Topic: HBO/Sky Atlantic - Succession

[Red Viper]

Jeremy Strong is just amazing in this role. The show wouldn't work without his performance.

[Chris~]

The happier Kendall is the harder it is to watch due to cringing so much. So thank you Shiv for toning that down

[afc tukrish]

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During the good tweet/bad tweet scene in the limo, it was uncomfortably obvious that that was foreshadowing yet another digital disaster for Kendall.

The more hip and self-aware he strives to be, the more definite his later downfall becomes.

And Shiv's letter was downright nasty. Yet couched in putatively sisterly sympathetic terms.

If Roman and Connor think it's too much, it's really close to the bone.

Things really spun out of control in Roy Land this week...

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[Garrus]

Shiv might just be the worst of the children. That scene with her sweet talking Tom into being the patsy sealed the deal.

[S]

Was the guy who came up to Kendall saying "I know who you are" the same guy who took him to see Logan the morning after the car crash?

[Dench57]

Was the guy who came up to Kendall saying "I know who you are" the same guy who took him to see Logan the morning after the car crash?

yep

[smutchin]

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During the good tweet/bad tweet scene in the limo, it was uncomfortably obvious that that was foreshadowing yet another digital disaster for Kendall.

The more hip and self-aware he strives to be, the more definite his later downfall becomes.

And Shiv's letter was downright nasty. Yet couched in putatively sisterly sympathetic terms.

If Roman and Connor think it's too much, it's really close to the bone.

Things really spun out of control in Roy Land this week...

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To be fair, he did kind of goad her into it with the Nirvana stunt. 

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[The G in Gerrard]

Yep, mesmerising is the right word.

Tom also has the best lines, my favourite from this episode being: “The DOJ is going to be like a combine harvester in a wheat field of dicks”

Tom saying it was cyanide tablets to Greg was funny.

Another high quality episode. Kendall getting his comeuppance was brilliant.

[Hedley Lamarr]

I could do without Roman looking human, what the fuck does that make me ?

Up there with The Wire.  Next Monday morning we have Succession, Curb and the new Dexter.

[Dench57]

Succession but it's a Romantic Comedy (TRAILER) | Tom and Greg

[bradders1011]

Little Lord Fuckleroy has left the meeting.

[scatman]

glorious again

[Chris~]

Tom's going to end up trying for a plea bargain, right?

[S]

Tom's going to end up trying for a plea bargain, right?

I’m thinking he turns into an informant for the FBI. I also had a weird sense at times this episode that he might commit suicide. This show isn’t averse to a sudden turn into dark territory after all.

What’s weird is that…didn’t he just totally offer himself up to go to prison? It wasn’t mentioned as a possibility until he brought it up right?
 

[smutchin]

Just as an aside, Macfadyen has played this role superbly up to now. Tremendous actor.

Agreed. He's been brilliant.

[smutchin]

Little Lord Fuckleroy has left the meeting.

That was a proper laugh out loud moment. I love the way they slip in little things like that - small details that just add to the richness of the whole production.

[Red Viper]

Thought that was the best episode of the series so far.

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Loved all the Logan/Kendall stuff with the Adrian Brody character, and Tom seemingly approaching a bit of a meltdown.

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[afc tukrish]

Thought that was the best episode of the series so far.

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Loved all the Logan/Kendall stuff with the Adrian Brody character, and Tom seemingly approaching a bit of a meltdown.

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The weight of the first silence between the two was palpable.

[The G in Gerrard]

Could tell the last scene was going to happen but bloody hell that was impressive episode. Logan's speech and then the silence was wonderfully shot.

Can't wait for next episode.

[bradders1011]

Thought Brody was excellent, hope to see more of him - playing against type.

Really hope we get to see Connor's 2024 run, at least the primaries.

[kaesarsosei]

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Any reason why Logan hasn't overtly threatened Kendall with the car crash stuff? Is it because Logan himself might be too heavily implicated in the cover-up (thus far)?

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[Gili Gulu]

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Any reason why Logan hasn't overtly threatened Kendall with the car crash stuff? Is it because Logan himself might be too heavily implicated in the cover-up (thus far)?

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Probably equally damaging to them both. Like what Geri said about Roman using the Tattoo Guy story to hurt Ken. Logan probably keeping that in his pocket in case it's certain he has to go, and he wants to make sure that Ken doesn't get the top job.

Also, was Adrien Brody's character deliberately trying to get Logan to keel over by dragging him all over the place? Seemed like he should know the way back to his own house.

