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
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 October 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
I could object to this show on any number of counts, but it's so reliably entertaining.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 18 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
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.
― jaymc, Monday, 18 October 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
That stuff is a big part of what I enjoyed about wolf hall, and this show is weirdly similar in tones times too.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
game of thrones, wolf hall and succession are the same show for me because of that, and I love all three
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 18 October 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
If this whole season moves at this new quasi real-time pace I might be OK with that. Watching them marinate was amazing.
― stet, Monday, 18 October 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
Roman fucking himself in real time was glorious and almost painful
― kinder, Monday, 18 October 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
wtf is that the red scare podcast woman talking to Greg
― mh, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
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
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 00:49 (two years ago) link
alsoi 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
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
drop a rapid reaction TEDx. shit like that.
― Clay, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
staight cut chinos
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
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.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 02:28 (two years ago) link
https://www.the-fence.com/online-only/how-british-is-succession
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 04:43 (two years ago) link
luv 2 sneer at the sincerity of a satire on the damaging density of capitalism and then boast that I am proud to ask you to invest in an NFT to fund my essay
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 05:45 (two years ago) link
― mh, Monday, October 18, 2021 5:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
yes, she is an actor
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
I've only just realised this is actually extremely good and gone deep into series 1.
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Yeah I kinda wanted to hate it going in but it’s just so well done
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
I feel it should be a bad show on paper .. but then again I was very wrong!
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
I'm not surprised that Brian Cox's performance is rarely less than a+ though
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
i had to try it a couple of times, the hateability of everyone was so through the roof lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
they are so purely evil but also human enough to transcend that one dimensional caricature beloved of Iannucci and co. God knows what I'm driving at here but idk.. it's very good should suffice!
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
i think of the show’s premise on a whiteboard:“every member of a family is a version of Richard III - GO”
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
― calzino, Tuesday, October 19, 2021 4:29 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink Jesse Armstrong wrote on both veep and the thick of it
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
yeah the dialogue is similar, but different. Not so wearing in this.
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
"the cunt of monte cristo"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
"it was piss"
― calzino, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
lol
Succession's season premiere, it's highest rated episode, came in as the 26th highest watched cable show on sunday night. 25th was something called Girl Meets Farm. 50 Cent's BMF's 4th episode was 33rd. pic.twitter.com/x48HHeyqgG— Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) October 19, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
That doesn't really mean anything though, how does it rank with other HBO shows? They're almost never going to have as many viewers as basic cable.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
Yeah it still made me laugh though.
Worse than "Girl Meets Farm", slightly better than "Teenage Euthanasia"
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
idk what % of hbo watchers do it through some sort of max app now but it's gotta be more than live-watching on a cable feed
― Clay, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
does it
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
i torrented it so i won't be in there to be fair
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
I feel it should be a bad show on paper ..
It's not on paper it's on television
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 07:33 (two years ago) link
"old bread" I think was the line that made me love this show.(with the sourdough starter as the gift)
― kinder, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
Right, we watched it through HBO Max and actually, by pure coincidence and luck on our end, started it about five minutes after it started airing anyway... but presumably that still doesn't get counted as live watch.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
Likewise. We were actually refreshing the app, waiting for it to pop up.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
i never watch anything at the time it airs anymore, I'm sure I'm not alone
― akm, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
I thought it started at 10 ET (I was in Michigan on Sunday night), so I rewatched the last episode of S2 at 9, and then watched the S3 premiere at 10, at which point I discovered that it had already been available for an hour.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
turns out that 60% of viewers were watching on digital platforms - about 900,000, up from 300k for S2
still probably not enough of a turnaround for Max
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
it's popular enough that they rented helicopters, that means something
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 October 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
happy to see Peter Reigert pop up…who now looks like…Bilbo Baggins lol loved this ep - always down for Roy sibling timetheir individual decision trees are like crazy red string diagrams. i love seeing all the distrust, jealousy, ambition & childhood/family archetypes all converge and be so blended that you cant fully tell what anyone’s true motivation isroman doing kendall AND shiv impersonations was gold and kendalls meltdown tantrums at the endis amazing how completely he truly is always, inevitably charlie brown & his whole family are always either collectively or separately lucy with the football.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 October 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
girls count double now
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 October 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
We flew back scheduled.
I love how they just keep creating buses for Connor to throw himself under.
― TrumpPence a Bag (B.L.A.M.), Monday, 25 October 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
Don't threaten me Gerri, I don't have time to jerk off
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
i feel like i know a lot of people that would like this show but they just don't watch it.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Stopped halfway through S1 episode 5 i think when Shiv’s husband guy asks Greg to go back to the apartment for him and do some nefarious shit
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
why on earth would u stopkeep going man!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
the sibling round table in ken's daughter's bedroom felt like a real high point for the show. i love whenever all the siblings are in a room together."i'm like 98% sure those aren't poisoned"
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Tonight's episode wasn't as strong as the first two for me, just as far as moment-to-moment credibility. Still, into it.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 1 November 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link