Pugliese added of Rachel's subsequent murder, "At some point, we thought there was a price to pay for these women that disappear on this show. "It was interesting to us that he was going to look at his own role in not taking this young woman seriously at the time, when she was really onto something and telling the truth," says James Gibson of the eager journalist, who was pushed to her death in a subway meetup with Frank. Tom Hammerschmidt (Boris McGiver) finally found some justice for Zoe with Doug pleading guilty to her murder, and that's because finding justice for Zoe was something the co-showrunners set out to do. She was an animal in D.C., and I feel like Tom was always an outsider. I don't think there will be any grand inquisition as to where the writer of these semi-popular novels has disappeared to." As for whether or not he thinks Yates will be Claire's only casualty, the actor surmises, "It might get easier for her. ![]() In fact, maybe people would celebrate that finally they don't have to see that side of Claire. Telling THR, "I feel like Tom Yates had become so insular to just Claire that I don't think anybody would give a shit if he's there. The murder is a turning point for the character, something James Gibson's credits to Wright's portrayal in the scene: "You really feel the cost of that action." Pugliese adds, "The show has always wrestled with this idea of: How much humanity do you sacrifice in the pursuit of power? There’s the almost extreme version of it with Tom Yates, who is demanding humanity of Claire." Despite Yates' other paramour asking about his whereabouts in the finale, Sparks doesn't believe that Yates' disappearance will be investigated like Zoe's was. "We knew we had to create the worst possible price for her to pay and that was clearly it." In one of the season's biggest twists, Claire killed her lover by poisoning him and watching him die while the two were having sex. I’ve been side-by-side with that dude for the better part of five years."Īt what point did the pair decide Tom Yates (Sparks) was going to become an Underwood casualty? "We knew pretty early," says James Gibson. "That’s not a character that’s going to go away easily and how he reinvents himself, even in a political way, I think is going to be a blast to see." For his part, Kelly said being the best he can be at his job is "what makes him tick." He added, "He has a serious addiction to work and people so for him, it’s his job and Frank." Which is why he isn't convinced just yet that his future would require a separation from Frank: "We’ve talked about some scenarios that could play out. "We’ll see what his recovery looks like and what he ends up like after recovery," says Pugliese of the journey ahead for Frank's most loyal staffer. After taking the fall for Frank over the season-two death of Zoe, Doug is now on house arrest, his political future looking bleak. Have no fear, "Doug Stamper will never be sidelined!" says James Gibson of Frank's right-hand man, played by Kelly. His partner, Melissa James Gibson, added, "Fasten your seatbelts." With Claire's legacy on the line and Frank sidelined, Wright - who also directed the final two episodes - told THR after the finale that she envisions Claire being the "greatest president" that House of Cards has ever had: "How she gets there and achieves that is a whole other thing regarding the opera of the show." "Now that she’s become more ambitious, or actually just more pronounced with her ambitions openly about what she wants, her complicity is going to be different than Francis’ complicity," explained co-showrunner Frank Pugliese when speaking to THR after the finale. After first speaking to the audience in the 11th episode, she closed season five with her second message to viewers - "My turn" - and cemented herself as the next, fourth-wall breaking and murderous POTUS. Though Frank claimed it was all part of his plan, President Claire Underwood is the one who now sits behind the Resolute Desk, while Frank is moved out and couldn't even get his wife to answer his calls. After killing her lover Tom Yates (Paul Sparks), the Claire viewers once knew was set on a new trajectory in season five.
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