Tom Wambsgans and the End of Succession - Video Essay

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  • Опубліковано 11 лис 2024

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  • @3lil0rd82
    @3lil0rd82 Рік тому +648

    It must have taken alot out of you to do that intro

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +60

      Funnily enough that was the easiest part haha. I had the rap written on Monday, the rest of the video is what took a bulk of it. Now finding all the clips for the montage took much longer!

    • @cardoso1313
      @cardoso1313 Рік тому +38

      was really good tbh. it has exactly the same cringy but also kinda good vibe as the original.

    • @enraegen561
      @enraegen561 Рік тому +12

      @@cardoso1313 had the same thought, it's as cringe as Kendall xD Brilliant homage

    • @jeremy4ags
      @jeremy4ags Рік тому +1

      lmao

    • @juicypineapple6995
      @juicypineapple6995 Рік тому

      ​@@HizzyHay That was so much harder to listen to than L to the OG.🤣🤮🤣

  • @july9566
    @july9566 Рік тому +198

    As a huge fan of the Kendall rap this was just ….. genius !

  • @gianamartap
    @gianamartap Рік тому +399

    I hate it when a show is so good, now I feel empty and don't know what else to watch after it ends 😭

    • @bilboswaggins7629
      @bilboswaggins7629 Рік тому +14

      Only felt that way about this show and breaking bad. Shows with a predetermined ending FTW

    • @lexi6081
      @lexi6081 Рік тому +2

      I binged Mr Inbetween. It's really good! Otherwise yeah it's hard to find a replacement.

    • @krystal2157
      @krystal2157 Рік тому +3

      @@lexi6081 thanks, I've been lost since this ended as well, guys

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +13

      Yeah I’m gonna have something to replace it. Right now I’m watching Jury Duty, really funny, but might need to finally watch Mad Men or Sopranos

    • @ViiZiiOnZ915
      @ViiZiiOnZ915 Рік тому +10

      ​@@HizzyHay do yourself a favor and watch thr sopranos. Succession and sopranos hold the positions of some of the best television shoes that have ever come out.

  • @onewinter9411
    @onewinter9411 9 місяців тому +34

    "Nero of Rome. Taker of Chicken." is Tom's Mother of Dragons and Breaker of Chains.

  • @vcRefuge
    @vcRefuge Рік тому +452

    Tom was the best written and acted character of the series and I will die on this hill. I’m tired of all the Shiv stans ignoring how bad she treated him because he chose Logan. He picked Logan so she would see him as an equal and not just her little play thing.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +33

      Definitely interested to see what Mcfadeyan does after this. I hope he gets a chance at a big film.

    • @RealLifeRodger
      @RealLifeRodger Рік тому +30

      I agree. I’d much rather my kid bring home a Tom, than my kid bring home a Shiv.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +3

      @@RealLifeRodger I can’t imagine being Tom’s mom lol, but I guess she likes her!

    • @Ivy.Elizabeth
      @Ivy.Elizabeth Рік тому +18

      I don’t understand Shiv stans, I love her but she’s such a toxic partner

    • @h33-q8w
      @h33-q8w Рік тому

      And she fucked him over so many times before he FINALLY chose Logan over her. Like how people don't understand that is nuts to me.

  • @theboringkaren
    @theboringkaren Рік тому +65

    My reaction after finishing the show was "that's a Greek tragedy, baby." Loved it.

  • @DurvalLacerda
    @DurvalLacerda Рік тому +195

    The episode where they declare Mencken as the winner in ATN showed us how competent Tom actually is (even tho he just follows oders). He takes his job seriously, something the kids never did. And I think that whole episode was to show us and set it up he was going to win and why.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +31

      Yeah even though he’s making some terrible followed orders he does a good job handling the chaos even while on cocaine. I can’t wait to give that one a rewatch

    • @zeeski7454
      @zeeski7454 Рік тому +23

      The guy is a solider, but he's very calculated and does things for his own benefit. He follows orders because it brings him close to his endgame, which actually makes him the most ruthless out of everybody. He plays the part of somebody who follows orders, but don't let that fool you

  • @jimbo5_7
    @jimbo5_7 Рік тому +64

    1:13 just realised that chicken grab - taking from Logan what was Logan's - was a portent of what transpires in the end. Logan even replied like the rest of us by exclaiming "WTF"?!

