HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

On the plus side, I feel this is one show which could actually weave the covid crisis into its storylines in a satisfying way.

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)

obvs veg is being hyperbolic but for those who have not yet read the thread
Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

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.

i heard an interview w Alan Ruck on the succession podcast, and he had the greatest take on Connor

he 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

https://i.imgur.com/6JJrC0k.jpg

lmao accurate

lol

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

"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.

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.

otm!

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

yay!

yes finally

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

:D

fuck off!

nearing self parody there but i am obviously on board

lmao at the jack & the beanstalk

Unfeasibly excited.

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

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.

Starts in October! (No specific date yet)

:D

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.

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

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.

the juice is loose fyi

Was very mixed about the first two seasons, but tonight’s episode was so well done, just constantly moving in these unusual spaces. Much more jagged conversational rhythms and handheld camera work. Dug it.

i forgot how stressful this show is lol

Really glad they kept Tom and Greg separate for the whole episode. Tom’s hazing just felt like a redundant joke over a lot of episodes.

agree

plus i am now more interested in his private undeclared war w Shiv

*that 'the juice is loose' line was a jaw dropper from the person it came from, in the context. They really ramped up the worst sides of the Roy kids, completed with greasy Roman close ups, shiv snarling and smarming her way around, Kendell manic and maniacal...agree it's good Tom and Greg aren't an obvious sideshow again, but I love me some tom...and I really hope there's a fun storyline for the conheads.

this was a good greg ep

I think this show raises my blood pressure

oh god greg on twitter was killing me

i saw this yesterday & it made me lol, v good impression of Cousin Greg

cousin greg ordering coffee pic.twitter.com/vAEVqrxpoj

— Matt Buechele (@mattbooshell) December 11, 2019

I could object to this show on any number of counts, but it's so reliably entertaining.

While I was watching the Netflix reality show The Circle a few weeks ago, I realized that one of the things I like about it is all the Machiavellian jockeying for power -- forming alliances and making other strategic moves to gain trust and ultimately improve your standing in the game -- and that this is, in a way, no different from what drives the plot in Succession. When it's written well, that kind of thing is just really pleasurable to watch.

That stuff is a big part of what I enjoyed about wolf hall, and this show is weirdly similar in tones times too.

game of thrones, wolf hall and succession are the same show for me because of that, and I love all three

If this whole season moves at this new quasi real-time pace I might be OK with that. Watching them marinate was amazing.

Roman fucking himself in real time was glorious and almost painful

wtf is that the red scare podcast woman talking to Greg

omg yes that scene w Roman calling Logan was so good. he talked himself into AND out of the ceo spot in the space of minutes. incredible

also

i loved kendall in full terrible embarrassing kendall mode at his ex’s house taking those meetings

i loved shiv having a full tantrum AT lisa arthur in her office when she realizes she’s fucked

drop a rapid reaction TEDx. shit like that.

staight cut chinos

The Shiv scene with Lisa Arthur was one of the best of the series. As with this whole episode, the characters didn’t have the advantage of being in a space where they belonged (their home, their office, a resort or as a guest of honor), and seeing her reactions to rejection was so, so good.

https://www.the-fence.com/online-only/how-british-is-succession