![]() ![]() So now the world knows that Claire fell asleep in Adam’s presence and - okay, let’s backtrack a moment. Daily News, so, like the New York Post, I guess? Why not make a fake Gawker? Or, better yet, why not have some plot continuity and have the photo leak on Slugline? Would make way more sense in this internet age, but I guess dealing with the print-web divide is so last season. But he has come in contact with the Underwoods, who reverse-Midas the world and turn the lives of everyone they touch to misery.Īdam’s untrustworthy associate outs Adam to Remy, and Remy uses his seemingly limitless powers as a lobbyist to leak the photo Adam took of Claire while she was sleeping. ![]() So it’s a pretty major statement when I, renowned dismisser of all things Adam, say that I feel badly for this guy, who wanted nothing but to live out his stealth-photo-taking, loft-having dreams in peace. No one but Frank and Claire get to really have passion, vision, desires, hopes, weaknesses, histories non-Underwoods exist only to demonstrate, through their failures, that Claire and Frank will always succeed. This is great for snappy chess-themed one-liners, but it makes for pretty dull television (Netflix-ision?) because it means most characters aren’t characters at all. In House of Cards, everyone is just a pawn for the all-mighty Underwoods. At one point during “Chapter 22,” Adam tries to impress upon Remy the gravity of his situation: “This is my life you’re fucking with.” Remy, impassive: “You and I are just pawns, Mr.
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