  • @disinin
    @disinin Рік тому +118

    Tremendously disappointed that this wasn’t 15 uninterrupted minutes of Hay rapping

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +16

      T to the OM [extended edition]

  • @maddywithay6892
    @maddywithay6892 Рік тому +38

    the way no one has commented on the sheer beauty and creativity that IS the opening song? literally will haunt my dreams it's that ingrained in my brain - FANTASTIC! :)

  • @annalise5871
    @annalise5871 Рік тому +17

    When Tom flicked Shiv in the ear I knew it was going to be him.

  • @missgiddyBB
    @missgiddyBB Рік тому +32

    The first thing I said after the episode ended was “… Tom ate that.”💀💀 but that was genuinely a good twist I actually didn’t see coming as I thought Mattson hated him.

  • @peterstudios7147
    @peterstudios7147 Рік тому +58

    That intro makes sense dramaturgically

  • @zuttoshow
    @zuttoshow Рік тому +18

    A masterpiece.
    That intro rap brought a tear to my eye 🥲

  • @perfectlysamanthareviews
    @perfectlysamanthareviews Рік тому +30

    Tom and Shiv aren’t actually happy in the car…it’s Tom showing he has all the power and she has none

    • @dagfinissocool
      @dagfinissocool Рік тому +4

      She chose to give him that power tho she got what she wanted

    • @deathskids
      @deathskids Рік тому +1

      She still super wealthy at the end of the day.

    • @lancedones208
      @lancedones208 Місяць тому

      ​@@dagfinissocool Lmao what did she even get? Lots of money, but as a wife of a CEO who doesnt trust her and has the backing of a slimy tech mogul?

    • @dagfinissocool
      @dagfinissocool Місяць тому

      @@lancedones208 js it was her choice she could have done the opposite

  • @drkmnd006
    @drkmnd006 Рік тому +38

    T to the mfing O M

  • @JS-ct3kr
    @JS-ct3kr Рік тому +10

    That intro was Wambsgasmic

  • @matthewbennett631
    @matthewbennett631 Рік тому +119

    One thought that I had was that every character got what they wanted in a perverse, monkey's paw way
    * Shiv wanted Tom to be CEO in the beginning of the show. She abandoned that when she herself became a prospect, but that was her original position, even if she was not deeply committed to it. The price? Becoming a second Caroline, a woman with power squandered by social position as a CEO's wife. She regained her relationship with Tom, yes, but it was not the one she wanted: Tom is no longer "servile" (to her). She is not in control.
    * Roman wants acceptance and deeply fears failure. His clownery is in part a bid to have a niche for himself because of his deeply felt inadequacy, a self-concept which he reaffirms through his masochism (sexual and otherwise). He embraces failure and torture on terms he can control because of the abuse he has endured. To my knowledge, he is the only Roy kid to have been physically abused by Logan. At the end of the show, he is right back where he started, having endured an extreme failure yet at the same time having asserted his own agency ( in going for the role in the first place). In doing so, he found self-acceptance or at least self-awareness. ("We're bullshit.")
    * Kendall wanted to be his father. And he got that in every way except for the CEO role. In the funeral episode he was very obviously a Logan 2.0, terrorizing his own kids in the same way Logan did ("everything I did I did for my children"). Ewan says that Logan, at some point, decided to stop trying to be good. Kendall than stood up and more or less declared that he had made the same decision ("I hope it's in me"). Ultimately, he treated Shiv the same way Logan did, having gone from "Fuck the patriarchy" to "I am the eldest boy." He treated Roman the same way Logan did: with physical abuse, if not in his violent hug than at least in the boardroom confrontation when he grabs his face. Kendall wanted to be Logan. He got that. And it was hollow, because it turns out what he wanted was not to be Logan after all: he wanted Logan to accept him and love him. And now that he *is* Logan, and he *hates* himself, he has nothing.
    * Tom wanted security under the protection of a powerfuk leader (initially, Logan) and a relationship with Shiv. He got both of those things in Mattson and in the Graduate-esque closing scene in which Shiv reluctantly takes his hand. Yet it is clear that now that he has those things, he has changed. He has a relationship with Shiv now, but does he want it anymore? "Honestly, Shiv, I don’t know." And Mattson's dynamic is much more malevolent than Logan's. If we want to build on the Greek/Oedipal thing, The patriarch is no longer a father-(in-law)-figure, he is now an overt sexual threat ("I want to fuck her.").

