House-of-Cards-Pilot-Script

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30.Things like a 12 year-old kid taunting: “Imma cap your assmuthafucka” and some redneck retorting: “Suck it dickless”The lowest of low culture, if you can even call it culture.FRANCISGoing to bed?CLAIREAre you coming?FRANCISI’ll be there in a bit.CLAIREDon’t stay up all night.Claire leans down and kisses him on the forehead. Leaves.Francis puts his headset back on. The online TAUNTS andEXCLAMATIONS resume, full-force.CUT TO the flat-screen TV. It’s Grand Theft Auto - acomplete bloodbath. Francis’ avatar starts blowing peopleaway. Death. Carnage. Glorious vulgarity.INT. CAB - NIGHT.The cab pulls up in front of Zoe’s apartment. Zoe and Brianare in the back seat. Zoe’s got Brian’s jacket draped overher. She hands it to Brian.ZOEThanks so much. I’ll call you.She gives him a platonic peck on the cheek. Opens the door.Wait...BRIANShe turns back.BRIAN (CONT’D)I thought you had a good time.ZOEI did. I’ve never been to theopera before. I loved it.BRIANSo...can I come up?She just looks at him patiently.
31.BRIAN (CONT’D)I guess that’s a no.ZOEYou’re really sweet, Brian. I’msorry if I gave you the wrong idea.He looks dejected. She’s not going to let this turn into aconversation.ZOE (CONT’D)Thanks again for inviting me. Itwas wonderful.(squeezes his hand)Have a good night.And she’s out of the cab. She throws one last glance back atBrian, a pity glance. Then she’s off. Quick, clean,relatively painless.INT. ZOE’S APARTMENT - NIGHT.The sound of keys, the bolt unlocking. The door opens andZoe enters. Tosses her purse on the bed (just a mattress onthe floor, no bed frame) and slips off her heels.Goes to the fridge. It’s pretty empty - just yogurt, some oldtake-out containers, an empty Britta. She grabs a yogurt.Fishes a power bar out of a drawer. Heads over to hercomputer - a laptop amidst of a sea of papers and notes. Herdesk is just a plywood board perched on cinder blocks.She dips the power bar directly into the yogurt (no spoon) asthe computer screen jumps to life. Her fingers fly over thekeyboard. New window. Email. Password. Inbox. Mostlywork stuff. But there’s a new message at the very top:FROM: Photogangsta@WashingtonHerald.com SUBJECT: FrankUnderwood ASS-WHIPPED.She clicks on the message. A photo fills the screen: Francischecking out Zoe’s ass when she passed him on the steps ofthe Kennedy Center.There’s text beneath the photo: If you want em to take youseriously, maybe wear more than G-string?Command N. New window. Keys punched at lightning speed.Google Search. “Frank Underwood.” Wikipedia comes up.Click. The words “House Majority Whip” stick out. Zoeconsiders this for a moment. Clicks back to the otherscreen. Looks at the photo. Hits reply. Types quickly:
Page 1 and 2: EXT. UNDERWOOD RESIDENCE - NIGHTSLO
Page 3 and 4: 3.FRANCISI’m so sorry. I’ll hav
Page 5 and 6: 5.FRANCIS (CONT’D)But it’s time
Page 7 and 8: 7.HAMMERSCHMIDTAny guess what’s o
Page 9 and 10: 9.ZOEBut what you’re really telli
Page 11 and 12: 11.VASQUEZThanks for coming Frank.(
Page 13 and 14: 13.VASQUEZThere are lots of deservi
Page 15 and 16: 15.I know...EVELYNCLAIREWe want CWA
Page 17 and 18: 17.CLAIRE (CONT’D)You don’t not
Page 19 and 20: 19.As she ascend the stairs we hear
Page 21 and 22: 21.FRANCIS(to the camera)I love tha
Page 23 and 24: 23.STAMPERWho do you want?FRANCISA
Page 25 and 26: 25.FELICITY(to Claire,sympathetical
Page 27 and 28: 27.CHRISTINAAs long as they’re go
Page 29: 29.A cab pulls up. Zoe emerges. She
Page 33 and 34: 33.VASQUEZ (CONT’D)(points)Do the
Page 35 and 36: 35.FRANCIS (CONT’D)(calls out)Dou
Page 37 and 38: 37.Evelyn nods.CLAIREAnd you’re a
Page 39 and 40: 39.ZOEGood, then I’ll get straigh
Page 41 and 42: 41.ZOEI don’t doubt it. And yes,
Page 43 and 44: 43.CLAIREAren’t they all?EXT. MIC
Page 45 and 46: 45.STAMPER (CONT’D)Doug Stamper -
Page 47 and 48: 47.CLAIREThe Holburns.FRANCISWhy on
Page 49 and 50: 49.Blythe nods.FRANCIS (CONT’D)Th
Page 51 and 52: 51.DURANTSecretary of State?FRANCIS
Page 53 and 54: 53.She ends the call.ZOE (CONT’D)
Page 55 and 56: 55.INT. BLAIR HOUSE - VASQUEZ’S O
Page 57 and 58: 57.FRANCISBecause it’s my job to
Page 59 and 60: 59.HAMMERSCHMIDTYou read the whole
Page 61 and 62: 61.We ZOOM IN on Francis and Claire
Page 63 and 64: 63.FRANCIS (CONT’D)Don’t you lo
Page 65: 65.-- A COP CAR with its lights fla

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