Chapter 5 (House of Cards)
| "Chapter 5" | |
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| House of Cards episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Written by | Sarah Treem |
| Produced by |
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| Featured music | Jeff Beal |
| Cinematography by | Eigil Bryld |
| Editing by | Michelle Tesoro |
| Production code | HOC-105 |
| Original air date | February 1, 2013 |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
"Chapter 5" (or "Episode 105") is the fifth episode of the first season of the American political thriller drama series House of Cards. It premiered on February 1, 2013, when it was released along with the rest of the first season on the American streaming service Netflix.
Frank (Kevin Spacey) is still at Zoe's (Kate Mara) apartment. She tells Frank about the job offers she is getting from different media outlets including "Slugline" – a Political journalism organization similar to Politico. She also talks about Hammerschmidt (Boris McGiver), who fired her from The Washington Herald and all the press that both of them are getting. Frank drops her phone into a glass of water to avoid any press leak of their conversation, and buys her two phones: one for work and other for their conversations. When Frank returns to Claire (Robin Wright), she asks about Zoe. Frank says that she is a "mouthpiece and can be controlled."
At Russo's (Corey Stoll) office, Christina (Kristen Connolly) packs her stuff and leaves, to his distress. Frank has a heated conversation with Marty Spinella (Al Sapienza), the head lobbyist for the teacher's union, who is infuriated because Frank lied to him. Meanwhile, Zoe decides to take the job at Slugline. At the Democratic National Committee, Frank praises DNC chair Patricia Whittaker (Suzanne Savoy) as one of the few competent people around, to get her on board.
A friend of Russo's, Paul Capra (Wass Stevens), comes into his office to ask him to stop the closure of the shipyard and save the 12,000 jobs it provides. Paul reminds him that his promise to keep the shipyard open was what got him elected in the first place. Peter cannot reveal that Frank forced him to refuse to give testimony against the closure at the hearing, and Paul leaves, angrily declaring that Peter isn't the person he used to be.
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