You guys think Greg will become CEO
― omar little, Monday, 29 May 2023 15:45 (eleven months ago) link
If that stands for Cleaning Executive Orifices, sure
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 29 May 2023 15:48 (eleven months ago) link
Face eggs
yes thank you
also their mother struck me as not nearly as awful as she had in the past in this episode, like their total animosity toward her seems misplaced.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:14 (eleven months ago) link
idk she did guilt trip them about business talk only to spring her husbands pitch on them lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 May 2023 16:16 (eleven months ago) link
well yeah I didn't say she's great but generally speaking she was right. like, just fucking sell the place and take the money and do something else, what is wrong with all of them
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:20 (eleven months ago) link
shell never understand how hungry one can be for media companies
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 May 2023 16:22 (eleven months ago) link
the whole theory about tom's name Wambsgans foreshadowing that he would knock out all 3 kids to win the throne would (obv) have to mean that the writers knew that was the narrative arc from the beginning. has armstrong commented? interviews with mcfadden from earlier seasons suggest the writers didn't really know where they were going with tom's character. maybe they were just setting his character up as one possilbe victor. it makes sense they knew none of the kids would ultimately succeed.
― that's not my post, Monday, 29 May 2023 16:24 (eleven months ago) link
Jeremy Strong never looks creepier than when he smiles
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:24 (eleven months ago) link
Are the kids now still legally on the hook to buy Pierce together? Feel like that could be awkward
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:26 (eleven months ago) link
lol Pierce i think u can safely let thst narrative thread go now
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:32 (eleven months ago) link
*that
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:33 (eleven months ago) link
they were just setting his character up as one possilbe victor
"Victor" seems the wrong word here, I think a big part of what's going on as the show wraps up is the bright light shined on the difference between "getting the thing you wanted" and "victory"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 29 May 2023 16:37 (eleven months ago) link
farewell to a wonderful show
I will miss whenever stuff starts to go Kendall's way and he just shifts into cocky CEO mode. Just interrupting everyone, shouting buzzwords, barely finishing conversations. Funniest shit in the world to me— rain (actual speed) enjoyer (@notnotnuanced) May 29, 2023
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 May 2023 16:51 (eleven months ago) link
"Victor" seems the wrong word here,
I think it's the right word in terms of the outcome for the company, but there's no winner of the show, because everyone remains dreadful and incapable of enjoying anything or being content for more than ten minutes.
― trishyb, Monday, 29 May 2023 17:07 (eleven months ago) link
"Victor" seems the wrong word here
in the world of the show "victor" is probably right word (tom is the successor). but, as you point, out the show makes it abundantly clear the costs for the winner and the also-rans are terribly steep. And yet, unfortunately for the rest of us, it's a bargain all too many people are willing to make.
― that's not my post, Monday, 29 May 2023 17:12 (eleven months ago) link
Can we move on past this basic talking point please, it’s been a thing for like three seasons
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 29 May 2023 17:17 (eleven months ago) link
Glad they acknowledged Greg being the highest paid assistant in human history.
― johnny crunch, Monday, 29 May 2023 17:24 (eleven months ago) link
_ What do y'all think peter's friend's pitch was?_from what i could tell it was something about care homes of not-great quality?
surprised he only makes 200k honestly
Does he still live rent-free at Kendall's place?
― trishyb, Monday, 29 May 2023 17:29 (eleven months ago) link
Kendall’s implied infertility is kinda sad. Also that all of their relationships are now so utterly broken. the brief moments of genuine togetherness in the kitchen and in front of the dinner video are over, it could be decades until they speak again
― JLB Credit (Jack BS), Monday, 29 May 2023 17:53 (eleven months ago) link
new jess
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 29 May 2023 18:10 (eleven months ago) link
I choose to believe her name was Jess also.
― hrep (H.P), Monday, 29 May 2023 18:11 (eleven months ago) link
The perfect setup for a movie... there is no way this is over. ... and it this is over, I'm funding a startup just to make AI episodes of Succession pic.twitter.com/Mzfoz3LPYQ— @jason (@Jason) May 29, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 29 May 2023 18:45 (eleven months ago) link
in all the handwringing online about shiv’s choices in the finale no one seems to take into account that she is maybe choosing for herself ~and her unborn child~ like not “oh baby needs a father” but “i want my kid to be part of something that ISN’T shifting sands” and that there’s more likely a legacy for the kid if it’s Tom vs Kendall bc ob w kendall the whole thing’s in flames within a month like yes she is out for herself always but now she is selfishly choosing for the both of them, ruthlessly so
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 19:13 (eleven months ago) link
Best show, it'll be missed. So sharp and brutal and funny and got out on a peak vs being stretched out, a final season split in two, etc.
