The Telegraph has given Season 4 of House of Cards a big thumbs up with its review.

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This is probably the first review for this chapter to have come out so far. After judging Season 3 of the Netflix drama as a weak one, Ed Powers's suggests that the next chapter actually brings the show back to form and the disappoinments of Season 3 are rectified. The critic credits showrunner Beau Willimon for "putting Underwood on the back foot again." Although Powers is careful about giving away any spoilers, he does reveal that Season 4 will feature "genuine upsets" and "mind-bending cameos."

Here's an excerpt from Powers's review:

"But now that departing showrunner Beau Willimon has found a way of putting Underwood on the back foot again, House of Cards has regained its mojo. Spacey twinkles with vehemence as he ratchets up his portrayal of Frank as villainous force of nature; Wright has never been better as burningly ambitious ice queen Claire, who has unearthed a useful foil in ruthless strategist Leann Harvey (played by the star of the 1996 horror classic Scream, Neve Campbell).

To that can be added a live-wire plot, with several genuine upsets and some mind-bending cameos. There is also the ongoing pleasure of House of Cards's depiction of Washington DC as Purgatory-on-the-Potomac, a transient zone of faceless glass facades and people carriers with blacked-out windows. In contrast to the real life presidential race, there is, of course, the additional comfort of knowing that, no matter how deranged the storyline, it's all just make-believe."

Season 4 of House of Cards is set to return on March 4.

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