Style Blog: 'House of Cards' recap Season 2, Episode 2: 'I hate myself for it. But I'll get over that.'

It's sort of like the Chekhov's gun TV trope: If there's a picture of a political figure's illegitimate child in the first act, you better believe it's going to be used as blackmail in the third. That's exactly what happens in Season 2, Episode 2 of "House of Cards." Not only does newly-installed vice president Frank Underwood continue his reign of Southern charm-tinged terror, but he encourages others to do the same. By the end, his new prot g , Rep. Jackie Sharp, is blackmailing a man who has ...