HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

yep--narratively too it makes sense that Con would get that place

Even Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse went for $55 million.

https://www.vulture.com/article/succession-connor-marchia-logan-63-million-townhouse-991-fifth.html

Most of the Roy townhouse’s interiors exist only on a soundstage, but exterior shots of the house and its entry hall show the real building at 991 Fifth Avenue, near 80th Street. It’s one of the last great townhouses on Fifth, as most of the others were demolished, starting about a century ago, for large apartment buildings. Since 1940, 991 has housed the American Irish Historical Society, an old nonprofit that has faced financial stress in recent years. Its income, these days, often comes from renting out the building for events like weddings and, yes, film and TV shoots. In 2021, the society tried a Hail Mary survival tactic, putting up the house for sale at $52 million. It eventually dropped that figure to $44 million before taking it off the market, amid talk of an audit by Attorney General Letitia James. That final asking price was a solid $19 million less than Connor’s unchallenged and instantly accepted offer, suggesting that he has massively, enormously overpaid.

Now, admittedly, there’s an apples-to-oranges aspect to this comparison. One suspects that Logan (or more likely Marcia) has got that fictional house into pristine physical shape. Although the AIHS did a full restoration of its building in 2008, any building that’s been used by an institution for decades will need upgrades and additions before billionaire occupancy can commence: an over-the-top new kitchen, luxe bathrooms, a couple of those Carrie Bradshaw–style closets. Other Fifth Avenue houses, sold not under pressure, have gone for more: The Benjamin Duke mansion, just a few steps away at 1009 Fifth, is on the market for $80 million, although it’s possibly more desirable because, unlike the midblock house at 991, it is on a corner and thus is much brighter inside.

That said, Connor’s offer definitely does prove one thing: Like his siblings, he’s not a great negotiator. If that’s the range, your first preemptive offer might be, what, $50 million? Maybe $55 million? Test the waters; see whether she’d come down and meet you somewhere. Even without the broker’s fee that Connor thinks he’s avoiding — my real-estate-reporter colleague Kim Velsey tells me a broker would expect a 6.5 percent fee or about $4.1 million on this deal — he’s still overpaying. How do you know? Marcia — clearly a much cannier operator in this realm — accepts in a millisecond.

was involved with Michelle Pfieffer and executive produced the movie Blank City which I music supervised. And that's everything I know about him.

He's also an Oscar winner!

(For producing the 2010 documentary The Cove.)

going back upthread to the people who think "the paper" has some other bombshell info besides the mention of kendall - the kids all look at the paper and no one makes any mention of anything else on there so i'm not sure what other important info could be there? unless they all skim over it bc they're distracted by the kendall thing. but i believe you all are overthinking it

Even Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse went for $55 million.

― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Tuesday, April 18, 2023 10:30 AM (forty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the widest one in all of manhattan!

going back upthread to the people who think "the paper" has some other bombshell info besides the mention of Kendall

Greg?

come on

Yeah I love that the context is just

Greg?

Nevertheless!

they mentioned the important info was in pencil. i'm assuming they erased it.

thinking a weekly poll of who will comes out on top would be fun.

the pencil part was the underline

think the main point of 'the paper' is to show how even after his death everyone is still terrified of and traumatized by Logan,
it has no legal bearing - is years out of date (probably a cpl) but still exerts power over them - though it doesnt even have the weight of his last wishes
Marcia i'm sure got the flat tied up when she and her lawyer held Logan hostage over messy divorce possibility cpl seasons back and the kids seemed pretty certain it was hers clear and free and they'd take any opportunity to screw her over if they could

“greg ?” was hilarious

think the main point of 'the paper' is to show how even after his death everyone is still terrified of and traumatized by Logan

Agreed. The old guard may have speculated in a comic mode about flushing it down the toilet, but they still couldn't bring themselves to actually do it

thinking a weekly poll of who will comes out on top would be fun.

strong endorse

thinking a weekly poll of who will comes out on top would be fun.

