House Of Cards: 10 Questions That Must Be Answered In Season 3

3. How Stupid Does Raymond Tusk Feel?

It wasn't all plain sailing on Frank's route to the Presidency, but at no point did his masterplan hang by a looser thread than when Raymond Tusk sat before the congressional hearing into party funds. The press and the authorities had begun to zero in on him and his involvement in the activities that had thrown the White House into controversy, and it was in the hands of his Tusk, his greatest enemy, that his fate resided. After pleading the fifth on every question put to him, Tusk took revenge on the President for reneging on his promise of a pardon by uttering two fatal words: "he knew". Frank, of course, offered him the same deal should he succeed Walker as President, but Season 2 left us with Tusk being arrested and carted off for further questioning. Whether he makes good on his promise is probably one of the first issues he'll have to address at the beginning of Season 3. Despite being introduced as Walker's most trusted advisor, Tusk's power struggle with Frank is what ultimately brings down the presidency. Going from one of the most feared businessmen in the world with an ear in the White House, to a criminal whose greatest adversary in the most powerful man in the world is quite the leap, especially when it's largely your own fault. Will Tusk bury the hatchet with Frank, or look to bury one in him instead?