzips her overcoat. Let’s it fall to the ground. She’s only wearing panties underneath. Stamper pulls an enormous wad out of his jacket pocket. Tosses it to her. She starts to flip through the wad. STAMPER (CONT’D) Ten thousand dollars. What will that get me? She eyes him, a little frightened. CALL-GIRL I mean I’m kinky, but I don’t know if I’m the girl you’re looking for. 49.
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 and 34: VASQUEZ (CONT’D) (points) Do thes
Page 35 and 36: FRANCIS (CONT’D) (calls out) Doug
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: A beat. CLAIRE The Holburns. FRANCI
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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