Likewise, Claire sabotages and damages Frank’s chances in the primary and she threatens to continue to do so unless he makes the unprecedented move of naming Claire as his running mate. Frank and Claire are still angry with one another, and Frank sabotages Claire’s plans for political office in Texas. Claire returns to her mother Elizabeth’s estate for the duration of her stay in Texas. Frank is still in the midst of the primary struggle with Heather Dunbar and Claire has left him, heading back home to Dallas with the intention of running for Congress. The first three episodes of season four deal with the fallout of and continue the general story arc from the third season. If you do not wish to know certain major plot points of this season, stop reading.
Before I go any further, here is the traditional warning and signpost for spoilers.
However, at his request, I have spent the last few days digesting the fourth season and my conclusions are this: it is not great, but it is certainly an improvement. I initially had little interest or intent of going back to HoC for a fourth time, since I found the show to have generally begun a downward trend since killing Zoe Barnes in the first episode of the second season. A friend of mine from college asked me the other day when I would be reviewing the most recent season of House of Cards.