The OFFICIAL Succession Thread

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:49 am

Put all your Tommy Wombats and Kendall Wah talk here! This isn't passive aggressive at all!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:08 am

Thaaaaaaank you. If this catches on I can actually read the television thread again.

(Also, please do the same for twitter.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:43 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:49 am This isn't passive aggressive at all!

Post by **brian** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:46 am

How much money could you have made betting in 1995 that the best show on television in 2021 would be produced by Will Ferrell?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:25 am

brian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:46 am How much money could you have made betting in 1995 that the best show on television in 2021 would be produced by Will Ferrell?

Did you see that there's a rift between him and McKay? Apparently McKay flubbed handling John C. Reilly getting the Jerry Buss part instead of Ferrell, who really wanted it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:28 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:25 am
brian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:46 am How much money could you have made betting in 1995 that the best show on television in 2021 would be produced by Will Ferrell?
Did you see that there's a rift between him and McKay? Apparently McKay flubbed handling John C. Reilly getting the Jerry Buss part instead of Ferrell, who really wanted it.

Step sibling rivalries, man.

Post by **brian** » Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:31 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:25 am
brian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:46 am How much money could you have made betting in 1995 that the best show on television in 2021 would be produced by Will Ferrell?
Did you see that there's a rift between him and McKay? Apparently McKay flubbed handling John C. Reilly getting the Jerry Buss part instead of Ferrell, who really wanted it.

That's a bummer. I hope they work it out. They're a great team.

Can't wait for Season 4. If they nail it and I have every reason to think they will, then Succession probably goes in the Pantheon of great TV shows with The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, etc.

serrano · Post by **serrano** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:32 pm

So does Marcia end up siding with the kids to fuck over Logan in some way? Only appeared 3 times this season. I don’t remember what she got out of Logan’s people in episode 2 this season when she went to Europe, (and the first episodes of the series revolves around Logan restructuring the trust) but I have to think she wants revenge for Reah.

This show is so fucking good.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:48 am

Just the look on Roman's face when he's crouched in front of Logan as he begs his father to change his mind because of "love."

Has there ever been such a well acted series? Jeremy Strong was incredible this season, but so were all the others.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:03 am

Just caught up…holy shit!

Post by **brian** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:08 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:03 am Just caught up…holy shit!

Tommy Wombats!

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:44 am

Sources say that the upcoming fourth season will be the last.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:14 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:44 am Sources say that the upcoming fourth season will be the last.

Ours may be the last household that regularly uses a dvd player. But I don’t get hbo, and the first three seasons are available at my library for free on dvd. So, I’m going to try Succession.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:26 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:14 pm
rass wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:44 am Sources say that the upcoming fourth season will be the last.
Ours may be the last household that regularly uses a dvd player. But I don’t get hbo, and the first three seasons are available at my library for free on dvd. So, I’m going to try Succession.

Good luck...we tried it, and were pretty actively repelled by it. We found every character reprehensible. I gotta have at least one sympathetic character.

(In all honestly, its the same reason that I'm not sold on White Lotus. Still haven't made it through Season 1)

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:35 pm

Cousin Greg in his own way.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:46 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:35 pm Cousin Greg in his own way.

Ha, he is the only earnest and not-evil character, but he is also horrible in his own way. It just occurred to me, the character reminds me a lot of Big Head from Silicon Valley.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:28 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:46 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:35 pm Cousin Greg in his own way.
Ha, he is the only earnest and not-evil character, but he is also horrible in his own way. It just occurred to me, the character reminds me a lot of Big Head from Silicon Valley.

He's definitely completely horrible in his own way, but the closest to sympathetic.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:44 pm

You can make an argument he's as bad as anyone because he knows life outside and actively works to get inside the family.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:38 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:44 pm You can make an argument he's as bad as anyone because he knows life outside and actively works to get inside the family.

I've only seen the first season so far, but he is too dumb and desperate to know any better. If he didn't get in with the family, he was on his way to ruins. Too much of a fuckup to hold a minimum wage job. I think Tom is the worst person, mostly for how he treats Greg. The others have a self-serving reason for being horrible, Tom is just a world class asshole taking pleasure in fucking with someone in a lower position.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:52 pm

Yeah, you gotta keep watching to understand the sentiment of the last couple of posts. Don't want to put up spoilers, but I think the reason he remains somewhat sympathetic is really about being proactively shitty or reacting to shitty situations.

