Succession
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The session begins with Logan taunting the kids: Go on.
Does no one want to take a pop at the champ?
Logans response is a blast of defensive invective (Ill apologize as much as you fucking like!
), and a proposal to meet again later that afternoon is ignored by all.
And never forget: All of them want to do this.
Their dad has terrorized them ceaselessly for all their adult lives.
But only Kendall, for all his obvious weaknesses and insecurities, has the will to do it.
If that path leads away from their father, theyll take it.
One box of relevant donuts puts them back in line.
If this shit was just epiphenomenal, maybe it could be written out.
But these incidents are symptomatic of a foundational sickness within our father and his company.
That sounds like the press conference.
Big picture: Were at the end of a long American century.
Our company is a declining empire inside a declining empire.
People are killing themselves with guns and dope so fast that were losing pace.
A scene where Kendall and Shiv are alone together, for example, nudges brilliantly at Shivs hypocrisies.
You know I did the right thing, says Kendall.
Youre angry with yourself for never doing it.
Once again, only Kendall wants to take a pop at the champ.
Sad Sack Wasp Traps
What a magnificent Greg episode, too.
(I dont really want to go to Congress again.
Im kind of too young to be in Congress so much, you know?)
Poor Greg the Egg.
Cromwell, perhaps best known as gentle farmer Hoggett inBabe, says the line!
Maybe Gerri is actually sincere in thinking Roman has good instincts sometimes.
Connor: It was fine.
They had movies and a selection of heavily refrigerated cheeses.
Theres a sad, transactional nature to the relationships on the show, and it affects Marcia, too.
