Chapter 34
- Episode aired Feb 27, 2015
- TV-MA
- 44m
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8.1/10
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A hurricane endangers more than just the entire East Coast and Frank must make a difficult choice.A hurricane endangers more than just the entire East Coast and Frank must make a difficult choice.A hurricane endangers more than just the entire East Coast and Frank must make a difficult choice.
Jill Marie Lawrence
- Sec of Housing and Urban Development
- (as Jillmarie Lawrence)
Evander Duck Jr.
- Secretary of Transportation
- (as Evander Duck)
Storyline
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Kate Baldwin: [from her hurricane article] A storm has been forming. Not for weeks, but for decades. It's name is not Faith; it's Francis. The entire nation is in his path, and if we ignore the warnings, then we have no one but ourselves to blame.
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Hurricane Frank
Frank has to make a choice between creating jobs or protecting the country against impending natural disaster.
This episode examines Frank from two perspectives. One as an almost heroic man who can make the impossible possible as Thomas Yates describes in his book's preface and the other as described by Kate Baldwin as a self-serving tyrant.
When we find out the truth behind a story used in Yates' preface and we hear Freddy Hayes' damning retort to Frank's suggestion that his grandson could one day become president it's easy to see which perspective is the most widely held.
What drives the plot is the problem at hand: A massive hurricane on its way to the east coast of America while Frank wants to spend the Federal Emergency Management Agency budget on his coveted America Works program. The same hurricane is also the metaphorical device being used in Baldwin's article.
We find out things seem to be going well in the Middle East while becoming exceedingly complicated domestically. Not that they were not that way before. Issues seem to resolve themselves as always for Frank as fate (or luck) sort of goes his way this time. It's about time something really went wrong for him; Something that for once can't be fixed.
Again there is a clear implication of an attraction between Frank and Yates. This episode goes further than others have so far by bringing Meechum's emotions to the service as he observes the proceedings.
As always it is beautifully filmed and edited and the performances of all actors are all solid.
This episode examines Frank from two perspectives. One as an almost heroic man who can make the impossible possible as Thomas Yates describes in his book's preface and the other as described by Kate Baldwin as a self-serving tyrant.
When we find out the truth behind a story used in Yates' preface and we hear Freddy Hayes' damning retort to Frank's suggestion that his grandson could one day become president it's easy to see which perspective is the most widely held.
What drives the plot is the problem at hand: A massive hurricane on its way to the east coast of America while Frank wants to spend the Federal Emergency Management Agency budget on his coveted America Works program. The same hurricane is also the metaphorical device being used in Baldwin's article.
We find out things seem to be going well in the Middle East while becoming exceedingly complicated domestically. Not that they were not that way before. Issues seem to resolve themselves as always for Frank as fate (or luck) sort of goes his way this time. It's about time something really went wrong for him; Something that for once can't be fixed.
Again there is a clear implication of an attraction between Frank and Yates. This episode goes further than others have so far by bringing Meechum's emotions to the service as he observes the proceedings.
As always it is beautifully filmed and edited and the performances of all actors are all solid.
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- 2.00 : 1
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