I'm sure no viewer of TV3's House of Cards would disagree, or begrudge Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) his rising concern about her activities.
At the end of series one last Sunday, Frank was closing in on the US vice-presidency, as Zoe (Kate Mara) finally started doing her job, digging into his shady dealings with Congressman Peter Russo (Corey Stoll).
Frank murdered Russo.
What will become of Zoe?
Zoe's crimes, in my eyes anyway, are in her slipshod journalistic endeavours.
The original House of Cards was a brilliant UK television series that slotted perfectly into the cultural zeitgeist - and paranoia - of a post-Thatcher world in 1990.
Francis Urquhart (or ''F.U.'' to the fictional tabloids of the show) was chief whip of the British Conservative Party, played brilliantly by Ian Richardson.
The plot followed his highly unethical and ultimately murderous scheme to become leader of the party, and his successful manoeuvrings to become prime minister of the United Kingdom.
It reminded me (and I'm sure you too) of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Richard III.
The House of Cards (series one) that finished on Sunday is an adaptation starring the redoubtable and quite excellent Spacey as the evil and manipulative Democrat Frank Underwood.
The second season begins on TV3 on June 1.
Zoe Barnes, in the US House of Cards, plays the role of Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker) in the original. I seem to remember she lost her life when thrown from the roof of the House of Commons by Frank Urquhart.
One of Zoe's crimes has been sleeping with her Frank (Underwood). That was not her worst indiscretion though; I am quite aware most reporters spend much of their time heaving and shuddering under the vile fleshy bulk of their so-called sources.
Zoe's crime was a fascination with ''blogging'' and ''online journalism''.
That, of course, is a crime; we all know ''blogging'' and ''online journalism'' is merely a forum for ne'er-do-wells to rant on about their misguided, partisan opinions, often in complete absence of fact.
So will she go the way of Mattie Storin?
All will be revealed on TV3 on Sunday June 1, at 10.30pm.
Series two begins on a dark Washington night, with Frank and his equally manipulative and evil wife Claire (Robin Wright) back together after their dark and amoral partnership briefly went off the rails.
Zoe is too nervous to enjoy a carnal adventure with her new beau.
Frank continues his political scheming, in a slow-burning drama that has got better and better - and more and more tense - as it has progressed.
Stay up late.
- D. Charles Loughrey
