Card five all episodes1/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Why, he had two gay ministers in his cabinet and his favourite family members were gay, too. (Sorry, esteemed President Petrov.) The Russian leader told Frank he wasn’t homophobic. Lars Mikkelsen was captivating as a gaunt Muscovite slimeball of a sex pest. Plus, I am very sorry for corrupting innocent Russian children with my sick sexual preferences.” Naturally, Corrigan wouldn’t sign, no matter how much Claire tried to sweet-talk him in his cell – not least because he felt a debt of honour to Russia’s jailed gay-rights protesters, who, unlike him, wouldn’t be going home on Air Force One even if they ate Russian humble pie.Īs for President Petrov, he proved to be Frank Underwood in a colder climate – the worst kind of hypocrite, one who knows he is unprincipled but carries on regardless, holding on to power at any cost. The Russians required him to read a prepared statement saying – I’m quoting the spirit, if not the exact text – “I admire the homophobic Russian president and am grateful to him for his gay propaganda law which makes deviant lives like mine even more difficult to endure than hitherto. ![]() There was one sticking point: Russia had jailed Michael Corrigan, an American gay-rights campaigner, and the whole deal hinged on his release. Frank had hoped to revive the bilateral pact whereby Russia and the US would, counterintuitively, bring peace to the Middle East via a joint military force in the Israel-occupied Jordan Valley – thus making Israelis and Palestinians realise how much they love each other. ![]() Like Napoleon and Hitler, the Underwoods were retreating from Moscow with their misbegotten ambitions in tatters. ![]() Clearly, Air Force One needs to be fitted with not one but two simmer-down steps.Īnd then, in one of those thankfully rare times this series, Frank spoke directly to camera. “I should never have made you president,” snapped back Claire. “I should never have you made you ambassador,” said Frank. T he Underwoods were snarling at each other at 35,000 feet. ![]()
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