― omar little, Monday, 29 May 2023 19:26 (eleven months ago) link
yeah i was disappointed they were doing four seasons instead of five but it was perfect
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 May 2023 19:39 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah it had to go like this, starting the show at the moment the kids realize it'll be up for grabs soon and ending just as that opportunity forever evaporates
― omar little, Monday, 29 May 2023 19:45 (eleven months ago) link
shoutout to the poor sod who had to ride the elevator down with suicidal Ken
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 20:18 (eleven months ago) link
also my childhood version wassilence in the courtyardthe judge is eating beanshis wife is in the bathtubshooting submarines no idea what it meant or where it came from but it was fun to shout
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 20:29 (eleven months ago) link
I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)Posted: May 29, 2023 at 9:14:17 AMFace eggsyes thank youalso their mother struck me as not nearly as awful as she had in the past in this episode, like their total animosity toward her seems misplaced.really? her withholding & denial of basic affection in this final ep i found really upsetting and heartbreaking like her inability to care for Rome when he is at his most broken & vulnerable because of her own weird hangups just stung so hard but so flippantly tossed off like she was arachnophobic and he was making her hunt for spiders her inviting them solely to be pitched SERIOUSLY so fucked even her meager offerings of food like she cannot, will not give them anything. not love, support, nourishment or even enjoyment maybe it’s me coming from a childhood of emotional abuse but man i grew up with a version of that shit and it is as brutal and damaging as a punch to the face
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 20:58 (eleven months ago) link
Otm
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 29 May 2023 21:04 (eleven months ago) link
and the way the siblings reach back to their own trauma & to their parents for the most effective tools to hurt each other, emotionally & physically is really stark in this episode
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 21:10 (eleven months ago) link
The Kendall/Roman hug and the way Kendall knows that Roman responds positively to pain because that was the only way he ever got attention 🫥
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 29 May 2023 21:13 (eleven months ago) link
Shiv Truss with the ring pendant and what that symbolises or so I've read.
Felt a bit disappointed with it ending on Kendall on that way but some of that was just that it's ending and again I have no better ideas none.
― nashwan, Monday, 29 May 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
the face-grab at the end was what got metheviolence toward Rome is coming from the same brother who had once leaped to -defend- Rome from Logan’s beatingKen now just fully metamorphosing -into- Logan without thought, like absolute muscle memoryawful
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 21:19 (eleven months ago) link
my read on the kendall/roman thing was partially ken helping make sure romans injuries looked legitimate enough, albeit in a weird way
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 May 2023 21:38 (eleven months ago) link
reopening roman’s head wound was a fucked up scene with no one interpretation imoeven if the writers wanted one thing, it felt like love, Kendall enacting Logan’s cruelty, Roman visually leaning in — is he resisting? leaning into it? — and some shared acknowledgment that they’re not going to jettison the pain-inflicting inherent in this business
― mh, Monday, 29 May 2023 22:40 (eleven months ago) link
otm and that’s when the mood shifted from the very nice beach/kitchen scenes to the reality of taking over the trauma company
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 29 May 2023 23:01 (eleven months ago) link
yeah mh otm that tone-shift was so good almost like Waystar Royco or even the building itself rejected their earlier familial closeness
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2023 23:07 (eleven months ago) link
it is the black lodge
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 29 May 2023 23:13 (eleven months ago) link
haha fuck - have definitely been invoking twin peaks s3 in the last 24h - in a “best tv since Scary Monsters” context
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Monday, 29 May 2023 23:18 (eleven months ago) link
excellent finale. tied up just enough, while also feeling like a fantastic normal episode of the show. i would happily keep watching these characters continue to be miserable but it’s appropriate that the show ended with the actual succession.
funny enough, the final result did feel like enacting logan’s will. tom’s betrayal of the kids (and stealing the chicken from logan’s plate lol) paying off
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 29 May 2023 23:52 (eleven months ago) link
Clumsy interloper ftw
― jaymc, Monday, 29 May 2023 23:58 (eleven months ago) link
my name is jeremy strong and this is jackass pic.twitter.com/KlFBxlrYah— lana cel-ray (@sweatyhabibti) May 29, 2023
Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook shaving Jeremy Strong’s hair after Succession Finale. 🫶🏼🥲#SuccessionHBO #Succession pic.twitter.com/W7g86no6yV— chiara (@sirromanroy) May 29, 2023
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 03:00 (eleven months ago) link
lol
Number ONE Boy, Jeremy Strong, has absolutely no idea what song they are singing. @succession ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2oanGNT0NL— Matt Sharp (@_mattsharp) May 29, 2023
― Roz, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:29 (eleven months ago) link
anyone else unnerved by how much skarsgard slips into sounding exactly like skarsgard the elder in odd spots?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:32 (eleven months ago) link
also this would party with this gang
🎥 | Sarah Snook and Jesse Armstrong doing karaoke pic.twitter.com/vtf6Zy836f— best of sarah snook (@bestofsnook) May 29, 2023
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:32 (eleven months ago) link
both those songs' lyrics seem apt for succession
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:36 (eleven months ago) link
Also that all of their relationships are now so utterly broken. the brief moments of genuine togetherness in the kitchen and in front of the dinner video are over, it could be decades until they speak again
― JLB Credit (Jack BS), Monday, May 29, 2023 10:53 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
there were at least ten times between each relationship arc where i thought surely they'll never talk again in their lifetime, and then they'd just... be over it within like half an episode. i tend to think they'll be fine within a couple days, when they all realize this was actually the best possible outcome for all of them.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:40 (eleven months ago) link