    • @fightsports66
      @fightsports66 Рік тому +1

      What power did Caroline have ? When did she have power over Logan and how did she squander it ?

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +15

      I keep thinking about Tom and Shiv (and this goes to the arguments that with make the show live on) and I think there’s actually a good chance they might be in a good position. Mattson might be a powerful leader but he’s a psycho, they have all the ammo on that. Also he doesn’t even seem like he has a ton of ideas, he says he doesn’t need Shiv for politics because of how easy it is after one day of trying.
      Great assessment of all their monkey’s paw arcs. I thought your but about Kendall the end was brilliant.

    • @fightsports66
      @fightsports66 Рік тому

      I was just asking the one question. Other than that I agree with the monkeys paw assessment too.

    • @TimesFM4532
      @TimesFM4532 Рік тому +3

      Disagree on the violence point, Roman said appuling thing to him about his kids which deserved a punch. Logan would destroy someone who said that

    • @chipmunkpark8826
      @chipmunkpark8826 Рік тому +4

      There was a psychologist who reviewed the last episode and said that Shiv became her mother, and she will probably f*ck Matsson💀💀💀hahaha and well Tom remained the same but instead of being docile to Logan he is docile to Matsson

  • @shannonhall9094
    @shannonhall9094 Рік тому +6

    This had me in TEARS! Brilliant! And great commentary. One of the things I will miss most about this show is how much it made me think.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      It definitely created for a lot of great discussion

  • @lzdls
    @lzdls Рік тому +16

    This is a work of art. T TO THE OM

  • @joebailey8294
    @joebailey8294 Рік тому +39

    I feel like Shiv finding out Tom was going to be CEO also played a big role in her turning on Kendall.

    • @biggyls4297
      @biggyls4297 Рік тому +6

      I don’t think so. The moment Tom told her that it was going to be him, she started rallying the troops against him.

    • @joebailey8294
      @joebailey8294 Рік тому +14

      @@biggyls4297 yes, I think that makes sense as her knee jerk reaction, but you can see her opinion on Kendall start to sour when they get to the office. In the end, she’s put in the position of choosing Ken or Tom as CEO at the board meeting. I think she comes to the conclusion that Tom is the better option for her (especially considering the baby). She and Tom spent the whole season building up their relationship

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +15

      I think that’s a possibility, but I really think her logic at the day of the vote was “I can’t let Kendall win”

    • @bkimatab
      @bkimatab Рік тому +3

      Yep. She was disgusted at the idea of kendall taking their father's spot because he didnt deserve it. But if the alternative CEO had been anyone else, she would have bit the bullet and voted for Kendall and kept the business in the family. With Tom being CEO, it just added the extra layer of "at least it still keeps Waystar close to the family this way" and has her future kids in a symbolic line of succession (only symbolic since the family doesnt own it anymore). And I love how miserable that makes her cuz she'll never be free from the idea that she'll never get what she deserves and will have to remain underneath people she believes herself superior to (while also being an inevitably horrible mother). So poetic.

    • @h33-q8w
      @h33-q8w Рік тому +2

      ​@@HizzyHaypersonally I think it was because she wanted the convenience of scheduling once their child is born.. 😂 the only way for her to get that was to vote no for Kendall.

