- Francis Underwood: It's all true.
- Catherine Durant: What is?
- Francis Underwood: Everything Lucas Goodwin claimed. I killed them both, just like he said I did.
- [Catherine looks at Francis in horror]
- Francis Underwood: But of course, nobody believes it, and nobody ever will. Because that's how good we are... at making things... disappear.
- [Francis points a letter opener at Catherine's stomach. Francis laughs as he turns the letter opener away. Catherine exhales deeply in relief]
- Francis Underwood: No, we didn't kill anybody.
- [Francis laughs again, then sighs]
- Francis Underwood: But we would have... if it was necessary,
- [last lines]
- Madam Secretary: The ayes have it! Our party's ticket for the 2016 presidential election will be Francis and Claire Underwood!
- Wolf Blitzer: But if Secretary Durant siphons off enough votes or Underwood doesn't get that majority in the first ballot, what, all bets are off?
- John King: I think about the only sure bet today is President Underwood must be wishing he hadn't agreed to this open convention.