Francis, I'm not going with you to New Hampshire.
Yes you are. I'll see you in the car.
I'm leaving you.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Claire is the First Lady of the United States, and you still think she made the wrong choice.
Reduced to tabloid gossip? She might as well be living in that trailer park you come from.
Well, it was a peach farm. But you're right, I am still white trash. I just happen to be white trash that lives in the White House.
Not even being president could give you any class.
LHLeAnn Harvey
I don't respond to threats.
You're speaking to the president.
LHLeAnn Harvey
Yes, I recognize his voice.
[to Claire about Frank] You're stronger than he is. But you gotta put him in his place.
You know, there was a boy that lived down the street from me in Gaffney, about my age. His name was Walter Wryson. He used to run away from home all the time and come to our house. Not for any good reason. His daddy didn't beat him. He had clothes on his back. The Wrysons had way more money than we did, but run away he would, at least once a month and come straight to our place. Now, usually, my mother would call his mother and she'd come and fetch him. But about the ninth or tenth time this happened, Walter ran outside, climbed up into a tree in our backyard, and wouldn't come down for nothing. Now, my mama said to his mama, "Why don't you let us keep him for a while, until he feels like coming home?" But man, oh, man, that boy was stubborn. Night came, and he was still up there. No food, no water no toilet. And just before I went to bed, I looked out my window and I heard him crying. And I said, "Walter, why don't you come on down?" And he just shook his head no. Well, the next morning, I woke up, I looked out the window and Walter was still up in that tree. So after breakfast, I walked over with a plate of eggs and I asked him if he wanted some. And again, he just shook his head. And I got angry. That boy had a good house, a good family, the sort I would've killed for, and he didn't even realize it. So I went into the tool shed and I took out an ax. And I said to Walter "You want to know what it's really like to live at my house?" And I gave that tree a good whack. And Walter cried out, but I kept on. I mean, you've never heard screams like the one coming from Walter as I chopped at that tree. He pissed his pants, and it came raining down on the ground, but I didn't pay it no mind. I just kept whacking away. Well it didn't take long before Walter was on the ground and running back to his house. You see, all he needed was a little motivation. So I'll give Claire some time. But for her sake, I hope she comes out of her tree before I have to bring out my ax.
I'm asking for your help. If you refuse to give it...
Help? You didn't lift a finger to help me when I got sick.
You didn't tell me you were sick!
Because you had turned your back on me! Oh, you are such a disappointment.
You don't want me to sell this house out from under you, but I will.
[pulling off her chemo wig] I am the mother. I am the mother!
[of Claire] It's as though she never left. And that's what I'm afraid of.
Listen, we need to stand together. I've endorsed Celia, and Claire can do a great deal for her in Texas.
DJDoris Jones
She's better off without the Underwoods at this point.
But what about your clinic?
DJDoris Jones
Imagine how that would look, holding our clinic for ransom.
I'm appealing to your good will, Congresswoman.
DJDoris Jones
When we stop getting beaten and shot, then you'll have my good will, Mr. President. Goodbye.
We make each other stronger. Can we agree to that?
When it's working, but it's not working.
We can make it work. We can accomplish that future I saw when we first got married. It was us, as partners, real partners. Let's run together again. Not just as husband and wife.
[stunned] You don't mean...
Yes.
I'm worried about you, Claire. You're not making any sense. You've let your ego get in the way...
I've always been your running mate. You just didn't want to see it.
As my vice president? Jesus, do you have any idea...
I've put a lot of thought into this.
You can't have thought it through! Because if you did, you have thought of a million...
She has no experience, she's never run for anything, no children, nepotism, arrogance. I've run through them all. You can't win without me.
I would rather have a spineless Donald Blythe as my vice president than a woman who has never held elected office.
You're losing to a woman who's never held elected office.
You don't deserve it. You have no idea what it means to have nothing. You don't value what we have achieved! I have had to fight for everything my entire life! [gets the picture of his father with a Klansman] Do you know why I kept this? Do you know why? Because it was the one time I was proud of my father. Because this man, in this moment, as despicable as it was, is fighting to survive! He is doing whatever it took! And so will I, with or without you. So no, I will not have this conversation. I refuse to indulge you any further. You have to let this go.
I can be a part of your campaign, or I can end it. I'll do whatever it take, too. Just like your father. But I will not let this go.
What do you think of this painting?
I'm not sure.
Walker and I sat here one night, stared up at a painting. The blue one that's in the Oval now. They replaced it with this.
It's not the American flag.
No. It's the Rebel flag, sinking into oblivion.
Is that a lightning bolt?
I assume, unless it's just a bad attempt at making the battleship a unicorn.
Watch your step. There's blood on the floor.
CGCharlie Gibson
There has been an attempted assassination of the President. President Frank Underwood has been shot. It occurred about ten minutes ago during a campaign event at Hammond University in Washington, D.C. We do not yet know how severely the president has been wounded. He is en route to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. We don't know how serious his condition may be. Footage of the assassination attempt is still making its way to us, and we expect to have that shortly. Witnesses are reporting that there was a quick succession of gunshots, four or five, a lone gunman whose identity we are still trying to determine. We've been told the gunman was killed, as well as at least one Secret Service agent, but we don't have definitive confirmation of that yet. We don't yet know who the gunman may be or who the agent is.
[Claire is told the bad news]
What's happened?
SSSecret Service Agent
The President's been shot.
[Cuts back to the newscast]
CGCharlie Gibson
I'm hearing now that the president received at least one gunshot to the abdomen, possibly more, that he clutched his stomach, that he fell instantly to the ground. And there were screams, people panicking, that it has been very chaotic at that scene. We have very little information at this time, other than shots were fired, the president wounded, but as I say, he is alive. We've gotten no official statement from the White House as of yet, either the president's precise condition or the whereabouts of Vice President Blythe. He is believed to be at the White House. We cannot confirm that, nor do we know if he will take over as Acting President, assuming the duties of the presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. That would seem likely, however, if the President's wounds are as serious as we believe them to be. This is a difficult moment for the country. It is not the first time that a president has been shot, in my lifetime, or in many of yours. But even for those of us who have experienced this before, it is no less of a shock. It is no less terrifying. It is the moment when our nation's resilience, when our collective strength, the moment when all of that is tested the most. And we can only imagine how difficult it must be for the First Lady.
Sorry about Frank.
Oh, please, don't bother. I've had enough people say "I'm sorry", and I know you don't mean it.
Courtesy never got me anywhere.
THTom Hammerschimidt
My advice is to let it go. You're gonna repeat the same goose chase we did.
I had to ask.
What does your editor say?
To let it go.
THTom Hammerschimidt
You see?
He's not as good as you are.
THTom Hammerschimidt
Was.
Wish you were at The Telegraph.
THTom Hammerschimidt
Yeah, let me know if anyone gets fired.
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