House-of-Cards-Pilot-Script

64.FRANCISI’ll be fine. A little cold neverhurt anyone.Freddy nods and heads inside. Francis turns to the camera.FRANCIS (CONT’D)My one guilty pleasure is a goodracks of ribs. Even at 7:30 in themorning. I have the whole place tomyself. Freddy opens up just forme...Francis at a table, breath condensing in the cold air.FRANCIS (CONT’D)Where I grew up in South Carolinanobody had two pennies to rubtogether. A rack of ribs was aluxury, like Christmas in July.I’ve had a weakness for them eversince.CUT TO:Freddy comes outside with a steaming plate of ribs. Placesthem before Francis. Before digging in, Francis glances atthe newspaper he brought with him.Zoe’s breaking story, detailing the contents of the leakedEducation Bill, occupies a huge swath of the front page. Theheadline reads:EDUCATION BILL FAR LEFT OF CENTERWe PAN DOWN to see Zoe’s byline in bold above the article.QUICK MONTAGE-- Blythe in his office staring at the article on hiscomputer. Complete horror.-- Vasquez in the back of an SUV scrolling through herblackberry in even more horror.-- Zoe, Lucas and Hammerschmidt gathered around a computerwhere a TECH GUY is monitoring a graph.TECH GUYThe web traffic is crazy.-- Janine watching Zoe, Hammer and Lucas from a distance,eyes narrowed - jealous.