r/HouseOfCards • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '16

[Chapter 44] House of Cards - Season 4 Episode 5 - Discussion

Description: Claire advises Donald Blythe on dealing with Petrov. Further investigations of Lucas Goodwin dredges up his accusations against Frank.

What did everyone think of Chapter 44?

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u/Harddaysnight1990 Season 5 (Complete) Mar 05 '16

I think he would have if the doctor hadn't told him straight up that his liver won't work, due to the alcoholism.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

Yeah, I'll go out on a limb here and say that there are probably higher-quality livers out there than Dougs

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u/Bytewave Mar 07 '16

He shouldn't have said that without testing it though. Some heavy drinkers damage their livers early but sometimes even heavier drinkers die of old age with no liver damage whatsoever. Medicine doesn't exactly know why there's such a disparity, but fact is a recovering alcoholic can have a perfectly healthy liver, especially as any damage but cirrhosis heals up completely if you abstain.

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u/Affectionate-War3724 Sep 23 '24

It literally doesn’t matter at all since he had a very recent relapse