I think none of them wanted to the one who actually pulled the trigger (toilet flush).

eric bogosian's bernie sanders stand-in is gonna win the presidency and nationalize waystar/atn

Do a 21st century update of the Seinfeld ending except all the Roys get guillotined instead of jailed

Btw I totally forgot that Stephen Root is in this show

Always welcome.

The vulture or one of those recappers has a fun power rankings after every episode.

The old guard may have speculated in a comic mode about flushing it down the toilet, but they still couldn't bring themselves to actually do it

Probably a good idea, given the state of security and surveillance and the late man’s home.

xpost - Yeah The Vulture has one but, as I learned last season, there is a whole subculture of people doing power rankings on their substacks and blogs. It's a much bigger thing that I expected!

I blame recap culture.

Hugo's head to neck ratio is astounding

― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Tuesday, April 18, 2023 7:36 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

omg yesssss I am so happy someone else noticed

my wife and I call him Lollipop Head

I liked how naturally Kendall used his knowledge of Hugo's vulnerability (re his daughter's stock sale) to get him to do what he wants. He's got a little bit of the old man in him at least.

that bit felt like kendall LARPING logan, tbh, "it's what the old man would have done" or whatever. fully expect that gambit to blow up in kendall's face next ep

lol
otm

heh I can only think of Hugo as "pencil-neck"

I mostly thought Kendall wanted to shit on his dad for personal reasons, not so much that he thought it would benefit him in the company. But I agree it's likely to backfire becz that's his norm.

you guys really think kendall making an impulsive decision on his own like five minutes after he agreed with roman and shiv that they're working as a team going forward is going to backfire???

Thought it was a possibility that Hugo’s skinny neck was because of cancer or something irl

going back upthread to the people who think "the paper" has some other bombshell info besides the mention of kendall - the kids all look at the paper and no one makes any mention of anything else on there so i'm not sure what other important info could be there? unless they all skim over it bc they're distracted by the kendall thing. but i believe you all are overthinking it

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Haha, guilty. I think there has been a version of this in every episode—something that wasn’t intended as ominous but was received as such. (Why did Kendall decide to push Matson? Why did Roman need to go onto the plane? What was on the paper - who is the princess??).

What if Logan wrote "Kerry gets everything" in invisible ink

Thought it was a possibility that Hugo’s skinny neck was because of cancer or something irl

Yeah, he did have Hodgkins Lymphoma and the treatment for that is pretty severe. In googling that, just to be sure, I see that he was in a three-year relationship with Michelle Pfeiffer at one stage. Fair play to the lad, that is some punching above your weight.

Shit, sorry Hugo re the neck thing. But not sorry re MICHELLE PFEIFFER!?

looks like nicholas braun is a disgusting brother irl too

Oh for god's sake, really?

I love Stewy, he's probably my favourite out of everyone. His "he's 95 and just started suing his neighbour" line really made me laugh

so far just rumors on social media xp

i'm going to post everything people have been saying about him under here https://t.co/sf3sfUte9H

— (pink) business milk🥛(succ spoilers) (@schizomoding) April 8, 2023

Well that all seems very cool and great.

Uggggh, gross (@ Greg irl)

and Justin Theroux. Just after having a discussion with friends about how amazing The Leftovers was and how he's the only person my wife considered a celebrity crush...now to find out he and cousin greg are praying on 19 year olds in their shitty bar. Really sad.

Yeah, those are pretty gross allegations. Even if they are only partially true at best he's a skeevy creep, more likely even worse.

Oh damnit, didn't know about Justin Theroux and I'm only now finally watching the last season of The Leftovers.

sorry to share that info. Apparently he's now involved with the 18 year old star of his version of the Mosquito Coast. Don't let it cloud you, the third season of the Leftovers is as good as TV gets. Here's hoping Carrie Coon is uncancellable.

lol, Tom's got a Dell

do not trust matsson at all!