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[redan]

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Probably equally damaging to them both. Like what Geri said about Roman using the Tattoo Guy story to hurt Ken. Logan probably keeping that in his pocket in case it's certain he has to go, and he wants to make sure that Ken doesn't get the top job.

Also, was Adrien Brody's character deliberately trying to get Logan to keel over by dragging him all over the place? Seemed like he should know the way back to his own house.

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  100% with regards to Brody’s character, it was a definite test. In fact I found everything he did, to be calculated with a sinister undertone. He was toying with them the entire time, from getting them there in the first place, to the walk, to leaving them alone for prolonged periods of time. It takes a lot to stand out as being a particularly nasty piece of work in a show with practically zero likeable characters but he did to me. Reckon we’ll see a bit more of him 

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[bradders1011]

That was fantastic.

[bradders1011]

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The Rabbit being sick after eating The Bagel was Logan getting fed dodgy meds, right?

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[Red Viper]

So many highlights this week.

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Greg enquiring if there's a way to affectionately sue his Grandad.

The disposal of the imaginary cat.

Tom helping Logan to the toilet "should I hold the sceptre?"

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[bradders1011]

So many highlights this week.

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Greg enquiring if there's a way to affectionately sue his Grandad.

The disposal of the imaginary cat.

Tom helping Logan to the toilet "should I hold the sceptre?"

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Boom shakalaka hell yeah!

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[legendkiller]

Best hour of TV in ages.  So much going after on off camera too . Greg's face when Kendall walked out on stage

[BarryCrocker]

Roman - A Tobasco suppository

 

[Garrus]

"First they came for the PJs and I said nothing."

[Gili Gulu]

Good episode for Tom.

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The Rabbit being sick after eating The Bagel was Logan getting fed dodgy meds, right?

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Mind blown!

When everything settles down I think

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Logan will be impressed with the way Shiv positioned herself into getting a board seat. She really needs to start getting a handle of the nitty-gritty of the actual business so that Geri, Frank and Karl can't dismiss her so easily as a figurehead. Ken looks like a walking ghost, and she should be able to run rings around the man-child Roman.

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[S]

I'll go against the crowd in here. I think this season has been, by its own high standards, pretty average.

The dialogue is unmatched and there have still been some great moments but it's lacking the classic episodes of the first two seasons. I think this might be a Covid thing that put restrictions on their filming. Pretty sure we'd have been in other countries and more locations by now in prior seasons.

That being said, the imaginary cat had me in stitches.

[The G in Gerrard]

Bloody brilliant. Loving it. Roman and Greg were excellent.

[bradders1011]

James Cromwell is always a phenomenal cameo, by the way. Peter Riegert too! I like to think that's how Mac looks now he's retired to Ferness.

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Ah Greg. Poor Greg. 

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[Kenny's Jacket]

"First they came for the PJs and I said nothing."

 

[scatman]

loved that episode, it was phenomenal. Kendall is fucking this up, come on boy!

[smutchin]

This week's episode didn't quite live up to last week's for me, but still fantastic.

The only thing I didn't really like was...

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...the way they laboured the whole 'UTIs make you go mad' thing. Yeah, we get the King George thing already.

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The Shiv storyline is hotting up nicely. After looking like the good guy in the last series by shacking up with a leftie politician, she's now properly power hungry and it's turning her nasty.

[Andy_lfc]

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The Rabbit being sick after eating The Bagel was Logan getting fed dodgy meds, right?

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Ok, I might be being a bit slow here - how does Kendall's kids rabbit getting sick after eating a bagel tie up with Logan getting fed dodgy meds? Or was it a metaphor?

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[Kenny's Jacket]

This week's episode didn't quite live up to last week's for me, but still fantastic.

The only thing I didn't really like was...

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...the way they laboured the whole 'UTIs make you go mad' thing. Yeah, we get the King George thing already.

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The Shiv storyline is hotting up nicely. After looking like the good guy in the last series by shacking up with a leftie politician, she's now properly power hungry and it's turning her nasty.

sorry dont know how to do spoilers, but this is hardly a plot reveal

It is true UTIs can do terrible things to the mind.

[bradders1011]

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Ok, I might be being a bit slow here - how does Kendall's kids rabbit getting sick after eating a bagel tie up with Logan getting fed dodgy meds? Or was it a metaphor?

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Could have been code. I saw the theory on the internet.

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