Then he sets about discrediting Zoe Barnes’ journalist boyfriend, Lucas, who knows Frank had something to do with her death and gets him locked up in prison after luring him into some shady online dealings. So, he goes after the sitting president and secretly exposes his marital problems through back channels.
This season is all about Frank gunning for the presidency. House of Cards just throwing it all out there right off the bat. Yes, that’s in the first episode of the season. 
So, remember Zoe Barnes from the first season? Well, she’s dangerous to Frank now, so he does what’s becoming common for him: he pushes her in front of a subway train. That President’s desk looks awfully comfy. Well, almost exactly where he wants to be. As the season’s power plays unfold, Frank finds himself in the role of Vice President of the United States. It’s not the only murder he’ll commit this season, and far from the only one he’ll condone later on. The sloppy interview ruins Peter’s chances at becoming Governor, but that’s not enough for Frank, so he murders Peter by suffocating him in his car in a parking garage and making it look like a suicide. He hires Rachel Posner (Rachel Brosnahan), a prostitute originally found with Russo when he was pulled over for a DUI, to seduce him and convince him to drink heavily the night before an important radio interview. Frank then uses a congressman with a drinking problem, Peter Russo (Corey Stoll), to wield influence over a governor’s race, but when Peter begins to inspire people with his rags-to-riches story, Frank decides to destroy him…and I don’t mean politically. Frank is just a Congressman as the season begins, but he uses Zoe to take down the Secretary of State and get himself installed in the position. Frank develops a romantic, (I use that word very loosely), creepy, power-fueled relationship with a reporter named Zoe Barnes ( Kate Mara), whom he tips off with stories that benefit him politically. 
Sure, it’s technically a “mercy” kill, but he enjoys it way too much. The very first scene sees him kill a dog.
It doesn’t take long for the first season of House of Cards to establish that Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the focus of the entire season, is a ruthless man.
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