Greg is the Candide character, we can't focus on him for too long because he's only barely there. He does seem fated to Chauncey Gardener his way to the top though.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
I find it excruciating that S03 has been delayed and live in fear that the castmembers will no longer be available when filming is set to resume
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
I haven't seen Peep Show but many of the zingiest lines in Succession seem to come straight out of The Thick of It, so Armstrong clearly has that identifiable style.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
Watch Peep Show!
― kinder, Monday, 29 June 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
I see Greg as more of a secret antagonist.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_Fom02PIw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 2 August 2020 05:40 (three years ago) link
I caught season 2 before season 1 which was dumb but two things from s1 I don't think were mentioned itt - Tom walking in on Shiv wrestling Roman and doing an immediate 180 was a fantastic made for GIF moment and later when they all go to Conor's ranch both Conor and Roman make this sheepish 'hi...' at Karolina implying they both have some probably-not-good past with her but no more is made of it. Roman watching the satellite blow up in the bathroom at the wedding also so good.
― nashwan, Saturday, 8 August 2020 12:56 (three years ago) link
I just binged both seasons in less than a week and I feel like i want to cry / eat lobster / snort rails of coke / fly in a helicopter- kendall ie jeremy strong fuck that dude kills me with his acting so amazing just jaw on the floorall the intersibling/familial history stuff is so good & well acted/written- all the shared moments between the siblings are gold & so real. those “are you ok. no really” moments of protectiveness/love in such a love-starved family are so good.- same vein: when logan backhanded roman & kendall sprang at him DONT YOU TOUCH HIM felt very true to life w abusive parents etc. theyve clearly been through some awful shit (the story shiv tells of logan beating roman for 5 minutes because he ordered the lobster at a restaurant when they were kids)- kendall wanting to come clean to his Mum when she’s clearly never been that for him (or any of them) & she uncomfortably puts him off & then fully peaces out the next morning to avoid it completely. Just gutting. you see the kid & the adult simultaneously in his face but also it is so obvious on that moment that he’s so broken that he cant stop doing it to himself
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 September 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
also
my fav scene in the whole show😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#SuccessionHBO pic.twitter.com/uIqS6d4yOa— Ken △⃒⃘dams (@_Abudejain) August 28, 2020
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 September 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
yay Veg!
― kinder, Sunday, 6 September 2020 07:45 (three years ago) link
- kendall ie jeremy strong fuck that dude kills me with his acting so amazing just jaw on the floor
a million times this
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Sunday, 6 September 2020 08:17 (three years ago) link
I've finally persuaded my husband to watch it, so I'm watching it with him (sacrifices!). We've just watched one of my favourite episodes of season one, where Tom takes Greg out for the evening to show him how great it is to be rich, and it's not really that great because they are separated from everybody else. This is definitely one of those shows that improves on a rewatch because you know what's coming. All those great and scary things you talk about, for example.
― trishyb, Sunday, 6 September 2020 09:46 (three years ago) link
season 3 when
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 September 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
There might be a few things getting in the way of filming right now.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 6 September 2020 13:10 (three years ago) link
That should do a special zoom episode.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 6 September 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
they really shouldn't
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Sarah Snook has been stuck living on a friend's sofa in a Melbourne flat for six months. Even if HBO were able to film her with a drone during the one permitted outside hour of exercise per day, she's not going to have Shiv"s requisite hair & makeup.
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Sunday, 6 September 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Well I assume the scripts will be pretty tight by the time they get to filming at least.
― circa1916, Sunday, 6 September 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
guys i feel so lost what the fuck do i even watch now. i almost want to drag my tv out into the street, what good is it anymore honestly
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 September 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
I have not watched all of TV but I feel confident in saying this is the best thing on TV.
― circa1916, Sunday, 6 September 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
They should really do a zoom special.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 6 September 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
Sorry, Microsoft Teams.
On the plus side, I feel this is one show which could actually weave the covid crisis into its storylines in a satisfying way.