  • @clash5j
    @clash5j Рік тому +45

    Shiv is right that Kendall could not do the job, but that is not the reason she betrays him. She might be fooling herself that that is the reason she changes sides, but in reality she just can't bring herself to let Kendall "win".
    However, I don't see a great future for Waystar/ATN. Mattson will make his money, but his shenanigans will catch up with him

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +14

      Definitely, this season made it very clear Mattson is nowhere as together as Logan was.

  • @chipmunkpark8826
    @chipmunkpark8826 Рік тому +10

    This commentary was very insightful...I loved your view of the scorpion gift

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      Thank you for the compliment!

  • @ryansilverstein9353
    @ryansilverstein9353 Рік тому +12

    I sincerely think succession is one of the greatest television series ever made. That is my hill to die on.

  • @mixxf
    @mixxf Рік тому +10

    🎶:T to the
    Me dying in my room: O M !
    Great video man 👍🏾

  • @enriquemendez1507
    @enriquemendez1507 Рік тому +10

    Bro that intro had me howling hahahahahaha you even sang in the same rhythm as Kendall at Logan's bday

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +2

      Kendall Roy is my muse musically

  • @joshuaizly5502
    @joshuaizly5502 9 місяців тому +2

    Keep coming back to that intro

  • @jada9401
    @jada9401 Рік тому +15

    I love the intro songgggg I've always been a tom/Gregg fan and wanted to see them win

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +3

      He had just enough capital!!!

  • @stillup444T
    @stillup444T Рік тому +9

    "Bro Don't get it twisted he is not doing well" LMAAOOOO

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      My man's been put through the ringer

  • @Yo2Distribution
    @Yo2Distribution Рік тому +4

    The intro was simply awesome... you gained a new sub...

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      Big big vids coming on the ol salami line, thank you!

    • @Yo2Distribution
      @Yo2Distribution Рік тому

      @@HizzyHay Can't wait!

  • @ibtissamfawzi416
    @ibtissamfawzi416 Рік тому +1

    The intro is awesome dude !! Loved it

  • @Chloe5179
    @Chloe5179 Рік тому +1

    Incredible intro! Love the video and your take 👍🏻

  • @tjjackson242
    @tjjackson242 8 місяців тому

    I’ve seen many succession reviews & video essays, but this intro has already made it one of the best I’ve seen 🤣

  • @chefjonsf
    @chefjonsf Рік тому +12

    One of the greatest tv characters I’ve ever seen. Well done!

  • @4OHz
    @4OHz Рік тому +6

    Glad you took this route w/character analysis-yeah Tom has some bandwidth and the ending is apropos- thanks

  • @wowflower
    @wowflower Рік тому +2

    bro that intro hard as hell good shit

  • @robonick3607
    @robonick3607 Рік тому +6

    I think Succession is a combo of Shakespearean comedy and tragedy. Armstrong cares deeply about these follies and romances and shit that characters find themselves in. He structures them very intentionally. Greg with Dasha Nekrasova’s character, whoever Logan is dating at a given time, Conwilla of course. The show is obviously more tragedy, but I appreciate the implementation of these very polygamous love stories (Gerri and Rome, Greg and the two different ladies at the end of s3, Shiv and the Jake gyllenhaal guy; Tom, the prostituite girl and Rome, etc.). I always think of Smiles of a Summer Night by Bergman as much as I think of the Seventh Seal or something with this show.

  • @everwhatever
    @everwhatever Рік тому +3

    I'm a Stewy fan and you've captured us so well. I also love his actor expressing disdain for Tom lol, Stewy bet on Kendall and doesn't like Tom but in the end, money is money so he's shaking his hand and congratulating him. Spiritually and emotionally behind whoever wins

  • @whirlwind872
    @whirlwind872 Рік тому +3

    Great video, i have nothing to add but commenting for algorithm

  • @bstrnx
    @bstrnx Рік тому +3

    T to the O M > L to the O G

  • @joebailey8294
    @joebailey8294 Рік тому +16

    For the record, Shiv was definitely flirting with Tom when she called him a spelunker

    • @ameliatorres6162
      @ameliatorres6162 Рік тому +5

      Weirdest flirting strategy ever, but both we're flirting so hard in Norway

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      She missed neggin Tom

  • @jordanstephens4178
    @jordanstephens4178 Рік тому +21

    I loved both barry and succession but I have to say even though both ending were really great I'm still thinking about successions ending and barry is just kinda like yeah its over and done lol

