House of Cards is Netflix’s political drama (2013–2018), and Kate Mara’s Zoe Barnes, the Washington reporter who trades stories with Frank Underwood, is the reason its first season felt dangerous.
Netflix released season two on Valentine’s Day 2014, which is either a joke or a threat, depending on how you feel about the Underwoods. What happens in House of Cards S2E1 In “Chapter 14,” the season opener, Zoe finishes sex with Lucas Goodwin (Sebastian Arcelus) and walks to the shower, with the camera following her
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Nobody undresses. Nobody needs to. What happens in House of Cards S1E9 Washington loves the word “access.” Politicians trade it, reporters beg for it, and entire careers are built on who returns whose calls. This is what access looks like once it stops being a metaphor. In “Chapter 9,” Zoe and Frank don’t make it
Zoe Barnes has built a career on the idea that information is power. Then she lets a congressman point a phone camera at her. What happens in House of Cards S1E5 In “Chapter 5,” Zoe and Frank have moved from off the record to off the clothes. With her back to him, she slips off
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There are power couples, and then there’s Zoe Barnes and Frank Underwood, which is less a couple than a transaction with the lights turned down. What happens in House of Cards S1E7 Zoe is a young Washington reporter who works out early that a congressman with an agenda is worth more than any press pass.
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Start with the S1E7 bedroom scene, then the S1E9 wall scene, which keeps its clothes on and loses its patience. The S1E5 photo scene and the season-two shower walk are here too, but the nude shots in both belong to a body double, not Kate Mara, and we say so on every frame. Mara plays every power game in that town better than the men running it, and I have been a fan ever since.