Succession is a show on HBO that stars Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook, along with Matthew Macfadyen Nicholas Braun Alan Ruck, Hiam Abbass. The series also features Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, and Rob Yang, with Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, and J. Smith-Cameron. Here you will find articles exploring the show’s characters and themes, episode by episode analysis, and a list of favorite insults in Succession.
The following contains spoilers for Succession S3E8, “Chiantishire,” the penultimate episode of the third season (written by Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod) Is there any more difficult episode than the episode before a season finale? It’s really an unenviable spot to be in. By nature, it’s purpose is to set the stage for […] More
This article contains major spoilers for Succession S3E7, “Too Much Birthday” (written by Jesse Armstrong, Georgia Pritchett & Tony Roche and directed by Lorene Scafaria). Proceed with caution. Succession S3E7 has broken my heart. Last week, I wrote about how dark this story has become and how that’s made this season feel different than others. […] More
This article contains major spoilers for Succession S3E6, “What It Takes” (written by Jesse Armstrong, Jamie Carragher & Will Tracy, and directed by Andrij Parekh) I haven’t been quite able to put my finger on why Succession has felt different this season. I write on this show every week and every week, I want to comment […] More
This article contains major spoilers for Succession S3E5, “Retired Janitors of Idaho” Coming off of last week’s tour de force, Succession found itself in a situation where questions of the company’s fate, Logan’s health, and of how Logan and Kendall would interact moving forward took center stage. While all of those topics received a lot […] More
This article contains major spoilers for Succession S3E4, “Lion in the Meadow” They did it. Succession gave us the moment we had been waiting for and it surpassed all of my expectations. Succession S3E4, titled “Lion in the Meadow”, gave us the long awaited meeting between Kendall and his father, Logan. This was the first […] More
This article contains major spoilers for Succession S3E3, “The Disruption” Succession S3E3 had the unenviable task of following an extremely dramatic season premiere and one of the best episodes in series history, at least in this writer’s opinion. Not an easy position to be in at all but this episode delivered in terms of advancing […] More
The following contains spoilers to Succession S3E2, “Mass in Time of War” Succession S3E2, entitled “Mass in Time of War”, was everything I love about this series. Some of the sharpest dialogue on television (or film). Some of the most clever one-liners and hilarious setups I’ve seen anywhere. Family dynamics on full display, years of […] More
The following contains spoilers to Succession S3E1, “Secession”—the Season 3 premiere After a wait that felt cruelly long, Succession returned for its third season on HBO, picking up exactly where it’s blockbuster second season ended. The third season premiere was one of the most intense hours of the series to date and one in which the table […] More
Each year, the 25YL staff—or, well, those who answer the open call anyway—convenes to determine the prestigious 25YL TV Awards. Everyone knows these are the definitive awards in the business because we make no pretense to claiming that a show was the best of the year, or naming the best actor, etc. Instead, we list […] More
Succession ended its incredibly strong second season with a deserving finale, one in which all of our main players took noticeable steps forward or backward. This season has been largely about the Roy siblings’ desire for their father’s approval, which not only doesn’t come easily but also seems to come in the strangest of ways. […] More
”We’re going to need a blood sacrifice.” Logan’s words to Shiv as the penultimate episode of Succession‘s second season ended can’t stop playing through my head today. This season, we’ve seen how ruthless the patriarch of the Roy family can be, perhaps becoming even more ruthless as he begins to slip due to age and […] More
This week’s Succession takes us to Scotland: the land of Logan’s traumatic youth. While we don’t learn the specifics of what happened to Logan and Ewan as children, there are tidbits here and there that contribute to Logan’s character development. Without these small things sprinkled throughout the show (the scars on his back, the whispers […] More
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