House of Cards:
Season:     1     / Episode:     11    
Chapter 11

Kenny Powers, a former star baseball player, returns to his hometown but immediately finds that he is not as respected as he once was. He becomes a full time gym teacher while training to return to the pros.

Francis "Frank" Underwood is an ambitious Democratic congressman and the House Majority Whip. Underwood helped ensure the election of President Garrett Walker, who promised to appoint Underwood as Secretary of State. However, before Walker is sworn in, Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez announces that the president will not honor the agreement and will instead nominate Senator Michael Kern. Linda tells Frank that they want him to continue helping their administration from within the House of Representatives, starting with working on an education reform bill with Representative Donald Blythe. Furious at Walker's betrayal, Underwood and his wife Claire, an environmental activist, make a pact to destroy Kern. Underwood begins seeking out pawns in his war against Walker. When the troubled Rep. Peter Russo is arrested for drunk driving, Underwood offers him a reprieve in exchange for his loyalty. Underwood also encounters Zoe Barnes, a young political reporter for the Washington Herald newspaper; the two come to an agreement where Underwood will give Barnes inside information, starting with a copy of the first draft of Blythe's education bill.

Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.