― chap, Sunday, 6 September 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
Armstrong has said he has no intention of doing pandemic storylines iirc
(presumably they'd have to throw out his entire plan for S3 and any further future for the show to do so - but if there's no plan beyond S3 yet, I reckon it would indeed provide great potential plot directions once we have some idea what society will look like beyond this)
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Sunday, 6 September 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
obvs veg is being hyperbolic but for those who have not yet read the threadTop 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 6 September 2020 23:25 (three years ago) link
those are great takes, vg. the brilliance of the show is in finding and shining a light on the remaining slivers of humanity and vulnerability in the characters. it's tough for me to imagine the next time i'll like a show this much.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 September 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
i heard an interview w Alan Ruck on the succession podcast, and he had the greatest take on Connorhe said Connor doesnt read anything new that forces him to form an opinion. he would read old works of literature like Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past”, works are already accepted by others as being great, so he doesnt have to decide or do the work. I found this highly amusing & otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 September 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/6JJrC0k.jpg
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 05:39 (three years ago) link
lmao accurate
― Roz, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
lol
― jaymc, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Okay, I haven't read the entire thread here, since I still have the last two episodes of Season 2 to watch, but I'm really surprised by how much I'm enjoying this. In a show full of embarrassing people doing awful things, Kendall's rap was amazingly awful. I kind of want a sitcom spin-off with Tom and Greg as roommates.
And for all of Roman's great lines, I don't know why this one killed me:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/71e62b7ea5c46fb1c4e0c51131c52b3a/58cdc6427a781182-19/s500x750/b8bfd6be753fb09d68fcca84cb1ba80ba928959c.jpg
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
"Excuse me, what are Greg sprinkles?"
Also, loved this little exchange:
Shiv: This. Oh. So you've been stewing on that? Tom: Why yes, I have been stewing on it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Kendall's rap was amazingly awful
The best part was you could see the cut to Greg being really into it a mile away but when they actually did it still paid in full.
― nashwan, Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
otm!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
J. Smith Cameron confirmed in the replies to this tweet that S3 is currently filming.
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/nB9sZlsg8S— J. Smith-Cameron🇺🇸 (@j_smithcameron) November 22, 2020
― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 04:03 (three years ago) link
yay!
― kinder, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:33 (three years ago) link
yes finally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBOCIgCaOk
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
:D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
fuck off!
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
nearing self parody there but i am obviously on board
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
lmao at the jack & the beanstalk
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
Unfeasibly excited.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 09:23 (two years ago) link
Lots of interesting details about Succession and Season 3 specifically in this profile of Jesse Armstrong. One to start with: there is no incorporation of the pandemic into the plot for season 3. https://t.co/ClMNecYLNS— Succession updates (@SuccessionNews) August 23, 2021
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
thank god. real talk: the last thing i want from any of my favorite shows is for them to be in any way about or relatec to covid or the pandemic.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
Starts in October! (No specific date yet)
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 05:00 (two years ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
great article, thanks. I thought I knew plenty about Jesse Armstrong but had no idea he wrote the British version of That 70s Show, which I'm not sure I saw in the UK but possibly in South Africa? I was only young and was extremely confused when I later saw the US version, having only half remembered the UK one.
― kinder, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link
Starts this Sunday! I cannot wait. Two great interviews recently published:
Brian Cox:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/10/brian-cox-interview-kermode-succession-putting-rabbit-hat
Jeremy Strong:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/02/rage-pain-shame-all-mine-jeremy-strong-succession-kendall-roy
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 11 October 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
Really looking FWD to this returning, reading above, I think I wouldn't have minded if they added some pandemic stuff to the script, it's seems perfect fodder for all the 'Conheads' out there. Please, people, don't forget that Connor Roy was interested in politics from a very young age.
― Swanswans, Monday, 11 October 2021 10:39 (two years ago) link
the juice is loose fyi
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 October 2021 04:22 (two years ago) link