    • @Nottubyna
      @Nottubyna Рік тому +8

      Barry’s final season could’ve been so much better, still enjoyed it but yeah same here still thinking about succession

    • @Jimbo1221
      @Jimbo1221 Рік тому +5

      @@Nottubyna I did not like that massive time jump. Really hurt the show.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +2

      That’s an interesting point. I think they are too different shows and endings. Succession ends while the world is still very much in entropy. Barry’s ending ends when there is not much else to tell in the story (imo).
      You’re right though, I loved Barry’s finale but I have not thought about it much since last Monday.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      I really dug the time shift. Barry’s life change is some incredibly funny writing. I do get how it took a lot of people out of the series a bit because it’s so removed from the rest of the seasons (kinda)

    • @thompsonnoel
      @thompsonnoel Рік тому +1

      ​@@HizzyHaythere's a video talking about them both and how they make such a nice pairing
      ua-cam.com/video/rX1gHYcrNN0/v-deo.html
      (There's also another video that includes ted lasso for some inexplicable reason)

  • @w-james9277
    @w-james9277 11 місяців тому +1

    Unlike the siblings, Tom knew when to speak and when it keep his mouth shut.

  • @vince3804
    @vince3804 Рік тому +3

    dude this video is amazingggggg - 4 min mark has me rolling maybe even harder than the intro

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      I got so many of those comments, joke what you know I guess lol
      Thanks for the comment!

  • @codyallen43
    @codyallen43 Рік тому +4

    Subscribed just for the rap. Absolutely GOATed

  • @kiranup3329
    @kiranup3329 Рік тому +1

    Bro earned the like within first 15 seconds 🔥🔥🔥

  • @dannyrelentless
    @dannyrelentless Рік тому +2

    Bro, you gotta be kidding me. This is Fantastic!

  • @chrisdrizzy9721
    @chrisdrizzy9721 Рік тому

    Your content is amazing. All I came to say. Keep the husttle going

  • @ashbatwing833
    @ashbatwing833 Рік тому +2

    For the intro alone I'm subscribing

  • @amaarahgarda4116
    @amaarahgarda4116 Рік тому +15

    This intro needs to be added to the official soundtrack idc 🤣💯

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      Let me get Warner Media on the phone haha
      Thanks!

  • @4OHz
    @4OHz Рік тому +5

    9:38 good commentary and that’s why it’s art, the paradox of POV, identity and the vicarious attempt to live in a character or moment.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      Right, trying to chase a POV that he could never reach

  • @JoeNaeem
    @JoeNaeem Рік тому +1

    It's S3 E4 - "Lion in the Meadow" the episode with Adrien Brody, when they're eating lunch by the sea. You can see a lot of analogous shots of Logan and Kendall framed by the ocean at around 46:00. They are facing the camera, however, so it's a fun inversion.

  • @eshin8834
    @eshin8834 Рік тому +2

    Holy shit that intro was amazing

  • @flataffect
    @flataffect Рік тому +1

    Dude you’re hilarious! Subbed!

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed

  • @learningtobe1920
    @learningtobe1920 2 місяці тому +1

    I wonder how many Greggs he had to break with this one

  • @MariosPrincess
    @MariosPrincess Рік тому +3

    CURSE YOU MAN!!!! I watched this darn video hours ago!!! I can’t stop saying T to the O.M.!! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂
    Good job sir, good job! I salute 🫡 you 😂
    (That was a fun episode when Kendall sang it too)

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      Thank you haha if it helps I had to listen to this dozens of times while editing. It’s permanently in my brain at the moment

    • @MariosPrincess
      @MariosPrincess Рік тому +1

      @@HizzyHay it really is a catchy song. You did a FANTASTIC job with your rendition of it!! It was completely worth your mental sacrifice 🤪😂

  • @b_lumenkraft
    @b_lumenkraft Рік тому +4

    ROFL, dat rap!
    Well played, sir.

