HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

Two episodes into S3. I always look forward to Connor's weirdness--Greg's weirdness seems a little studied, whereas Connor strikes me as a original creation.

One thing I'm starting to find a little repetitive--and I know how silly this sounds, seeing as it's the premise of the whole show--are these critical moments where Logan has to pick his successor. It feels like the fourth time around already, but every time, all the kids start speculating in earnest on who it will be. If this were a Seinfeld episode, someone would speak up and say "Haven't we had this conversation before?"

Pretty much the only knock I'd put on this excellent show is that it goes in circles a bit, so I feel your point there. Silicon Valley, another HBO show, also had that exact problem, and after a while it was hard to feel there were any stakes. Succession hasn't gotten there yet for me, but if it spins long enough, I can see it losing emotional stake

Though on the issue of Logan picking his successor, he has vested interest in NOT picking someone, and instead letting everyone fight against each other

yeah the groundhog day aspect of that is part of the point i think

I think I just want them to push back more, and in S2, they do: when Logan offers Shiv a newly created post as President, she kind of rolls her eyes and asks if that means mascot.

Not sure if Holly Hunter will be back, but, as always, she was great (she reminded me a bit of Patricia Clarkson on House of Cards, this shadowy intermediary). And I hope Marcia's role is expanded from here on out; her absence for a couple of episodes hurt.

And, uh, obviously Kendall pushes back.

no steaks on succession? i beg to differ

(i searched for a picture of them eating steak but couldnt find one)

Boars--rare, like an aristocrat.

the show is good but what couldve made it really great is if when they were playing boar on the floor logan said "the winner of this game will be the successor" and the successor then entered into a series of intrigues which were resolved by seasons end, and in the next season there are more intrigues

ive written a treatment for a serialized reimagining of antonionis red desert that works in a similar way

A show focused entirely on Romulas's sex life, that's the spin-off the world is waiting for.

I have a title: My So-Called Sex Life.

Kendall would totally do sloppy steaks

Took a break for a couple of weeks, finished S3 last night. About equal to S2, I think. I watch, I'm engaged, I like it, don't love it. Maybe I'm one of those rubes who needs someone to root for--if anything, I sometimes find myself rooting for Logan, who's at least authentic (and I like the ways--his smile, the tilt of his head--he keeps everything close to his vest). But I know he's awful, so "rooting" isn't exactly the right word. Found Kendall's breakdown in the finale moving (and wanted to throttle joke-machine Roman, but that's who he is too, anything else would be false). I actually missed the key point about Tom near the end of the finale until I read up afterwards. (One of my favourite things is when Tom and Shiv, working in tandem, clown around at someone's expense, usually Greg's. Tom, who's such a simp and a cipher at times, has a really funny, cutting sense of humour in those situations.)

I loved Roman in that scene - using his sociopathic wit to console Kendall and help someone else, for once.

Definitely quotable: "I guess I'm just trying to say, like, who's the real victim here? I waited three quarters of an hour for a gin and tonic." Even Kendall started to laugh...Also loved Tom's line about Greg potentially being Europe's weirdest monarch.

Yeah you can really see how Roman has become trapped by his armor of misanthropy, this is what being emotionally supportive looks like because he literally cant do those other supportive things people do, like console, hug, hold eye contact etc.

this *is* Roman being there for kendall

yes

that deflective joke was love

apparently kendall sitting on the ground was an improv move that ruined the continuity of every other take they'd done but it became the keeper

those angles, the bright day creating this deep focus that went for miles, roman standing in the background, it was like a fuckin.. idk giocametti sculpture or something

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/3e/1d/ec3e1dda916b0ca0b474df95fd288499.jpg

otm

I’m about halfway through s2 of this and I honestly love it??? I’m on the episode where they have protests about their Nazi news anchor and it’s so good. “I’m intellectually promiscuous but culturally conservative”. I love most of these awful people, but I have to be honest and say I love love love when anything bad happens to Tom. What a cunt.

you don't hyper-decant ?!

yeah but if it was that bad they wouldn't be around to suffer, like.

the hardest i've ever laughed at this show is when tom tried to say he'd never met greg and that cut to shiv losing her mind.

If it is to be said.

I've been watching Inventing Anna (against my better judgement) and Stewie and Tabitha from Succession are playing a married couple in it, it was confusing to me, if it is to be said.

I actually nearly died from the secondhand embarrassment here, he’s so awful 😭😭😭

succession clip kendall roy tells public relations consultant berry schneider “I’d like my twitter to be off the hook” and goes on to say he’s thinking about hitting up some “BoJack guys” for his feed, a thought which berry questions “like cool tweets to position you?” pic.twitter.com/MetrpSW9Z3

— succession clips and reaction videos (@successionreact) October 22, 2021

Watching s2 for the second time (not seen s3). Didn't catch Shiv referring to Connor as "the first pancake" before (in the Dundee episode, I think.) Oof, lol.

It's not much but

Succession season 4. Spring 2023. pic.twitter.com/tacvG1J9B7

— no context succession (@nocontextroyco) October 24, 2022

bring it on

lol tom

rewatching for the (mumbled) time

i tried to be nerdy & cool this time & watch objectively and admire the construction & figure out how early they were driving various story elements but it’s so easy to get sucked into the scene drama / dialogue i’m just going to be uncool & laugh along like a poor

most shows don’t hold up this well for me

pic.twitter.com/DKtVpwDZyq

— no context succession (@nocontextroyco) September 13, 2022

Rewatched the Kendall's 40th Birthday episode a bit ago, and it really is so perfectly made.

I really want to push Nate out of the airlock, what a heinously limp character

anyone seen THE MENU? thought it kinda sucked. while watching it I was thinking it’d make more sense as a three-episode prestige limited series on HBO or netflix or something, so it made a lot of sense when I learned that the director is the succession guy

Peter Friedman, who plays Frank, is excellent in She Said as Lanny Davis.

i have not watched the menu but many people are saying it sucked

I loved it overall, good fun.

the menu feels v divisive...wonder if ill love it...

basically it’s good if you go into it with the expectation that it’ll be a fun comedy-horror with good performances. if you’re expecting a smart satire you’re going to be disappointed.

Season 4 will be the final season, reveals Jesse Armstrong:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-end-of-succession-is-near

jeremy strong annoyed everyone into ending the show

ok well then start coming up w a show to get me over the end of this one bc i will NOT be ok

they should do five seasons why not thats a normal amount i think they will do five

i feel like they had 5 in them but if this season kicks ass front to back then good for them

ugh they should def do a fifth season, especially since season 1 felt like such a trial run

I haven’t read this book but I’m mad at the author for not having written two sequels 😡

Really enjoyed rewatching s4 over the last week. Wonder if we'll see *Jeryd Mencken* again in the new one.

u wot now