Post by **brian** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:37 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:38 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:44 pm You can make an argument he's as bad as anyone because he knows life outside and actively works to get inside the family.
I've only seen the first season so far, but he is too dumb and desperate to know any better. If he didn't get in with the family, he was on his way to ruins. Too much of a fuckup to hold a minimum wage job. I think Tom is the worst person, mostly for how he treats Greg. The others have a self-serving reason for being horrible, Tom is just a world class asshole taking pleasure in fucking with someone in a lower position.

Cousin Greg would be insanely rich by any reasonable standard even without sucking on the Roy family teat. Remember his grandfather is Logan’s brother, very wealthy and Greg had the choice to disown Logan and the Roys to stay in his grandfather’s trust.

But he decided to play for the big bucks.

Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:04 pm

Timely to this discussion.

Every character on Succession ranked by how despicable they are.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:22 pm

The “But…” portion of the Kendall write up is key for my feelings on him.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:18 am

So I have one question coming out of last night's premiere and I'd be willing to wait for the show to tell its story but every review I've seen mention the issue just makes an assumption, so...

[+] spoiler: Did Tom goof by telling Shiv about his "social" outing with Naomi Pierce, making her and her brothers aware of Logan's deal to buy out Nan, or did he do it on purpose? The reviews I've read have presented it as a mistake or unintentional, but later in the episode when Logan's crew is trying to figure out how the kids found out Tom chimes in that "maybe it just happened" or something close to that so... He did it on purpose? Why? Wait and see?

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:23 am

[+] spoiler: They certainly appear to have overpaid. If we’ve learned anything from this show, no one ever gets over on Logan.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:33 am

That's definitely one option. Though regardless of whether the kids

[+] spoiler: ultimately fucked up and paid too much, I think Logan legitimately wanted to win that deal, so is there a possibility that Tom isn't fully with Logan? Tom has been duped on the show, but not only do I not think he's dumb, I think he's smart enough to know exactly how what he said to Shiv would be processed.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:30 am

[+] spoiler: Finally, some successioning!!

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:23 am

I spent about 40 minutes thinking it was staged. I mean...what a brilliantly written and shot episode.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 9:28 am

[+] spoiler: The ride they took us on with the kids. The emotion, uncertainty, chaos... Recency bias and all that, but I'm not sure I've ever been so emotionally invested in an episode of TV before. And about people that nobody likes!

Ballsy for them to pull this so early in the season. I'm glad they didn't do the split season thing, 5 episodes now and 5 later. This could have easily been a mid-season finale instead of blindsiding everyone like this.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:41 am

I guess I know what I'm doing this afternoon. Have three episodes to catch-up and think I already know what happens.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 3:15 pm

[+] spoiler: Sucks if it was spoiled, Giff. I just watched and yeah, that was a tour de force episode.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:20 pm

Get ready for a lot of Marcia.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:54 pm

[+] spoiler: It was in a way, but not too bad. I thought Shiv had a hand in it to be honest, so feeling their reactions to it more than made up for figuring he died. What an exceptional episode. And as I'm typing this, Logan's trying to get me to buy a McDonald's chicken sandwich on ESPN.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:29 pm

Popping in here to say that I started in on this show a little bit ago. I'm through the first 2 seasons and finished S03E01. I'm reading no other posts in here.

At this point I'm kinda liking it and kinda not. Kieran Culkin's character Roman is the only one I actually like. But overall, they all seem to be irredeemable shitstains.

Regardless, the acting, especially Brian Cox, is really, really good.

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:22 pm

Only watching ep2 now but this shit absolutely killed me.

[+] spoiler: Greg saying “It’s like Jaws, but if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws”. The look on Tom’s face after the line delivery is priceless.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:51 am

this is really excellent

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:56 pm

Holy Moley!

[+] spoiler: Had a feeling logan was going to die this season, but so soon? Watch the kids try to tear each other apart.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:36 pm

I’m not musical enough to know either way, but the score to that episode seemed beyond perfect.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:34 pm

[+] spoiler: The “fish taco” cracked me up way more than it should have, to be honest.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:28 pm

[+] spoiler: So many great lines in this episode, but pretty sure Con's comment about Willa's mom's plate groaning was my favorite