  • @MintManSerious22
    @MintManSerious22 Рік тому +1

    I typically watch stuff at 1.5x at least... that song in the beginning was so fire, go off

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      How was it sped up lol

  • @daze-y
    @daze-y Рік тому +1

    vibing so hard to the intro 😂😂 well done

  • @NT-or9wh
    @NT-or9wh Рік тому +1

    Here to “like” for the thumbnail.

  • @MarkHalberstram
    @MarkHalberstram Рік тому +2

    Excruciatingly painful watch, liked

  • @deovolente2
    @deovolente2 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant!

  • @TP_Gillz
    @TP_Gillz Рік тому +3

    I get why a lot of women fans rooted for Shiv, she screamed underdog woman in a male dominant enviroment during a time that we hope someday women have equal footing in business, but the brilliance was Shiv was fake. She used that to further her selfish desires and got fans to ignore her really ugly treatment of the man she just married. Instead they backed her and thought Tom weak... That always upset me cause the truth I felt was right there in plain sight... Tom, at least knows how to love and wants to love. (as corny as that sounds)
    I heard two very good female reviwer podcasters talking crap about Tom after Connors Wedding, cause he makes that bad joke to greg, and they said oh hes just worried about himself.... Like, the man let the kids all say goodbye, he was a good man. He's sad too. Like, lay off the guy lol.
    Just wierd how we all have slightly different perspectives...
    Show is modern day drama masterpiece that will be watched 100 years from now.

  • @b.4762
    @b.4762 Рік тому +1

    Lol Jesus Christ 😂 I've was not prepared. I'm sitting here with Greg face after that intro lol

  • @RutmansProductie
    @RutmansProductie Рік тому +1

    Not me absolutely jamming to T tot the O M

  • @heidihanhnguyen4466
    @heidihanhnguyen4466 Рік тому +1

    "taker of chicken" sent me away

  • @DawsDaws860
    @DawsDaws860 Рік тому

    Keep making vids u are doing really good

  • @lenatian1078
    @lenatian1078 Рік тому +1

    The intro is lit

  • @maryfaraday
    @maryfaraday Рік тому +1

    omg the intro was gold

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      Only the best for Tom!

  • @margarethmichelina5146
    @margarethmichelina5146 7 місяців тому +1

    I knew Tom is gonna be the winner because dude has W on his last name Wambsgans along with his Sporus, Greg the G. Meanwhile, Kendall deserved the lost the most because he has double L on his name.
    Double U (W) vs Double L.

  • @hammerheadvintage
    @hammerheadvintage Рік тому +5

    T to the O M the ceo is him 🕺

  • @CollinThomasEverett
    @CollinThomasEverett Рік тому

    I’ve never clicked into something and then clicked out of it so fast

  • @jenw9156
    @jenw9156 Рік тому +1

    Intro GOLD!!

  • @MrYarik04
    @MrYarik04 3 місяці тому

    My guy opened up with that rap, Top G move

  • @Aluckydevil
    @Aluckydevil Рік тому

    intro could have gone left but it was so pitch perfect props on that shit number one

  • @CustomBPS
    @CustomBPS 7 місяців тому +1

    Team Wambsgans forever.

  • @Q101-k4p
    @Q101-k4p Рік тому +1

    I like how different people like/dislike different parts of the show (except everybody hates Shivy, what a shame)

  • @gr.841
    @gr.841 5 місяців тому +1

    I think the scene between Tom and Matsson in Sweden wasn't actually a strike... though it may seem so at first glance, when you rewatch it, you realize that Tom's answer wasn't some bullshit suck up answer, of him trying to act all fake insightful by trying to bring up some The Economist article about France like Greg did. His answer was actually insightful. It was a commentary on the American "post imperial" mindset. It showed that Tom understood the American public as head of ATN, and that someone with such an American perspective, which Matsson was lacking, would be useful to keep around if Matsson was going to be buying Waystar. You can see on Matsson's expression that he was actually somewhat impressed by Tom's response, while he did not care for Greg's fake wittiness at all. It's those brilliant scenes with their little nuances that make the show so good and worth rewatching.

