He pulls the reverend aside and asks for a favor in the morning’s service. Not as easy sailing as he might’ve hoped, but Underwood is never without a plan. Masters isn’t as cordial (Oren has clearly worked with the duo already and, sure enough, he’s nearby to advise ignoring Underwood). Masters mourns, but appreciates the sentiment of her congressman showing up. The first time Underwood actually encounters the Masters family is at a public vigil sponsored by the neighborhood church. That’s enough to get the ball rolling, and Underwood and the mayor look up something about county roads and power lines in the meantime. Maybe if it wasn’t lit up at night it’d be less of a distraction… and the city would save almost enough cash on electricity to send a kid to college. Underwood has a plan almost instantaneously-the city can raise $150,000 for a potential settlement and they’ll also sponsor anti-texting and driving billboards to go up ASAP near the Peachoid.
“We’ve been dealing with this for a week, Frank.” But as soon as he’s off the education conference line, Underwood can’t let that happen: They’re split on whether or not to let the Masters issue go to court on principle (she was, after all, illegally texting). His next move is to city hall, talking with the Mayor and a few city council members. Chase turns down political help because of his personal grudge against Frank, promising to make it messy. The text: "Doesn't the Peachoid look like a giant c-word." The local County Administrator Oren Chase has already touched base with the family, ready to run the Underwood smear campaign by talking the family into suing Gaffney.Įven though both Linda Vasquez and Spinella protest, Frank begrudgingly leaves the union negotiations and heads south with his new bodyguard, Edward Meechum, on damage control. But while that debate rages on, Doug Stamper pulls Frank out to watch a local news report.Ī 17-year-old girl ran off the road while texting her boyfriend at night back in Frank's hometown of Gaffney. Summaryįrank Underwood is in the middle of negotiating with Marty Spinella, head of the teacher's union, trying to bring everything together. Francis must leave union negotiations to deal with a crisis in his home district Zoe negotiates the politics of being a journalist on the rise.
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