There's yet another fine performance by a new member of the cast, that of Cicely Tyson as a Texas congresswoman who is about to step down after a long run and wants to hand her district to her daughter. The scene involving Wright and Tyson is lower key, but Tyson's performance seems perfectly pitched.



Frank is in the middle of an election as we meet him him -- heading into and through New Hampshire and South Carolina just like the real candidates.