Netflix’s House of Cards is a wonderful treat for fans of political intrigue as well as fans of Kevin Spacey’s syrupy southern accent. And, while the series’ body count is certainly nothing compared to that of Game of Thrones, for example, the producers have not been shy about offing central characters.
Netflix公司的《纸牌屋》可谓是对政治阴谋爱好者和凯文·史派西的南部口音粉的盛情款待。虽然此剧的死亡人数显然不能和《权利的游戏》之类的剧集相提并论，但是编剧对于杀死主要角色却完全没有在手软。
With this in mind, I've listed those most likely to be murdered in House of Cards season 3, which should find its way to Netflix around January 2015. While it’s extremely unlikely that all of these characters will be killed off, all of these characters should be a little bit apprehensive about hanging out on subway platforms if you know what I mean.
据此，我列出了第三季《纸牌屋》最有可能领便当的人，而Netflix公司将在2015年1月放出第三季的剧集。虽然绝对不可能说这些角色统统被杀，但是他们也都应该小心点远离地铁站台边——如果懂我在说什么。
Raymond Tusk – There are certainly very few people who Frank Underwood would rather see six-feet-under than Tusk, his chief rival for President Walker’s loyalties. However, despite their antagonistic past, by the end of Season 2 Underwood and Tusk are no longer at cross purposes. Let’s face it – Underwood is a cold-hearted sociopath, but not a psychopath. He took no joy in murdering Peter Russo or Zoe Barnes. And, if he was prone to murdering people out of his own emotional responses rather than for political gain he would have murdered General Dalton McGinnis long before his wife had a chance to ruin the General’s career.
弗兰克·安德伍德难得会有如此想置之于“六尺之下”的人，与他争夺沃克总统忠心的主要对手塔斯克便属其中之首。但是除去他们的敌对过往，第二季结束的时候安德伍德与塔斯克已经没有如此针锋相对了。让我们面对现实——安德伍德是一个冷血的反社会者，但他不是一个神经病。他在杀死皮特·罗素和佐伊·巴恩斯的时候并不享受。而且如果他并不是为了政治目的而是管不住个人情绪而杀人的话，他早该在他妻子克莱尔找到机会毁掉尔顿·麦金尼斯将军的事业之前就杀死将军了。
Claire Underwood – Claire came very close to making this list. I had a scenario in my head that Frank could take a page out of the playbook of “The Smiler” Gary Callahan (the villainous politician from Warren Ellis’ fantastic comic Transmetropolitan) and have his wife murdered in order to earn public sympathy and to distract from whatever scandals are threatening his public standing. In the end though, I decided that this was unlikely since Frank seems to have genuine affection for Claire (regardless of how odd their relationship may be). Also, though the world of House of Cards is one where a Vice President can shake off his security detail and go murder a woman in a subway it does strain credibility that Frank could have his wife murdered. Still…
克莱尔差一点就要入选此榜单了。在看剧的时候我设想了弗兰克借用加里·卡拉汉（沃伦·埃利斯的喜剧《Transmetropolitan》中的邪恶政客）的杀妻剧本来获得公众的同情并且转移由丑闻而带来的公众形象的威胁。但最后我考虑到弗兰克对克莱尔还是有真感情的（不管他们的关系有多奇怪），而且虽然在《纸牌屋》这样的剧中，一个副总统可以甩掉他的保安特遣队在地铁站谋杀一个女人，但让弗兰克谋杀他的妻子这也不太可行。
5. Remy Danton/Jackie Sharp – I put Remy and Jackie together in one slot for a very simple reason – their personal relationship will likely cause the downfall of one or both of them in one way or another. While they each appear to view the relationship differently (Remy’s loyalty to Sharp makes him apprehensive about following his boss’s orders to discredit her – Jackie is offended that Remy didn’t reveal professional information despite insisting that they keep things “professional”), their relationship is a very exploitable weakness in a political landscape populated with vicious predators like Frank Underwood. I can see something very bad happening to one of them to send a message to the other.
