HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

my bad, I was thinking Tom was already at ATN when he and Shiv got married

the englishman's cheese scene made me look forward to ca. 2030 when my american kids will be old enough to join my wife and friends and bully me about my accent.

He lives in Monaco, he has to be careful about his days!!!

― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, May 29, 2023 9:02 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

it was a rich episode full of character and drama and trauma, but its lines like this that i'll miss the most.

Ok could someone please explain that line to me please, I feel like I'm missing something

it's a tax-dodging thing i assume

Ohhh ty.

Yeah Monaco is a tax haven and you have to be resident at least half the year to qualify. Cos he’s American that means every visit takes away from his total days he can spend out of Monaco. Tl;dr he’s a super rich ghoul.

so he can afford to buy his friend more cheese

What do y'all think peter's friend's pitch was?

Living Minus Minus

Really missed an opportunity for the show to end with Kendall going to a Phil Collins concert. "Phil sent me this ticket himself, it's front row center..."

Show succeeded in that I never want to see or discuss it ever again

yeah there was balance and weirdness and self-interest in the Ken/Roman hug but it was loving: Roman asked for an excuse why it couldn't be him, a specific excuse, like hm say if only my face looked worse, maybe if I hadn't healed so well, and Kendall gave it to him

I love how their mother is so awful that she would set up that whole trip just so her husband's rubbish friend could pitch her kids, and when Roman shows up in bits, she sees this as her way to get the other two to agree to come. She is the absolute worst.

yess

so shes like i need a moment to gather my thoughts, and kendall follows her and totally validates what her gut was telling her

yes

I choose to believe her name was Jess also.

no.

xp haven’t you got a thread to attempt to larp Nighthawks on

xp haven’t you got a thread to attempt to larp Nighthawks on

I didn’t think there was any mystery about the pitch, they literally give you little lines from it drifting in and out.

Farewell this dumb ass sbow

maybe now that it’s over you can stop posting itt idk just a thought

dumb ass sbow

Tom Dumbsbuns

When Shiv gets to Barbados Roman is wearing a friendship bracelet -- where did he get it?

he stopped by a walmart

Kendall Roy: $750 Jacques Marie Mage sunnies

Shiv Roy: $3000 Alexander McQueen power suit

Roman Roy: pic.twitter.com/I1vXUc9LB3

— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) May 29, 2023

lol that fashion post cracked me up
walmart boys section heeee

I like the idea that Roman has had that t-shirt at the house for 25 years.

yeah

or Mum has a cheap-ass change of clothes stashed for each of them lol

like there’s a floral kmart drop waist jersey knit dress just hanging idly in a closet

Also clothing-related, Roman was so concerned about his stitches keeping him from looking like CEO material, when wearing a dark suit, dress shirt, and tie to a board meeting also did that.

in the kitchen scene the kids actually seemed happy, and you really didn't see that very often. off the top of my head i can't think of many other times when any of them are actually genuinely happy on screen

dumb question - what were they talking about re bloodlines and being the real successor? iirc they're all caroline's kids and connor has a different mother

from wiki:

Kendall begins to shout, insisting that as the "eldest boy" he deserved to be CEO, but Roman retorts that Shiv's pregnancy will carry on the Roy bloodline, since Logan saw Kendall's children (who are not biologically related to Kendall) as illegitimate.

there was a scene in a boathouse i think at shiv's wedding at the end of s1 where the kids seemed to be honestly enjoying each other's company, apart from that i'm struggling to think of other times when any character has seemed really content

i think it totally passed me by that kendall isn't the biological father of his kids

iirc it was previously hinted at that his daughter is adopted, but I can't find an exact reference for that now. Roman is saying that Kendall's son was the result of a sperm donation. I don't think that's ever been mentioned before. the implication is that Ken is infertile.

Yeah it was hinted at by his daughter literally being played by a South Asian actress

am i right in thinking Hugo has somehow already gotten wise to Karolina's maneuverings and dispensed with her somehow?

tom's like "where's Karolina" and Hugo's like "oh, uhmmm...."

What manoeuvrings was Karolina doing?

telling Ken to can Hugo

when Ken gets up to the railings in Battery Park it suddenly it feels as if he's not on solid land but a boat, it all feels like it's lurching, the waves look choppy.. v unsettling

tom's like "where's Karolina" and Hugo's like "oh, uhmmm...."

I didn't get that impression. It felt more like Hugo knew that Tom was saying he was done.

Ah yes that makes sense.

Yeah Matsson’s kill list is presumably still active.

lol no I am not reading about real-life Roys, jesus

“Succession” — the show charting the relentless infighting, deceit and unhappiness across generations of the powerful Roy family — may be over. These challenges, however, remain very real for the ultrarich and their heirs, mental health professionals say.https://t.co/jmkoqSplNx

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 31, 2023

won't someone please think of the ultrarich

when Ken gets up to the railings in Battery Park it suddenly it feels as if he's not on solid land but a boat, it all feels like it's lurching, the waves look choppy.. v unsettling

in the nyt interview with Jeremy Strong he said he actually attempted to climb over that railing with the intention of going into the water but the actor who played his bodyguard stopped him

reading about that guy's m.o., i'm guessing he insisted on drinking the garbage plus saliva smoothie instead of swapping out with a stunt smoothie.

yes he did

this is a good interview

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/arts/television/succession-jeremy-strong-kendall-roy.html

sorry here's a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/arts/television/succession-jeremy-strong-kendall-roy.html?unlocked_article_code=5NnbcK3gXvVmqbCABgheXzhLCC-FPndBTbxNHePvJqNk3KOqZ3MRo1jWllDxDBL1GxwFA-oFBknqye2jVBg_GWE7zSXILQZoinDrOZk8bO0uSX2xEcLKMOp-zbAr5RWKK_rVAx8dqvfy6hXB7FNawNUWJlo3XKNlyPXLCSdzHV53Z3BQymR9LYTTFwh3SichpXi2U2Nnhy_EV8HmkRPfNwVBS8B-redc0xjvGNoxV5khxaoAsXDcia3G1wL18KhH4HTK8m4GwGmuk2vHGK7teWxXnhMCKDlAqP-KdUW8tcwlu-bqfFgTDhQ2FQy0dKHMGCA0IUJ-745T9eQJmewmWq4Vgc2Mobr6piLe1YgxkKX3Xz2B41Q&smid=url-share

reading about that guy's m.o., i'm guessing he insisted on drinking the garbage plus saliva smoothie instead of swapping out with a stunt smoothie.

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 3:01 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes he did

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, May 31, 2023 3:02 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

On the one hand it seems like an insupportable amount of work and he seems exhausting, but then whenever I hear him interviewed, he's so full of praise for everyone around him and seems so happy to be doing the work that, eh, I just can't not like the guy. Of course, even as I type this, I know I'm going to regret it because it'll turn out he's an absolute monster in some yet to be specified way.

favorite shot of the episode was kendall sitting in the big boy CEO chair right before the board meeting, laptop open but at the login screen. kend... you will never log in

jeremy strong seems very annoying as a person/actor but it's hard to argue with the results