HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

as I am putting together the question "Is Logan gonna fuck Tom?" I realized I had the answer right in front of me OF COURSE HE WILL

“Famous blue raincoat” was hilarious

kendall saw something that moved him in his call with lukas but its unclear what it was, very mysterious

He saw an open bag of Doritos and Made a mental note to send for some

Yeah but obviously he would have just closed the window before connecting to the projector, I mean c'mon.

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he was already wirelessly connected to the tv logan walks in and he closes the laptop when he reopens it just picks up where he left off

It's a small point but I swear I saw him plug in the hdmi before reopening it!

ok i rewatched it youre right not sure why they did it like that

the glare of Logan tells him he must. plus they would've heard it anyway I assume.

"i'll just have whatever a regular joe would have, just uh, a belgian weiss beer... not hoegaarden though"

I Wonder where that bar scene was shot

My immediate reading of the Kendall/Matson call was that Kendall recognised thirsty behaviour when he saw it. Is it possible that Matson is actually under some pressure himself to get the deal made and so is using threats to avoid the possibility of having to spend more money? Feels like everyone is taking Matson at face value and I’m not sure why.

Some hearty fare

So it's actually Connor's wedding in the next ep? That's the third wedding so far, it's like a soap opera!
And on Gojo deal day too!

it's very Arrested Development

Feels like everyone is taking Matson at face value and I’m not sure why.

Shiv was def making fun of this, like "oh really, if he said it then it must be true, surely there is not the possibility of saying an untrue thing" or whatever, but I'm on the hook to see how it goes down.

yeah i guess kendall getting a read that matsson wld pay more is the most likely answer, it felt like he had some emotional reaction to the call tho, i guess that emotion could just be recognizing an opportunity for business wins, or maybe he believed him and decided it would be fun to kill the deal

I do love that the sibling alliance has fallen apart before it even started, they’re all shiftily making calls and making moves behind each other’s backs and then without knowing it playing each other and potentially wrecking multiple deals.

I think as always the issue with this show is the alliances and plots are built on shifting sands and what’s an established group now may be at each other’s throats soon. Logan knows divide and rule has been a winning strategy for generations of tyrants!

theres no trust theyre weak not serious people

now help me down from these paper boxes

that speech was so good im ready get on the pirate ship

i kinda wanna watch the ep again before we get ep 3--it was so good. ha! I forgot about Con wanting a Hoegarden

his whole speech about the kinds pf people at bars with blood on their heads & sweating through their hands or whatever

then talking about howd hed only seen karaoke in the movies, a very sheltered boy

where the rest of the siblings prob have rubbed shoulders with the plebs plenty

Connor is what would’ve happened to Cameron in Ferris bueller if he hadn’t wrecked his dad’s ferrari and actually seen karaoke irl at a parade.

heh

looool this feels otm

Tensed up for a moment when those paper boxes looked unsteady!

And assumed Tom would get up to speak and take a tumble in front of everyone.

i was hoping the boxes would just gently crumple slightly for Tom

I keep coming back to that 'you're not serious people' line as a very 'game unwittingly recognize game' comment from Mr. My News Network is a Pirate Ship

Except you just saw the reporters get carried along with it? The guy who can fire you at will is a serious person. The kids can’t get it together enough to settle on an agreed strategy and are constantly stabbing each other in the back.

plus idk this is just me but i think Logan knows that they are all far more motivated by “get back at Dad” than “succeed in business” and i think he clearly sees that in their shenanigans (maybe more than they think?)

so some people on this board may know one of my jobs is hosting karaoke in portland, so anyways I used to have this whole bit I’d do threatening an all-Leonard Cohen karaoke night, so when Connor was caught mid-famous blue raincoat you can imagine I had to pick myself off the floor

lmao

just incredible

amazing

lool

first they take Manhattan

My partner has said for a long time that he wants Famous Blue Raincoat played at his funeral, so that was a hands-over-mouth moment for us both.

“You’re note serious people”

Logan is an evil evil evil man, but you have to respect that he has this hard to define quality, let’s call it competency(which, crucify me, but I do see as a virtue). It by no means outweighs his horribleness, but he’s operating on a higher plane and if his kids could just respect that, while still acknowledging his horribleness, things would be going much better for them.

This is the key element that draws me to this show: terrible man is very good at what he does and all his naysayers keep rejecting that to their own downfall

I don’t think shiv’s “you say it and it makes it true, confirmation bias” but was accurate. Just a scapegoat to allow herself to think she’s smarter and better than dad it’s just that everyone listens to dad and not her

agree with that. it has been true in some situations but not this one

just here to third the brilliance of the Jaws line. Genuine LOL here.

I just realized that the actress who plays Willa, Justine Lupe, is also in Mrs Maisel (she’s Astrid, the gentile wife of Midge’s brother!)

anyway. as you were.

Willa in her moment near the end was really wonderful in this, as if to say to Connor, you asked a simple question because you're simple but it has a complicated answer and you're going to get it because I'm not as simple as you are and I want you to know that -- or maybe, in a sense, she was saying to Connor "I love you but you are not a serious person"

damn, that last shot tonight...jeremy strong is a fantastic actor

Well that was a good episode. Everybody got their moment or moments, and we know them all so well by now that we understand where each of them is coming from and all of their conflicting feelings and motivations.