‘CBS This Morning’ Spoils ‘House of Cards,’ Big Time

Despite spoiler alert, the daytime show revealed a major Season 2 event.

(Spoiler alert: This story reveals a huge thing that happens in Season 2 of “House of Cards. If you don’t want to know what it is, read this nice story instead.)

Even people who’ve never seen “House of Cards” got a big hint about a major surprise that happens this season, when “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Norah O’Donnell referred to Kate Mara‘s character in the past tense.

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“Yeah, I typically loved her,” said Mara, referring to her character, journalist Zoe Barnes — dropping another hint that all isn’t well with Zoe.

The morning show finally revealed Zoe’s fate when Gayle King asked showrunner Beau Willimon about the events of Season 2, episode one.

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“Spoiler, spoiler, spoiler alert,” he said, before spilling.

(Pictured above: O’Donnell, center, tweeted a picture of herself with Willimon and Mara.)

“We told Kate from the get-go I always knew that Zoe was going to meet her maker in the first episode of season two,” he said.

Because Netflix unveils all the episodes in a season at once, “House of Cards” fans have always wondered when it’s okay to talk about spoilers. Since everyone watches at a different pace, no one knows when it is acceptable to say what.

But now we have the word of Willimon himself: It’s okay to share spoilers on national television, provided you first announce them. Repeatedly.

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