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 When I made the OP for the original Succession thread, nobody knew what to make of this show at all, I was like "uhhhh it's Dynasty meets Arrested Development I guess?????" and now we're two seasons later and it's an Emmy-scooping megahit so here's a new thread. Succession rules! If you haven't watched it why are you even reading this OP you loony. It's about a Murdochesque media empire family and the terrible nonsense they get up to. It's darkly funny and brutal and unbelievably well-shot, written and performed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBOCIgCaOk Where we last left off: The end of season 2 saw patriarch Logan Roy suitably impressed/annoyed at his middle son Kendall finally standing up to him and calling him out publicly for years of lovely behaviour and overseeing various misdeeds, after spending the entire season as a sad sack who shits the bed. omg!!!!!! This sets up a big Roy family civil war for season 3 where Kendall appears to be adopting a woke persona as part of his campaign against his father. Will it go over well? I doubt it Elsewhere, Roy daughter Shiv is in the middle of a super depressing holiday with her husband Tom who has finally admitted that he is extremely unhappy with her. Poor Tom! He still deserves the guillotine with the rest of them though. Youngest son Roman got back from Turkey and now has to deal with being the sole COO and idk probably still does sex weird. Useless eldest son Connor had to borrow money because nobody liked his escort girlfriend Willa's play, with the promise that he suspends his dumbass presidential campaign. Cousin Greg has sided with Kendall, providing documents with proof of Logan's guilt, which will likely put a dent in TV's ultimate bromance between him and Tom. Gerri and Frank are, idk, still around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevqiiYNFrc Will Kendall succeed in his campaign against his father? Will Roman be able to handle the COO job? Will Shiv and Tom be able to find happiness? And most importantly, will any of them ever, ever, get that kiss from daddy??? Find out when Succession season 3 premieres on HBO on Sunday October 17th. I'm also seeing the first two eps tonight as part of the London Film Festival hooray!
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you forgot to mention dasha
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really excited for the show though. the drama is good but i'm really in it for greg and tom's buffoonery.
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You should have referred to Kendall as Logan's eldest son, that's certainly how Logan sees it. 
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You can't make a Tomlette without breaking some Gregs.
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I watch this every time it's posted somewhere and it never stops being incredible
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Had the screening of 301-2 last night. Happy to report its excellent, very funny still and everything has been shaken up nicely. I think people will be very happy. It did feel a bit broader than before but that was possibly a psychological thing for reasons I’ll go into below. Event was cool, Armstrong and a bunch of the cast showed up, Cox did some cute in-character stuff about Jeremy Strong or Nicolas Braun not being there. It was the European premiere of 301 but the world premiere of 302, which was neat! Not a great audience - most of them were half-cut and cared more about shipping Roman and Gerri than the rest of the show, but there was definitely an infections excitement. It’s not really a cinema experience like at all - I missed so many lines due to people laughing at the latest dumb Greg moment etc (Tom and Greg briefly speak on the phone and people laughed so much during the first line I missed like the next 3 lines) - but it was nice to see such a gorgeous show on a huge screen like that. I think the audience made it feel broader than it was because I was missing a lot of the smarter lines but we’ll see when I rewatch the episodes soon which I am excited to do!!! 
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I think... I think thats boa constrictors
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GAVEL BANGS CHAIR: Mr. Hirsch, please rise. Raise your right hand. Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give this committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? MR. GREGORY HIRSCH: I do. CHAIR: Please take a seat. Senator Eavis, its your time. SEN. EAVIS: Gregory Hirsch, executive assistant to Tom Wambsgans, correct? MR. GREGORY HIRSCH: Yes. Yes, if it is to be said. SEN. EAVIS: I'm sorry? MR. GREGORY HIRSCH: If it is to be said, so be it. So it is. SEN. EAVIS: Are you all right? MR. GREGORY HIRSCH: Uh, yes, I merely wish to answer in the affirmative fashion. SEN. EAVIS: You can speak to us normally. MR. GREGORY HIRSCH: Okay, no... thank you sir. Uhh, so I shall.
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Oct 17, 2021 17:42
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Dasha from Red Scare is on this
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Let's go. Let's loving do this. Action stations.
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Rhea’s assessment of Shiv that she thinks she is a lot smarter than she is, continues to be the most apt description of her character. Shiv desperately needs a win this season. Even Connor got his Conheads, while Shiv has been taking Ls non-stop.
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36m in: wait, why does everyone have cell reception on a goddamn plane
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:36m in: plane wifi?