把雷米·丹顿和杰姬·夏普放在一起原因很简单，因为他们的私人关系很有可能会以某种方式害死他们自己和对方。他们对两人关系的看法并不相同（雷米对夏普的感情使他无法服从领导的指示而背叛她，而杰姬虽然想要“专业”地对待感情和生活却因为雷米没有向他透露专业的信息而感到冒犯），在充满了像弗兰克·安德伍德这样的邪恶捕食者的政治背景下，雷米和杰姬的关系是非常容易被人利用的弱点。我可以预见为了警告另一个人，他们中的一个将会遭遇不测。
4. Edward Meechum – Frank’s bodyguard Meechum is a target from multiple angles. On one hand, he’s very dedicated to the Underwoods, having become something of a trusted friend beyond simply being an employee after Frank saves his job. That dedication means that if someone tries to take a shot at Frank – and he has made many enemies over the course of the series – there’s a good chance Meechum will take the bullet. His other problem is that one magical evening, Frank, Claire and Meechum enjoyed a devil’s threesome. If Ed ever decides to make that public (unlikely given his loyalty, but who knows), Frank may take drastic means to ensure that he’s not outed as the first bisexual president in US history.
弗兰克的贴身保镖密查姆从很多角度来看都是个靶子。从一方面看，他对弗兰克十分忠心，在弗兰克保住他的工作后，他已经不只是弗兰克的雇员了，而变成了一个可以信任的朋友。这样的忠心也意味着如果有人想要加害于弗兰克——而弗兰克在这两季中确实树敌不少——密查姆很有可能会为他挡子弹。另外一个方面，在一个奇幻的夜晚，弗兰克，克莱尔和密查姆来了个三人行。密查姆一旦想要把这件事公诸于众，弗兰克为了不至于变成美国历史上第一个双性恋总统一定会采取非常手段。
3. Rachel Posner – Former prostitute Rachel was swept away by Frank’s Chief of Staff, Doug Stamper, to keep prying eyes from connecting dots between Frank and Peter Russo. Last we saw Rachel she was repeatedly introducing a rock to Stamper’s face. With Doug likely dead (his eye twitched when we saw his body, which could be a clue or it could have been unintentional), Rachel is now truly on the run. If caught, her knowledge could become public. For that reason, Frank may make it a priority to find her and silence her permanently.
为防窥探之眼发现弗兰克与罗素之间的关系，弗兰克的幕僚长道格·斯坦普“摆平”了之前是应召女的瑞秋。我们最后看到瑞秋的时候她用石头砸向了道格的脸，而道格多半是死了（我们看到他尸体的时候他的眼睛在抽动，这有可能是一个线索，也有可能是无意的），瑞秋现在正在逃。如果被抓住了，她的事很有可能被公诸于众，因此弗兰克有可能会先找到她并使她永久消声。
2. Gavin Orsay – Computer hacker Gavin possesses one of the most dangerous things in the world of House of Cards: information. Working for the FBI to entrap Lucas, Gavin certainly learned enough about the case that Lucas was trying to put together. But now, thanks to the sting, Gavin has access to the AT&T database. In other words, Gavin is likely the only person in the world capable of exposing the truth of the deaths of Peter Russo and Zoe Barnes. And that’s a dangerous position to be in.
电脑黑客加文掌握了《纸牌屋》世界中最危险的东西之一：信息。加文为FBI工作而陷害了卢卡斯，为此他也掌握了卢卡斯想要组装的信息。而现在加文黑进了AT&T的信息库，也就是说，加文可能是世界上唯一一个可以将皮特·罗素和佐伊·巴恩斯的死亡真相公诸于世的人，这必定是一个危险的境地。
1.5 Cashew – Gavin’s pet guinea pig has been threatened before. I have no evidence for this, but I can’t shake the feeling that someone’s going to follow through on the threat. It’s an easy plot device to drive Gavin into doing something extreme.
加文的宠物豚鼠——腰果之前就收到过威胁。虽然我没有证据，但是能感觉到有人会继续这个威胁。它是让加文做极端事件的非常容易利用的工具。
1. Frank Underwood – The very moment that Frank was sworn in as the Vice-President, I had a fair idea of how the series would progress: “if he gets sworn in as VP at the end of the first season, then he probably becomes President at the end of the second season and the third season will end with him either going to jail or being murdered.” So far, it’s on track. Frank has made so many enemies over the course of the series. Every house of cards eventually falls, and when it does Frank will end up being the one buried by it.
弗兰克刚宣誓成为副总统的时候，对于这个剧集的走向我就有一个念头：“如果他在第一季结尾的时候宣誓成为副总统，那么他很有可能在第二季结尾成为总统，然后在第三季结尾，他很有可能不是进了监狱就是被杀了。”到目前为止我的推理都还是准确的。弗兰克在剧中树立了诸多敌人，而每一个用纸牌搭起来的屋子最后都会倒塌，这一座纸牌屋倒下时，弗兰克终将会被埋在下面。