House-of-Cards-Pilot-Script

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48.Yes.BLYTHEFrancis 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. Heyanks out the half devoured sheets and tosses them in thewaste basket with the rest of the 600 page document.FRANCISThe bill is garbage, Harry, and youknow it. You’ve wasted your timeand mine. I’m not happy.BLYTHEI’m sorry Frank...FRANCISI don’t want apologies, I want apassable bill. Tax increases? Theban on vouchers? A FederalOversight Commission? How am Isupposed to work with that? Youhave to help me help you.BLYTHEI’ll rewrite it.FRANCISBy the inauguration.BLYTHEIf you want something from scratchthat’s going to be -FRANCISYou have less than a week.BLYTHEThat was years worth of work.FRANCISThen get me a short-form draft.Get me something I can put yourname on. We can flesh out the longformlater.Francis points to the waste basket.
49.Blythe nods.FRANCIS (CONT’D)That version is dead. Erase everycopy 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-writethe bill myself. Not because Icare what’s in it. I only careabout where it gets me. And if itgets me rubbing shoulders withWalker again, it’s served itspurpose. But to do that I need abill I can pass. Ideology is forstanding still on a soapbox. Inever stand still. I wantmomentum.INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHTTIGHT 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.STAMPERCome on in.The Call-Girl takes a look around the room, impressed. Sheunzips her overcoat. Let’s it fall to the ground. She’sonly 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 willthat get me?She eyes him, a little frightened.CALL-GIRLI mean I’m kinky, but I don’t knowif I’m the girl you’re looking for.
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 and 30: 29.A cab pulls up. Zoe emerges. She
Page 31 and 32: 31.BRIAN (CONT’D)I guess that’s
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: 47.CLAIREThe Holburns.FRANCISWhy on
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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