Season

Season 5

by Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Boris McGiver and 1 others

Season five picks up where season four left off: in the midst of a tense presidential election that puts the Underwoods on the same ticket against energetic Republican upstart Will Conway. Viewers will see how their heated campaigns play out as well as wh

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Characters

Kevin Spacey (17)Frank Underwood (17)Frank Pugliese (6)Melissa James Gibson (5)John Mankiewicz (4)Matt Hubbard (4)Kenneth Lin (4)Robin Wright (3)Bill Kennedy (3)Tian Jun Gu (3)

“Do you want to live? Tell us what we want. Tell us what we want to hear.”

— John Mankiewicz, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Threats, Appeasement

“The American people don’t know what’s best for them. I do. I know exactly what they need. They’re like little children, Claire. Children we never had. We have to hold their sticky fingers and wipe their filthy mouths. Teach them right from wrong. Tell them what to think and how to feel and what to w…”

— Kenneth Lin, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Children, Americans, Arrogance, Condescension

“We need to dial up the terror...”

— Frank Pugliese, Claire Underwood, Robin Wright, imdb.com

Tagged: Terror, Dial it Up

“Fear is un-American. And yes, the irony of saying those words to you on Halloween, of all days, is not lost on me. But although we may choose, as Americans, to scare ourselves once a year for fun...no one else tells any American when to shake in their boots at any other time.”

— Tian Jun Gu, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Fear, Unamerican, Halloween

“If a man is not smart enough to be able to use whatever is in front of him and still make it work...well, then...that’s just a failure of the imagination.”

— Tian Jun Gu, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Smart, Imagination, Failure

“You could wake up tomorrow...and...I don’t know, feed the children...start a war...”

— Bill Kennedy, Thomas Yates, Paul Sparks, imdb.com

Tagged: Understatement, War

“He’s hiding something...but it doesn’t matter. He’s modern. He makes the presidency accessible. I mean, don’t you want to see the candidate stay up all night?”

— John Mankiewicz, Thomas Yates, Paul Sparks, imdb.com

Tagged: Modern, Presidency, Accessible

“The identity of the next President of these United States is once again in the hands of a bunch of self-serving, money-hungry, boot-licking, power-seeking politicians who can be seduced or sucker punched or blackmailed into submission. And all I need is just one more vote than the other guy.”

— Bill Kennedy, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Identity, US President, Boot-Licking, Money-Hungry, Power-seeking

“You know, they say the most vulnerable part of the human body...is the throat...and that you never really know how you feel about somebody...until they have their hands around your throat. So tell me...how do you feel now?”

— Kenneth Lin, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Death Threats, Choking

“You see, my feeling is, I think the Founding Fathers, they just got tired. And really, can you blame them? I mean, you can’t think of everything. Black swans, Murphy’s Law... I mean, at a certain point, you just have to sign off and cross your goddamn fingers and hope for the best.”

— Bill Kennedy, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Founding Fathers, Black Swan, Murphy's Law, Giving Up

“We both know something the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge. There is no justice, only conquest.”

— Tian Jun Gu, imdb.com

Tagged: Justice, Conquest

“...you can’t just sit back and admire the view. I’ve learned you’ve got to grab the present by the balls. That’s where the American people live.”

— John Mankiewicz, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Americans, Proactive

“History is earned. You win the day, and then you win the day after, and you do the same thing every day until you’re dead. And you’re remembered not for the winning, but because you never lost!”

— John Mankiewicz, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: History, Winning

“You made this bed, America. You voted for me. Are you confused? Are you afraid? Because what you thought you wanted is now here. And there you are, staring back, slackjawed, bewildered, wondering if this is what you actually asked for.”

— Kenneth Lin, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Slackjawed, Bewildered

“I’m not fucking you because I like you. I’m fucking you because I hate you.”

— Laura Eason, Laura Moretti, Wendy Moniz, imdb.com

Tagged: Hatefuck

“History has a way of looking better than it was.”

— Laura Eason, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: History, Hindsight

“But she is merciless. Single-minded as a single mind can be.”

— Kenneth Lin, Mark Usher, Campbell Scott, imdb.com

Tagged: merciless, Single-Minded

“Oh, don’t deny it. You’ve loved it. You don’t actually need me to stand for anything. You just need me to stand. To be the strong man. The man of action.”

— Frank Pugliese, Melissa James Gibson, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Strongman, Man of Action

“Familiar can turn foreign on a dime.”

— Laura Eason, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: familiar, Foreign

“How could you be so stupid...to fall in love?”

— Frank Pugliese, Melissa James Gibson, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com

Tagged: Stupid, Love