With the leaked bill being in the news now Francis seems to have gained some ground against his rivals. Francis must meet with Linda again to discuss the mess the leak has caused. Evelyn a worker for Claire finds it hard to know she must fire at least half the company. Francis has taken the bill from Donald bringing in six workers to help him finish it. Zoe meets with Francis once again with him giving her a story that could only be used for questioning other then being explosive. The story about Kern is put online and when he is asked about he ruins himself by laughing at the serious issues he is asked about. Peter is with his girlfriend getting a phone call which makes him have to leave. Peter meets with the close worker of Francis who tells him he must call in sick to work and get a flight out to meet the maybe writer of the piece causing troubles for Kern. Francis has his young workers on the bill stuck in the room for sometime even though they are not finished yet. The news of Kern becomes even worse and worse for him. Peter arrives at the house of the guy and while there he is made take some drugs with the guys. The women who was in the car with Peter is paid off to keep her mouth shut. Claire bought Francis a exercise machine that he still refuses to use. Peter makes a joint for the guy and has him lie saying Michael wrote the piece. Evelyn fires 18 people with Claire coming into firing her. Zoe brings some more information to her boss and immediately wants her to give him the juicy details. Kern after so much controversy loses the secretary of state nomination. Francis meets with Zoe once again telling her to spread the story of Katherine Durran being the new nominee and the story spreads quite quickly. Frances is very impressed by the new bill and so is Linda. Co-Workers of Zoe wonder how she got so much so quickly but she just goes to do her TV interview as the office watch her. Francis now safe listens to Claire using the exercise machine that she got him. Maybe not as good as the pilot but still a strong episode overall. All the actors were good a Stoll made an even bigger impression the second time around.
EPISODE GRADE: B+ (MVP: Corey Stoll)
EPISODE GRADE: B+ (MVP: Corey Stoll)
