HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

im sorry the kids are a sell for me i dont like them theyre not serious

its not just a set for a psychological drama its trying to depict a real thing

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:20 PM (0 seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

but in a very stylized way where everyone talks like a high end insult comic, pretty cool

def, but i also wonder about that "bad place" she was in when she met tom

im sorry the kids are a sell for me i dont like them theyre not serious

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 1:24 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

logan is right, they're not serious (logan...lagoon...hmm...), but their wealth makes it so people have to take them seriously. that's a big problem.

the poor numbers guy, he really was trying to warn Kendall

also idk but i think part of what makes the show compelling is the fact that these are people who are damaged in very human and touching ways, the awfulness is a symptom of the disease of their upbringing and their struggles with it, still trying to impress their awful and now-dead dad, chasing favor they'll never earn. i don't marvel at their pathetic-ness or evil, i want them to make it out of there somehow. a lesser show would just be a bit more gleeful at the prospect of their downfall, or reveling in sociopathic power grabs. it's a better show because while there's comedy to be mined from their amateurish endeavors and awkward interactions, it's ultimately not wholly mocking them or funneling them towards their deserved comeuppance. that's why for all its humor, it's a tragedy.

this, also whomever said Kendall gets quieter/goes inward instead of getting louder was otm

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/02/succession-20-greatest-characters-ranked

Stewy below the likes of Hugo and Kerry is ridiculous

what a silly article. gerri is a much better character than shiv and kendall, yes

Logan’s youngest, smartest child and only daughter is shrewd, shark-eyed and fatally underestimated.

Who's youngest, Shiv or Roman?

I thought Roman was youngest.

roman is middle i thought?

re: latest episode, every time the show makes kendall do a base jump onstage in front of an audience it's a miracle, you legit have no idea how it's going to go. jeremy strong is amazing.

Shiv is the youngest, that's why Logan called her pinky. Fourth child/fourth finger.

i thought it was cause shes pink in color

Pinkish would make more sense in that case

i thought pinky bc she’s a redhead

I love Kendall's faux tough guy stuff. "can pinky dance?"

It's been so long since the fact Kendall has children has in any way been acknowledged

They're almost like Chuck from Happy Days at this point

I wouldn't be surprised if he's not allowed to see them.

i do miss rava, the only normal person on the show

feel like in one of the previews we see rava in an episode later on in the season. . . Kendall runs into her and says "I'm doing huge things*"

*Mind cocaine

wonder how iverson is doing

was just reading that Kendall's just separated from his wife still

he's the anti-Logan when it comes to personal relationships

Ken should have driven a big shoe onto stage like the birthday boy in the big skate at a roller rink.

Yeah I wondered why Kendall's kids weren't at the wake

Big shoes!
Big shoes.
Biiiig shoes.
Big, big shoes

big shoes

Yeah I wondered why Kendall's kids weren't at the wake

maybe because Logan hit one of them in the face with a can??

the kids were at their grandma's wedding iirc but that was the last time we saw them. I remember Logan asking one of them, "you know your dad's going to be all right, don't you?" or something. after Kendall's pool incident. probably not exactly what he said but close.

Big, big shoes

Please, I am cringing into a cramped state.

maybe because Logan hit one of them in the face with a can??

Not much chance of that happening this time, though.

Maybe Rava just decided that they've had enough of potentially emotional Roy family gatherings for the moment.

for sale: big shoes, never worn

lol

maybe because Logan hit one of them in the face with a can??

what episode was this? I can't remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFroMd2A01M

lol i forgot his kid's name was iverson, very on brand

throw a can at the grandkid and a cant at their parent. Sweet grandpa Logan.

lol i forgot his kid's name was iverson, very on brand

― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:27 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

its so good

it’s perfect

did the rabbit have a name?
should be Yeezus

Big boots. Big Balenciaga boots.

90 minute finale, let's go

that writer i mentioned earlier said there was like a 2-hour cut of the logan’s death / connor’s wedding episode, i guess there’s probably long cuts of everything that they then have to chop down. i wonder if those will ever see the light of day

Oh that would be great. Would watch

RIP dvd box sets

Yeah, apparently most episodes are written long and get cut in the editing room. J. Smith-Cameron said in an interview there was a whole deleted subplot of the Norway episode that involved a Hunger Games-style athletic/survival competition between the Waystar and GoJo executives, as well as a longer sauna scene.

a Hunger Games-style athletic/survival competition between the Waystar and GoJo executives,

Now this is truly a loss

J. Smith-Cameron said in an interview there was a whole deleted subplot of the Norway episode that involved a Hunger Games-style athletic/survival competition between the Waystar and GoJo executives

That they *shot*, or just that they wrote?

The fake brand names on this show are really weird in a way I can't put my finger on.
Gojo!
Kalispitron!
Doderick!

its def a slightly alternate reality