![]() ![]() Claire directs her to fire CWI employees, cutting the staff by half. This is met with great misgivings by her office manager. Keen to be on the international stage, she decides to change her organization to one that supports international well-digging to provide clean water. In the opening episode, she deems the otherwise-successful charity to have too limited a footprint. ![]() She seems to use her charity to cultivate her own power and influence, yet its ultimate purpose remains unknown. Frank's wife Claire runs an NGO, the Clean Water Initiative ("CWI"), but her intentions are not made explicit. In reality, Underwood begins an elaborate plan behind the president's back, with the ultimate goal of gaining power for himself. Inwardly seething, Underwood quickly gains control of his anger and hides his disappointment to present himself as a helpful lieutenant to the president and his agenda. Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez tells Underwood that the president wants him to promote his agenda in Congress and will not honor their agreement. After securing the election of President Garrett Walker to get himself appointed Secretary of State, Underwood is devastated to learn that he is being passed over. Along this theme we follow Underwood, a power-hungry Democratic congressman from South Carolina and House majority whip. Of course, this, too, is a genius spin, because he doesn't really reveal anything except adorable photos and videos of his family.Season 1 The series opens with congressman Francis "Frank" Underwood displaying his ruthless pragmatism by killing a suffering pet dog with his bare hands while explaining to the audience how there are times when we require someone to do the unpleasant yet necessary thing. To make everything look aboveboard, he puts a bunch of data from his cell phone on his website for voters to access, which gives them the illusion that they're snooping through his emails just as much as he might be snooping through theirs. The spin he manages on the story is pretty genius, as he expertly makes it look like he's using search engine data to connect with voters he can't meet personally. He pledges to the public that he only uses Pollyhop's metadata for broad-scale information to get to know his voter base better. To fix his hurt image, Conway decides to host a webcast in which he explains that he's teamed up with the search engine, a stunt not technically regulated by law because Pollyhop's data is proprietary, which means they can do whatever they want with it. ![]() He gets caught in bed with Pollyhop, a search engine who is sharing user data (and, by extension, voter information) with him for the campaign. As the Governor of New York and 2016 GOP candidate, however, he does not come without his share of scandal. Air Force airman who enlisted after 9/11. On House of Cards, Kinnaman plays Will Conway, a U.S. Will Conway is played by Joel Kinnaman on House of Cards, who you might recognize him from other marathon-worthy series on Netflix, because he's just that good. Whether you like the character or not, Conway is kind of a rock star, and that's partly because of the guy portraying him. House of Cards Season 4 evidently takes place in a dystopian future, because its fictional Governor of New York is a Republican named Will Conway, who just so happens to be going up against Frank Underwood - now running unopposed in the Democratic primary - in the race for President.
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