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ex post facho posted:Action stations. The mention of this by multiple mentions of the Logan family greatly amused me for some reason. Mods, please rename me "Rapid Reaction TEDx" What a great show. I'm so happy it's back. e: Shiv's 🍑 in a pantsuit should be credited
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I can't believe Gerri didn't gently caress Roman or at least eat his rear end.
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clown shoes posted:I can't believe Gerri didn't gently caress Roman or at least eat his rear end. I can, she got what she wanted and she’s in control.
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Oct 18, 2021 05:12
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"If your hands are clean it's only because your whorehouse also does manicures."
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ate up the first 2 seasons in the past month. great show and this episode was also great, as expected. my main problem w/ it is that it sometimes seems like they walk things back quite a bit, going back to something closer to status quo as the story progresses. so i hope against all hope that kendall doesnt somehow join logan yet again this season. give me war already. with big consequences and "deaths".
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So Siobhan is definitely joining up with Kendall, yeah? I wonder if that's what will lead to their downfall -- they'll start fighting with each other because neither will want to be #2. Siobhan left because she didn't get the CEO position, she won't settle for less under a second-rate version of her father.
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I'm rooting for Roman to become CEO because it would be by far the funniest option.
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Funnier than Greg the Egg?
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These Logan lawyers discussed for three pointless minutes better turn out to be heavy presences. They discussed strategic nuances of people who are total nobodies. It was infuriating. The whole tarmac scene sucked and they nearly ended it on play drama, the most boring side plot in the series
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regulargonzalez posted:Funnier than Greg the Egg? Greg is willing to ask for help occasionally. 
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CELLDOOR SLAMS: Greg: I couldn't help but notice that in regards to facial tattoos, you do have many Cellmate: Start asking people to pray for you Greg: Oh invariably. Um, that I have done
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regulargonzalez posted:So Siobhan is definitely joining up with Kendall, yeah? I wonder if that's what will lead to their downfall -- they'll start fighting with each other because neither will want to be #2. Siobhan left because she didn't get the CEO position, she won't settle for less under a second-rate version of her father. I think she will join Kendall but only to try to take him down from the inside, and in doing so earn Logan's respect. Shiv and Roman don't have it in them to ever go against their father, no matter what he does.
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parthenocarpy posted:GAVEL BANGS
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regulargonzalez posted:Funnier than Greg the Egg? Greg is going to win in the end. The collapsing of the Waystar Royco empire and it turning to poo poo has been telegraphed by our Shakespearian fool Ewan who always shows up to set the stage and he made it clear that Logan is going to see his empire turn to poo poo, and also confirming Greg is in and not out. Also part of his empire collapsing means everyone has to leave him, so it can't be the kids. Also Greg owns. He deserves it.
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Wizard Master posted:Dasha from Red Scare is on this shut the gently caress up wizard master
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Yeah it's going to end up with Greg and possibly Tom standing alone after everyone else immolates spectacularly.
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Loving the new atn chyron this season I smiled at her by the photocopier - now I'm facing chemical castration.
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”How do you know I’ve never killed anyone?”  Is there a scene I missed where Kendall snorts a huge line or are we just supposed to kind of assume he was ripped out of his mind this whole episode ricro fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Oct 18, 2021 |
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SlipkPIe posted:”How do you know I’ve never killed anyone?” Kendall is always implicitly coked to the gills
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It's back baby, and it's the full Baskin Robbins! 31 flavors of gently caress! That was the best episode of television I've seen in a long time.
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SlipkPIe posted:”How do you know I’ve never killed anyone?” “Who says I’ve never killed some one!  ” was my favorite line of the episode. This show is a lot like The Sopranos in that they’ll toss out something terrible about the characters right when you’re starting to feel good/sympathetic to the them.What a good show!
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SlipkPIe posted:Is there a scene I missed where Kendall snorts a huge line or are we just supposed to kind of assume he was ripped out of his mind this whole episode My partner and I were wondering this within his first couple of minutes of being on-screen! I almost wonder if they're keeping it vague? He's still pal-ing around with that one druggie lady, so I assume he's not sober, but....we are thinking the fact that it's left vague is on purpose. I almost hope he's off the coke but on some kind of prescribed meds. Doubt it, though. parthenocarpy posted:SEN. EAVIS: Gregory Hirsch, executive assistant to Tom Wambsgans, correct? Ha, I was dying at "...You don't have to say 'no comment', Greg. You can just...say nothing." Tagichatn posted:Loving the new atn chyron this season I smiled at her by the photocopier - now I'm facing chemical castration. The one from last season was "GENDER FLUID ILLEGALS MAY BE ENTERING THE COUNTRY ‘TWICE’”, I'm trying to remember the one from S1.
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