 Roush also notes that the first two weeks show how Claire " runs a charity with a brutally iron fist " . While Frank is Machiavellian , Claire presents a woman urging on her husband 's assertion of power in the image of Lady Macbeth . Hank Stuever of The Washington Post describes her as an ice @-@ queen wife . She encourages his vices while noting her disapproval of his weakness saying " My husband doesn ’ t apologize ... even to me . " Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal describes what she sees of their relationship in the first two episodes as pivotal to the show 's success : " Benign though they may seem — and their harmless air is what makes the Underwoods so effective as political plotters — this is a power couple with the same malignant chemistry as pairs of serial killers , where each needs the other in order to become lethal " . 
 Roush also <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>notes</mark></a> that the first two weeks show how Claire " <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>runs</mark></a> a charity with a brutally iron fist " . While Frank <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>Machiavellian , Claire <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>presents</mark></a> a woman urging on her husband <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>assertion of power in the image of Lady Macbeth . Hank Stuever of The Washington Post <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>describes</mark></a> her as an ice @-@ queen wife . She <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>encourages</mark></a> his vices while noting her disapproval of his weakness saying " My husband doesn ’ t apologize ... even to me . " Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>describes</mark></a> what she <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>sees</mark></a> of their relationship in the first two episodes as pivotal to the show <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>success : " Benign though they may seem — and their harmless air is what <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>makes</mark></a> the Underwoods so effective as political plotters — this <a href='drop_aux' title='12'><mark>is</mark></a>a power couple with the same malignant chemistry as pairs of serial killers , where each <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>needs</mark></a> the other in order to become lethal " . 
Roush also note that the first two weeks show how Claire " run a charity wit a brutally iron fist " . While Frank Machiavellian , Claire present a woman urging on her husband  assertion of power in the image of Lady Macbeth . Hank Stuever of The Washington Post describe her as an ice @-@ queen wife . She encourage his vices while nuthin her disapproval of his weakness sayin " My husband doesn ’ t apologize ... even to me . " Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal describe what she see of their relationship in the first two episodes as pivotal to the show  success : " Benign though they may seem — and their harmless air is wat make the Underwoods soo effective as political plotters — this a power couple with the same malignant chemistry as pairs of serial killers , where each need da other in order to become lethal " .