What to Remember Before Watching ‘House of Cards’ Season 5 After spotting the headline, “Underwood’s Crooked Path to the Oval Office,” Conway tells his wife, “You’re gonna be the next first lady of the United States.” Maybe so, but it seems that the poor guy still doesn’t quite understand who he’s up against. Undeterred by Frank’s weak, off-the-record denial of accusations by the House Minority Whip Jackie Sharp (Molly Parker), Frank’s former chief of staff Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali) and the disgraced ex-president Garrett Walker (Michel Gill), he publishes an article that cites all three of them as sources and may still jeopardize the Underwoods’ reign. Meanwhile, when the journalist Tom Hammerschmidt (Boris McGiver) publishes a damning report on how Frank schemed his way into the White House, it’s Claire who figures out how the Underwoods can recover. As Frank negotiates with the terrorists in the War Room, Claire has Ahmadi transported to a government safe house in Virginia, where she talks him into ordering his followers to release the hostages. In the finale, he drives to Laura’s house, where she kisses his hand and tells him to come back to her place after he’s done at the White House. Having long ago manipulated his way to the Oval Office, Frank (Kevin Spacey), the ruthless politician at the center of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” spent the show’s fourth season on the campaign trail — with his steely wife, Claire (Robin Wright), as an unlikely running mate.
