Who was leaking info in House of Cards?

Frank, Claire, Doug, and Usher discuss impeachment and the idea of censure, which Frank and Doug oppose. The next day, Hammerschmidt discovers leaked information: that the White House staged a terrorist attack on Election Day.
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Who leaked the photos in House of Cards?

Cue opening credits. In Chapter 44 of House of Cards, fever dreams ravage the mind and tickle the conscience of the king, while the world on the outside keeps on spinning. Doug discovers it was Seth who leaked the photo of Frank and the rebel solider to the media and he tries to fire him.
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Does Doug Stamper betray Frank?

During a tense confrontation in the Oval Office, Doug confesses to Claire that he was Frank's murderer. Doug murdered him when Frank went to the White House to kill Claire, who had refused to pardon him.
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Who killed Claire Underwood?

It wasn't until the final face-off between the two people closest to the former President Underwood that Doug confessed to Claire (who relinquished her Underwood name) that he killed Frank to protect “the legacy from the man.” Frank was going to the White House to murder Claire following the events of the season five ...
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Who sent Hammerschmidt the birthday card?

He's down to take the hit, and his confession to LeAnn made it seemed like guilt about Rachel is why. What's more, it turns out he's been the one sending birthday cards to Hammerschmidt—and while the initial leaked info may have been true, it built the trust so as to later plant disinformation.
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Best Speech in House of Cards



Was Doug the leak?

DOUG IS THE LEAK, I REPEAT, DOUG STAMPER BETRAYED THE ONLY MAN HE HAS EVER CARED FOR. Then Doug goes to LeAnn, where he lies about killing Zoe Barnes but uses the confession to get out all his feels about blunt-force-trauma-ing Rachel to death. This mash-up admission does not convince LeAnn of anything.
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Who was leaking information to Hammerschmidt?

In the last episode (S05E13) Frank explains to Claire that he was the leak to Tom Hammerschmidt because he saw that nobody was going to stop and eventually enough information would get out that he would constantly be questioned.
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Who is the father of Claire Underwood's baby?

Later, in “Chapter 71,” we learn the real truth about everyone's parentage. Yes, Claire is pregnant with the late Frank Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) child, but that's not the only mommy shocker. Duncan isn't Annette's child at all — his biological mother is a housekeeper who had a one-night fling and became pregnant.
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How did Claire Underwood get pregnant?

In season two, Claire and Frank had explored their fertility options and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene in season six confirmed that Claire ended up using Frank's frozen sperm to impregnate herself.
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Why was Leann Harvey killed?

After the resignation of Frank Underwood as President of the United States, she was designated to be the White House Chief of Staff. However, while driving later that night, she was tailed by contractors employed by the Underwoods and subsequently killed.
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Why is Doug Stamper so loyal to Frank?

He contributes to Frank and is needed by him as much as Frank thinks he can do it by himself. That is true power. In season 3, Doug over time has collected "dirt" on everyone and has connections, which make him a valuable asset.
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What was in Claire Underwood's Journal?

He did this by lying to her some more about working for the Second Lady Claire Underwood, convincing her to hand over her husband's entire journal, containing 60 years worth of his personal memories and professional notes, by telling her his entire legacy would be destroyed should the journal come into wrong hands.
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Is Rachel really dead in House of Cards?

Later, wanting his friend freed of the FBI's grasp and having fled himself, Gavin tells Doug that Rachel is in fact still alive and that he has found her but the only way he will give Doug her location is if he clears his friend of the charges against him.
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How does Seth betray Frank?

Then, Doug openly suspected Seth of betraying Frank by demanding he hand over his phone and email records after a photo of Frank's father shaking hands with a KKK member gets leaked and splattered across a billboard.
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What happened to Adam Galloway in House of Cards?

International photographer and heartthrob Adam Galloway (Ben Daniels) gets his head bitten off and chewed by former lover Claire when he's implicated in a nude photo scandal he had nothing to do with.
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Who is Claire's lover in House of Cards?

She herself has an affair with an old boyfriend, Adam Galloway (Ben Daniels). By the end of the season, Walker appoints Frank the Vice President of the United States, making Claire the Second Lady of the United States.
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How many abortions did Claire Underwood have?

The couple agreed not to have children, and in the finale of Season 1, it was revealed that Claire has had three abortions.
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Why did Claire and Frank split up?

In the third season, the added pressure of having Frank as the POTUS and Claire's desire to get her own career going complicated things considerably, and that all managed to drive a wedge between the two.
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Who made Claire Underwood pregnant?

Yep, President Claire Underwood is preggers. That twist came late in the eight-episode Season 6. Claire got pregnant with the late President Frank Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) baby thanks to IVF, using Frank's frozen sperm from a trip to the doctor back in Season 2.
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Why does Claire make eggs?

She proceeds to crack two eggs into a pan, frying up her womanhood and First Lady duties simultaneously. Claire's desire to work as the US Ambassador is coded as "masculine" ambition, but she acquires the position through nepotism, which highlights her weakness as a candidate and woman.
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Who is Duncan Shepard's mother?

Duncan Shepherd is the son of Annette Shepherd and the nephew of Bill Shepherd.
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Why was House of Cards canceled?

In October 2017, Netflix unexpectedly canceled House of Cards as the show was heading into its sixth season—a decision that came on the heels of a Buzzfeed article in which actor Anthony Rapp alleged that Kevin Spacey made sexual advances toward him in 1986, when Spacey was 26 and Rapp was just 14.
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Does Will Conway become president?

Neither Conway nor Frank receive the 26 votes in the House needed to win, meaning that the Senate's vice presidential selection between Claire and Conway's running mate, General Ted Brockhart, will assume the duties of the Presidency until the House votes again.
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How did Claire poison Tom?

Claire goes to visit Tom at Mark Usher's house to tell him not to publish the book and finds out that the only copy of the manuscript is in her possession. She seduces him one last time and fatally poisons him with an overdose of Gelsemium, the migraine medicine Jane Davis gave her at the beginning of the episode.
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Why does Doug have the birthday cards?

It is revealed that Doug is in possession of birthday cards that have been used to send to Hammerschmidt. Claire discovers that Tom has been continuing his manuscript, including the things she confessed to him, such as Zoe and Russo's murder.
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