Jayne Atkinson credited as playing...
Catherine Durant
- [first lines]
- Francis Underwood: I really wish I could have changed your mind, Cathy.
- Catherine Durant: I just...
- Francis Underwood: Because, you know you know, this is just not good for you.
- Catherine Durant: The negotiations with the committee are just too far down the road.
- Francis Underwood: Well, you agreed to see me because you're smart. Because doubt is what you should be having. Look, Cathy, I respect you. We wouldn't have lasted as long together if I didn't.
- Catherine Durant: My husband's waiting for me.
- Francis Underwood: But you're gonna be made to look a fool.
- Catherine Durant: There's no need to insult me, Francis.
- Francis Underwood: Witness after witness is gonna rebut whatever you have to say.
- Catherine Durant: My testimony is what it is. It'll all be resolved in the court of public opinion.
- Francis Underwood: Yes, but who is the public going to believe? You or explosive residue on a terrorist's computer? Look, Cathy, your testimony's gonna seem petty and vengeful. And then where is that gonna leave you? What prospects?
- Catherine Durant: It's too late.
- Francis Underwood: You need to take a fall.
- Catherine Durant: Excuse me?
- Francis Underwood: Look, the committee is just gonna have to wait. In two weeks, it's gonna be over anyway, and you're gonna be on the wrong side of this thing.
- Catherine Durant: Well, we'll see.
- Francis Underwood: Yes, we will. After you... But I meant what I said, Cathy.
- [gives her a hard push down the stairs]
- Francis Underwood: Cathy? Cathy? Help! Help! The secretary has fallen!