Written by Sarah Treem and directed by Joel Schumacher, the episode premiered on February 1, 2013, when it was released along with the rest of the first season on the American streaming service Netflix.
Zoe (Kate Mara) tells Frank (Kevin Spacey) about job offers she is getting from different media outlets, including an online publication called Slugline.
At the Democratic National Committee, Frank attends a meeting led by DNC chair Patricia Whittaker (Suzanne Savoy).
A friend of Russo's, Paul Capra (Wass Stevens), comes to his office to ask him to stop the closure of the shipyard and save the 12,000 jobs it provides.
Frank suspects that Spinella is organizing a massive teachers' strike, and he and Doug (Michael Kelly) think of a plan to stop him.
Spinella gets enraged when the National Education Association (NEA) backs out from a partnership with his union in the middle of the strike plan.
Spinella contacts unionized workers at the Cotesworth Hotel, which is hosting Claire's fundraising gala, and gets them to refuse to work for the event.
After listening to him quietly, Frank takes Russo to the bathroom and tells him that he is the only person who still believes in him and that he wants him to run for governor – but only if he can pull his life back together.