Opponents to annexation, he argued, were trying to stop the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions ().
So Zoe Barnes died in House of Cards season 2 episode 1. And we all freaked the heck out. Because she didn't just die, she was murdered by the Vice President of the United States, Frank Underwood. It's an unbelievable decision on the part of the show's creators. Unbelievably bold, that is.
But most frustrating is the aftermath of the murderâwhich is to say, the lack thereof. Thereâs one dutiful scene in which Lucas sinks to the floor of his office in anguish. A few grave TV news dispatches announce Zoe's death. But by the end of the fourth episode (Netflix only released the first four episodes to critics), there has been no funeral, no sign that the murder has been a major event for the media world, no particular reason to care that she is gone.