Chapter 6 (House of Cards)
| "Chapter 6" | |
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| House of Cards episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Written by | Sam Forman |
| Produced by |
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| Featured music | Jeff Beal |
| Cinematography by | Eigil Bryld |
| Editing by | Michelle Tesoro |
| Production code | HOC-106 |
| Original air date | February 1, 2013 |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
"Chapter 6" (or "Episode 106") is the sixth 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.
The National Teacher's Strike endures for almost a month incensing protesters enough to cause the White House to panic. Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez (Sakina Jaffery) speaks with Frank (Kevin Spacey) to inform him of United States President Garrett Walker's (Michel Gill) decision to modify the education reform bill in order to appease the teachers. Frank, however, is reluctant to concede to the demands of the teachers and pleads Linda to give him a week to end the strike without compromising the bill.
Claire (Robin Wright) invites their bodyguard Edward Meechum (Nathan Darrow) inside the house for a cup of coffee where he acquiesces to Claire invitation, despite his reluctance. Soon after, a brick is thrown at the Underwoods' window. Meechum gets in trouble when Frank imparts his displeasure at the bodyguard leaving his post and using his weapon at a residential neighborhood. Frank demands Meechum’s termination and the reinstatement of their former bodyguard, Steve. The Underwoods learn that Steve (Chance Kelly) is suffering from stage four pancreatic cancer. Meechum reaches out to Frank accepting responsibility and pleading mercy. He requests Frank talk to Captain Cardiff (Brian Russell) for his reinstatement but he refused to help.
Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) receives a call from Frank who wants her to write about the brick incident pointing the story at Spinella (Al Sapienza). Claire comes up with an idea and calls Spinella's leadership as disorganized labor. Soon everyone on the news begins calling Spinella's union leadership as disorganized labor and blames him for the violence. Marty begins to figure out a way to strike back while his media consultant recommends making a statement with the addition of assigning blame to Congress. He believes that the issue with the brick will disappear, but his team reminds him that the support for the strike has dipped, because of the incident.
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