The Politician’s second season in which Rahne Jones’s character, Skye, confronts Ben Platt’s embodiment of privilege, Payton, who’s failing on several fronts to adhere to an agreement promising he would produce zero waste.
The role is Jones's first on TV but the breadth of her comedic prowess is on full display in one of the funniest scenes of the series as Skye grills him about his daily routines and Payton cowers in his desk chair.An out former college basketball star who went on to work for the Office of Homeland Security, Jones is relishing her first big acting job, where she portrays the nonbinary political adviser on Payton’s team.