<Tr> <Th> 63 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 63" </Td> <Td> Agnieszka Holland </Td> <Td> Laura Eason </Td> <Td> May 30, 2017 (2017 - 05 - 30) </Td> <Td> HOC - 511 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> On MSNBC, Seth and Hammerschmidt debate Walker's credibility in the wake of his testimony . Frank, Claire, Doug, and Usher discuss impeachment and the idea of censure, which Frank and Doug oppose . The next day, Hammerschmidt discovers leaked information that the White House staged the terrorist threat on Election Day . Seth panics in his office, while Frank discusses spying on all White House personnel to identify the leaker . While alone one night in the White House residence, Claire truly breaks the fourth wall for the first time in the series, and speaks directly to the camera audience, telling them that she has always known they have been there, but she is suspicious of them and their intentions, and that she is "ambivalent about attention ." The FBI tells LeAnn that Aidan's death looked like a suicide, but the gun is missing . Meanwhile, Claire tells Tom she wants him to leave . Frank is confronted by Bob Birch and Terry Womack, who want Frank to consider resignation . Frank is speechless, partially because Womack himself is under investigation . Doug spies on West Wing staffers and is intrigued when LeAnn receives something unknown from Aidan . After confessing to Laura Moretti that he is the reason her husband died, Doug goes to LeAnn's apartment and the two have sex . An article drops the next day reporting that a source within the White House confirmed that Frank used questionable intelligence to close polling stations during the election . Frank confronts Cathy about this; she is cooperating with Romero . Frank later states that he believes Cathy is the leak, and that he has held on to her resignation . News breaks that Cathy will testify before the committee . An unknown source gives Hammerschimdt a "birthday card" containing a USB flash drive . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 64 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 64" </Td> <Td> Robin Wright </Td> <Td> Frank Pugliese & Melissa James Gibson </Td> <Td> May 30, 2017 (2017 - 05 - 30) </Td> <Td> HOC - 512 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> In the Executive Residence, Frank tries to dissuade Cathy Durant from testifying before the committee, but she adamantly refuses his request . On her way out, Frank then pushes her down a flight of stairs, knocking her unconscious, and calls for help, claiming she's fallen . Cathy is hospitalized and thus prevented from testifying . Frank holds a press conference in the Oval Office regarding the Syrian gas bombings . However, reporters ask him about the growing possibility of impeachment . Frank is informed that Hammerschmidt is investigating Zoe's death and believes that it was not an accident . Needing to focus attention away from them, Frank and Claire agree that someone must take the fall for this alleged investigation . The next night, Claire and Frank hold a dinner for Doug, where they try to convince him to take the blame for Zoe's murder . Though initially off - put, Doug goes to LeAnn and "confesses" to the murder, though she doesn't believe him . It is revealed that Doug is in possession of birthday cards similar to those sent to Hammerschmidt . Claire discovers that Tom has been continuing his manuscript, which includes her confessions about the deaths of Zoe and Peter Russo . She goes to visit Tom to convince him not to publish his recent work, but he refuses and threatens to blackmail her . Claire and Tom have sex, but he suddenly dies from poison Claire had put in his whiskey . Mark then comes home the next morning and discovers his body, whereupon he is forced to quietly "dispose" of it . LeAnn and Nathan Green give their testimony . Frank, watching, debates whether he should testify as well . While he is urged not to, Frank goes to the committee, and while he claims to have done nothing wrong, he accuses the committee of trying to sabotage his presidency and that he respects the office too much to allow the investigation to go on . As a result, he announces he will resign the following day . </Td> </Tr>

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