Succession (Page 1 of 3)

I hammered through season 1 and 2 about a year ago, and its extraordinarily well done, and easily the best show on TV, in terms of production, writing, and acting.  Yet, in the same flavor as many shows these days, I don't care if it gets cancelled, funnily enough, there's just nothing about it that resonates with me on any level.  Superb, but who cares, is my general feeling.

How close did I get?

Nobody interested in this show?  ok.

302, Romulus had some pretty funny zingers. 

Ya, me too.  I like how they do that in shows, where the season finale and season premiere are 2-parters.  Glad you're into Succession too, I saw a tumbleweed blow by the other day on this thread, lolz.  Every idiotic bone headed thing they do on Succession is written, portrayed, and captured (like that article) so well, I can't fault it; everyone working on this show is amazing.

Succession is really odd, because it's a family business drama, and you'd think it's slow, yet it's paced like an action flick with a sense of urgency, where you're on the edge of your seat and there's no time to lose and every minute is important, and the stakes are always at 11, and everyone's head is on the chopping block, and you never know what's going to happen.  You'd think a business show called Succession would be the slow burner, and an alien scifi show called Invasion would be intense, but ironically, it's the diametric opposite.   Even when Succession gears down it's good.

The awkward silences and long shots with nothing being said in 304 were meme-able; perfect for an SNL skit.   I'm surprised when Kieran Culkin was on SNL last week, they didn't do a Succession joke or a Macaulay Culkin joke; the previous cast would've found the humor there; disappointing, as usual.

305 was quite a middling episode for Succession.

Absolutely. There is so much dialogue crammed in too, all delivered so naturally. I still have no idea how acotrs remember all that stuff and then say it like they just thought of it.

Only 1 episode to go.

Ken: falling to bits. Shattered by his own family hating on him at his b-day party. Just cash out buddy. 2 bill will do! The way this actor goes from brash and bilious to raw exposed bewildered little boy in a heartbeat is just amazing

Rom: seems to be in the ascendancy, set himself up as King Shit... in daddys good graces... so expect the fall

Shiv: thought she was It. Daddy casually tossed her aside afetr the sweet nothings of a couple of eps ago. Now she's steamed. She couldnt give a flyign shit whether her own husband goes to jail or not. In the race to The Worst, she still has her nose in front for me.

Tom: damn i thought he was playing the long game, testing the familial waters with the prison talk... but he really did think he was going. He's really the only one to root for in this whole shit show.

Greg; wft is going on here. How the hell do you predict his path. Glad he got the girl though

Interesting perspective on Tom. 

Yes, Logan has a lot of Worst credentials.

I want an entire half-season devoted to at least 2 of them being in prison. 

Shiv requesting hand sanitiser from a guard. 

Rom getting lippy at his first visit to the dining hall and getting immediately punched in the head, no ifs no buts. Half his teeth gone before lunchtime.

Wow, that was a powerful episode.  And what a tense, emotive ending.

I think the abruptness of it was part of why it was so good.  It was BANG!  No time to think about it, just hit with that.  Like a car accident.  Right, here's what's happened, deal with it.  Or don't, I don't care.

All scurrying around trying to come to terms with what's going on, without the time to do it.  Great stuff.

The 2022 Golden Globes were boycotted this year for being anti-diversity, but Succession still won 3 awards:

Best Drama - Duh.  It's a masterclass in film making.
Best Actor - Jeremy Strong (Kendall)
Best Supporting Actress - Sarah Snook (Shiv)

Brian Cox lost to Jeremy Strong, and Kieran Culkan was nominated for best supporting actor but lost to O Yeong-su.  Should make for some quiet and competitive rivalries this year on set.

When left untreated, HFPA, as we all know, can lead to cervical cancer, so they quickly made sweeping changes to become more diverse.  The magic of Hollywood!

Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCGnhS_3j4

@Santah  I cleaned up the previous posts.