House_of_Cards_1x01_-_Pilot

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FRANCIS I’ll be fine. A little cold never hurt anyone. Freddy nods and heads inside. Francis turns to the camera. FRANCIS (CONT’D) My one guilty pleasure is a good racks of ribs. Even at 7:30 in the morning. I have the whole place to myself. Freddy opens up just for me... Francis at a table, breath condensing in the cold air. FRANCIS (CONT’D) Where I grew up in South Carolina nobody had two pennies to rub together. A rack of ribs was a luxury, like Christmas in July. I’ve had a weakness for them ever since. CUT TO: Freddy comes outside with a steaming plate of ribs. Places them before Francis. Before digging in, Francis glances at the newspaper he brought with him. Zoe’s breaking story, detailing the contents of the leaked Education Bill, occupies a huge swath of the front page. The headline reads: EDUCATION BILL FAR LEFT OF CENTER We PAN DOWN to see Zoe’s byline in bold above the article. QUICK MONTAGE -- Blythe in his office staring at the article on his computer. Complete horror. -- Vasquez in the back of an SUV scrolling through her blackberry in even more horror. -- Zoe, Lucas and Hammerschmidt gathered around a computer where a TECH GUY is monitoring a graph. TECH GUY The web traffic is crazy. -- Janine watching Zoe, Hammer and Lucas from a distance, eyes narrowed - jealous. 64.
-- A COP CAR with its lights flashing beside a dented BLUE TOYOTA CAMRY - the same car that hit the dog in the opening scene. Two COPS cuffing the mangy 20 year-old CULPRIT. EXT. FREDDY’S BBQ JOINT - MORNING Francis’ plate is empty. He wipes his hands and dabs his mouth with a napkin. Freddy starts to clear Francis’s plate. FREDDY You want seconds? FRANCIS I better not. Freddy starts off. Scarcely a moment later... FRANCIS (CONT’D) Actually, yes. I’m feeling hungry today. Freddy goes inside. Francis stares right at us, piercingly. FRANCIS (CONT’D) (to the camera) There are two kinds of pain, but only one kind of pleasure - total, unstoppable, undeniable victory. (leans toward us) The minister was wrong about defeat. I wasn’t put on this planet to endure. I was put on this planet to win. He closes his eyes again and leans back. Basks in the sun and exhales a long, deep breath into the cold air. The serenity is shattered by sudden, thumping ROCK MUSIC. Black out. THE END 65.
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EXT. UNDERWOOD RESIDENCE - NIGHT SL
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FRANCIS I’m so sorry. I’ll have
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FRANCIS (CONT’D) But it’s time
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HAMMERSCHMIDT Any guess what’s on
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ZOE But what you’re really tellin
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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 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: FRANCIS (CONT’D) Don’t you look
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