This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Kill List.” “Kill List” opens with Kendall Roy being driven to the Waystar offices for his first official day as co-CEO. He is blasting Jay-Z’s “Takeover,” because of course he is, and he is walking with unmistakable confidence through the …
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In the dark and twisted world of Succession, where alliances shift on a dime, everyone is always lying, and no one isn’t expendable, it’s tough to identify who, if anyone, is the most morally upright character in the show. But Willa (Justine Lupe), the high-end sex worker-turned-playwright-turned-political-wife, comes close. At …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Honeymoon States.” “For some of us, it’s a sad day,” Shiv tells her brothers early in this episode. “But for others, it’s coronation demolition derby.” “Honeymoon States,” as you might expect, trends more toward the latter. It’s not that everyone’s …
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In the insular, rarefied world of Succession, there are a few girl bosses who reign supreme. There’s Shiv (Sarah Snook), the hyper-ambitious Roy sibling with a knack for silencing sexual misconduct victims and wearing cream-colored sheaths from quiet luxury brands. There’s Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron), the corporate lawyer GILF who moonlights …
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With the shocking and sudden passing of Logan Roy in the latest Succession episode titled “Connor’s Wedding,” now feels like an appropriate time to mark the loss of our favorite legacy media patriarch. From his parenting skills to his wolfish persona, Brian Cox’s Logan Roy has left an indelible mark …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Connor’s Wedding.” Logan Roy is indestructible. Logan Roy is eternal. This is the ethos on which he has built his empire, and was seemingly the one on which Jesse Armstrong had built Succession. Everyone keeps making moves against Logan, and …
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This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, which we recapped here. This week’s Succession was a seismic one for the entire cast of characters, since it involves all of them responding to the shocking news that Logan has died in the middle of a flight to Europe. …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Rehearsal.” “I love you,” Logan Roy tells his four children near the end of this episode, “but you are not serious people.” We know the second half of this sentence is true, even if Connor, Kendall, Shiv, and Roman keep …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “The Munsters.” Succession begins its final season exactly where it began its first: on Logan Roy’s birthday. He is as miserable, angry, and manipulative as ever. And he is once again chasing his white whale by attempting to acquire PGM. …
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In the 25-odd years that HBO has been serious about producing original programming, the pay cable giant has given us some of the greatest comedies and dramas television has ever seen. Succession, in whatever genre box you choose to place it — and I think of it more as a …
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