One sinister delight of HBO’s “Succession” is how it portrays possessing an extravagant fortune as a misfortune in a plutocratic period. The persistent corporate blandness of its style, which mostly avoids wealth porn in favour of a lifeless sequence of S.U.V. rear seats, dimly lit conference rooms, private airport terminals, and generic lofts, reflects this mentality.
(The show’s cinematographer previously referred to it as “the anti-“Billions,”” a Showtime series that frequently lingers on the opulent pleasures of its hedge fund antiheroes.) Yet, the viewpoint is even more evident in the show’s emotionally restrained tone, which portrays a society in which love is virtually always a sign of weakness. Despite their great wealth, no one in “Succession” is deserving of jealousy.
This definitely applies to Logan Roy, the giant at the core of the show, as the most recent episode of the last season makes plain. (Stop reading right here if you don’t want to be spoilered.) Not only does Logan pass away, which was very much a given; a programme called “Succession” would ultimately have a successor. And in the first episode of the season, when he stomped out of his depressing birthday celebration to go to a diner with his bodyguard—who he pitiably referred to as his “best pal”—Logan was very much aware of his mortality. Logan remarked, “Do you believe there’s anything left after all this? I don’t think so. This, I believe, is it.
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The fact that Logan had died was not shocking, but rather how quickly and shamefully it had occurred. That happened in Episode 3, not at the end of the season, as a consequence of some type of medical emergency in an airline lavatory. Although Logan—played by the outstanding Shakespearean actor Brian Cox—has frequently been likened to King Lear, Logan didn’t have any lofty epitaphs. Instead, much of his passing occurred off-screen, and his children were informed of it over the loudspeaker.
Three of his children, Kendall, Roman, and Shiv, who over the course of the series had sought, alternatively, to break away from their father and replace him, Succession could say their painful goodbyes while he was either dead or dying on the aircraft floor. A mobile was held to his ear. The children of Logan suffered for the love that kept them bound to their scheming dad, so their goodbyes had a lot of sadness.
Yet their last comments to their father also served as spontaneous eulogies for a life wasted. “You’ll be OK, I promise. Roman remarked, managing only clumsy banalities when he tried to talk more intimately, later remembering he had forgotten to say, “I love you.” “Because you’re a monster, and you’re going to win,” he said.
Kendall did express his affection for his father while also saying, “I can’t forgive you.” While Shiv also conveyed her love, Succession she omitted the words “There’s no excuses.” Logan’s young girlfriend was shocked but yet practically exhilarated as they flew. Tom, Shiv’s soon-to-be ex-husband, said, “It looks like she got a foul ball at Yankee Stadium.” Succession He seems depressed over the prospect of losing the wager he made by betraying Shiv for her father.
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Given the speech Logan gave to his Fox News-like cable network, ATN, in the previous episode, where he declared his intention to push ATN even further in the outré directions after the anticipated sale of his multibillion-dollar company Waystar Royco, there is karmic justice in the smallness of Logan’s death. He declared, “This is not the end. “I’ll construct something that is superior. Something more nimble, light, vicious, and wild. But for Logan, it was the end of the road.
Succession Both concerned with money and pounding home the point that money cannot purchase what counts, “Succession” is a programme.Given the speech Logan gave to his Fox News-like cable network, ATN, in the previous episode, where he declared his intention to push ATN even further in the outré directions after the anticipated sale of his multibillion-dollar company Waystar Royco, there is karmic justice in the smallness of Logan’s death. He declared, “This is not the end. “I’ll construct something that is superior. Something more nimble, light, vicious, and wild. But for Logan, it was the end of the road. Both concerned with money and pounding home the point that money cannot purchase what counts, “Succession” is a programme.
This portrayal of the lives (and deaths) of members of the ruling class is somberly consoling for those of us who aren’t grotesquely wealthy. Even though their privilege is unjustified, at least they aren’t taking advantage of it.
Think about the connection between Willa, a failing writer and former sex worker, and Connor, Logan’s neglected eldest son. Succession The “Connor’s Wedding” episode, which features a significant portion of time on a ferry to Ellis Island where Connor and Willa are planning to wed, is the one in which Logan passed away. Connor had hoped, regrettably, that his father would “drop by” and attend the wedding.
Willa had a surprising amount of influence in “Succession.” She left her rehearsal dinner early because she was having second thoughts, and she subsequently told Connor that she was just marrying him for his money. Nonetheless, everyone in the show’s fictional universe treats him as though he is blessed to have her.
Even though I doubt that depressed billionaires in the real world have much trouble finding partners willing to pretend to love them, Connor’s vulnerability and Willa’s forthright melancholy about the compromise she’s making make what could be a clichéd gold-digger dynamic into something much more interesting.
In “Succession,” humiliation is a recurring subject that gives viewers the gratification of mental retribution. In the end, even Logan can’t avoid it. Logan scoffed in the first episode of this season when ruminating about how everything in life is a market: “I’m 100 feet tall. These individuals are pygmies.
But, his passing makes a life valued by the market appear pitiful. Roman once points to a graph on his mobile that shows the stock price of the family business falling after Logan’s passing was announced. He said, “There he is. Dad is that.