He reaches new levels of condescension when he tells Claire, “Don’t you see, I’ve designed this. Frank just shifts the title of “Most Powerful Position” to wherever he happens to be standing. All Frank wanted to be was president, but now that he can’t be president anymore, he has conveniently changed his mind about the importance of the presidency. Frank’s long, bloviating lecture to Claire about how real power actually isn’t in the White House just doesn’t add up. I get the feeling that Frank is just scrambling here, trying to make it look like he intended for things to end up this way all along, much like I pretend I totally was going for purposefully smudgy eyeliner when attempts at cat-eye fail. How powerful is Frank, really? Depends on whether or not you believe him when he says this is all unfolding exactly as he planned. This, even though he just resigned the presidency, ceding all real power to his wife with whom he doesn’t exactly have a, shall we say, Barack-and-Michelle rapport. Frank spends a lot of time pontificating about how brilliant he is, as usual, not just to us but to Claire, Romero, Mark, Jane, and basically everyone. What did Frank know and when did he know it? I’m busting out this presidential cliché because so much of this season finale - and your enjoyment of it - likely hinges on your answers to those questions.
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