THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS for the Succession series finale. Succession came to an end on Sunday, answering the longtime question from fans of the HBO series since its inception five years ago: Who will succeed Logan Roy as the CEO of Waystar? A lot of viewers predicted one of the …
Read More »'Succession' Finale: Mourning the Meme Account That's Kept Us Laughing
When 33-year-old Anna Golez started her No Context Succession Twitter account in July 2019, she was filling a void in her own interest and fandom. An avid TV fan, Golez turned her eye toward Succession after her other favorite HBO series, Veep, ended in May 2019 and she “wanted something …
Read More »'You Hurt My Feelings': The Perfect Julia Louis-Dreyfus Cringe Comedy
“We’re so lucky,” Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tells her husband, Don (Tobias Menzies). He’s a therapist with a private practice in Manhattan; she teaches creative writing at The New School. Their son, Elliott (Owen Teague), is happy, healthy, and works at a weed dispensary, though Mom isn’t so jazzed about that …
Read More »Brian Cox Says Logan Roy Died 'Too Early' in 'Succession' Final Season
Brian Cox thinks Succession viewers should have lived with Logan Roy a little longer. In an interview with the BBC, the actor said he felt killing off Roy in the third episode of the HBO show’s final season was “too early.” In the episode, the Waystar CEO died while on …
Read More »All Hail the Side Chick, the Unsung Hero Finally Getting Her Due
In the Andrew Llloyd Webber musical Evita, there is a plaintive number sung by a character known only as the Mistress, shortly after Eva has taken her place in Juan Peron’s affections. “I don’t expect my love affairs to last for long/Never fool myself that my dreams will come true,” …
Read More »That 'Succession' Funeral Episode Had a Killer Callback You Probably Missed
Barely a scene passes in the rarefied world of Succession without mention of money, the dollar amounts typically quite large. Connor Roy torches $100 million in his deluded presidential campaign. The other Roy siblings outmatch their father, Logan, in a bidding war for Pierce Global Media by offering $10 billion. …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: Logan Roy's Messy, Devastating Funeral
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Church and State.” “Today is just about today,” Kendall Roy insists early in “Church and State.” He is trying to broker a truce among his siblings on the day of their father’s funeral — to push aside thoughts of the …
Read More »'Succession': Alexander Skarsgård on Whether Lukas Matsson Is Elon Musk
If it looks like Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life playing Lukas Matsson, the swinging-dick tech mogul trying like hell to outmaneuver the Roy boys — while rocking a gold jacket and limited-edition kicks, no less — in Succession, it’s because he very much is. “I’m havin’ …
Read More »'Succession' Makes Us Relive Trump's Presidential Election
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “America Decides.” Like so much of what happens within the episode, the title of “America Decides” is a lie. America does not decide the result of the presidential election dramatized within the installment. Kendall Roy decides. Well, so does Roman …
Read More »How 'Succession' Sparked the “Quiet Luxury” Fashion Trend — And How You Can Get the Look for Less
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve been hearing as much buzz about Kendall Roy’s latest blazer on Succession as you have about his next schemes to keep Waystar Royco in the family, …
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