 On a whim , Zoe Barnes ( Kate Mara ) , a young reporter for the Washington Herald who is stuck covering trivial “ human interest ” stories , pays a late @-@ night visit to Frank at his home . She offers to be Frank ’ s undercover mouthpiece in the press in exchange for the elevated profile that she would gain from breaking substantive stories . Meanwhile , Peter Russo ( Corey Stoll ) , a young , inexperienced congressman from Philadelphia , is arrested for drunk driving . Stamper finds out about the arrest and immediately contacts the D.C. police commissioner , offering Underwood ’ s support for his mayoral campaign in exchange for releasing Russo and completely covering up the incident . Russo is picked up from jail by his secretary and romantic partner , Christina Gallagher ( Kristen Connolly ) . He lies to her , telling her that he was alone when he was arrested when , in fact , there was a prostitute in the car ( Rachel Brosnahan ) . 
 On a whim , Zoe Barnes ( Kate Mara ) , a young reporter for the Washington Herald <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>is stuck covering trivial “ human interest ” stories , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>pays</mark></a> a late @-@ night visit to Frank at his home . She <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>offers</mark></a> to be Frank <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>’</mark></a><a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>s</mark></a>undercover mouthpiece in the press in exchange for the elevated profile <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>she would gain from breaking substantive stories . Meanwhile , Peter Russo ( Corey Stoll ) , a young , inexperienced congressman from Philadelphia , is arrested for drunk driving . Stamper <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>finds</mark></a> out about the arrest and immediately <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>contacts</mark></a> the D.C. police commissioner , offering Underwood <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>’</mark></a>s support for his mayoral campaign in exchange for releasing Russo and completely covering up the incident . Russo is picked up from jail by his secretary and romantic partner , Christina Gallagher ( Kristen Connolly ) . He <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>lies</mark></a> to her , telling her that he was alone when he was arrested when , in fact , <a href='dey_it' title='11'><mark>there</mark></a> was a prostitute in the car ( Rachel Brosnahan ) . 
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