  • @gregfulton2539
    @gregfulton2539 6 місяців тому

    Superfun take, hail to the Hayll Yeah

  • @maddywithay6892
    @maddywithay6892 Рік тому +1

    king im WAITING for the barry and succession comparison 🤲🤲🤲

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      I'm trying! Hopefully should be out soon

  • @chunqiu7898
    @chunqiu7898 Рік тому +3

    It depends on what you mean by "won". Ebba's fate revealed how it is to work for a thin skin tyrant such as Matsson and his close hatamoto such as Oskar, Ebba is already his compatriot let alone all American subordinates he and Oskar despise (refer to their conversations in Swedish).

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому

      I think at the end of the day Tom wanted to be recognized. So it is a win to him despite the obvious baggage he took on with it.

  • @jacobbb7714
    @jacobbb7714 Рік тому +2

    That rap earned you a new subscriber 🔥🔥😂

  • @edenlnndyy5896
    @edenlnndyy5896 Рік тому +1

    i thoroughly enjoyed this

  • @JJRichardson_
    @JJRichardson_ Рік тому +4

    When I say T you say OM
    T to the
    T to the
    Roman: You need to stop this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      I was trying to figure out how to edit it in there lol

  • @moisesjimenez4391
    @moisesjimenez4391 Рік тому

    I was rooting for Kendall at first but to be honest seeing Tom win was more satisfying; it just never felt like it could become a reality, especially with the way the plot was pointing.
    He was always what Kendall should’ve been. At the beginning Kendall was a serious businessman and had his own important role in the company. If he had just stuck to his role then he would still have the trust of the company and his family. He then could’ve worked on a more long term plan to influence the company and perhaps become CEO. Instead he had this delusion of quickly turning the company around and becoming known as some kind of visionary. In trying to usurp the company he betrayed everyone he worked with and ended up losing by trying to succeed on his own terms. So it is very much so his hubris that cost him what he wanted so dearly.
    Tom on the other hand humbly accepted his position in the company and that’s why Logan and eventually Matsson respected him and elevated him. It was finally good to see him earn the top spot as he was the only one who actually seemed to be actively involved and productive for the company (like Kendall was at the beginning). He deserved it more than the siblings because he prioritized executing his job and keeping it above all else. The siblings weren’t serious enough about their jobs and they knew it themselves.

  • @Ralster
    @Ralster Рік тому

    Love the video and the last one about Tom, but you gotta say the man’s last name right!!! It’s not Whams-Gams, it’s Woms-Gams, like Wombat

  • @beardedrake9983
    @beardedrake9983 8 місяців тому

    never skipped an intro so fast

  • @maxtonkicksboots
    @maxtonkicksboots Рік тому +1

    Great intro man lol

  • @newguy5761
    @newguy5761 Рік тому +1

    It absolutely could not have been Kendall I'm sorry. The ending is fucking brilliant. There isn't really a winner even though it's "Tom," anyway - Mattson takes over their company and they completely lose control aside from Tom, who is essentially a puppet for Mattson now anyway. Perfect ending

  • @bonitaglover
    @bonitaglover Рік тому +1

    Someone please send this to Matthew Macfadyen for the intro song alone 😂

  • @adrienplaine540
    @adrienplaine540 Рік тому

    For me, Tom's name was only chosen to make that "Tom and Gerri" joke. I don't have any proof tho.

  • @oscarschmidt_
    @oscarschmidt_ Рік тому +2

    T to the OM ‼️‼️‼️‼️

  • @bryanp3661
    @bryanp3661 Рік тому

    Amazing intro ❤

  • @Abdulazizakamreat
    @Abdulazizakamreat Рік тому

    I love the entery
    Om
    Yeah to. Got it all 😅

  • @DaveyFish1
    @DaveyFish1 Рік тому +1

    He’s a corn fed basic from hockey town

  • @QuokkaCrunchArt
    @QuokkaCrunchArt Рік тому

    that intro thooo 🔥

  • @FM-gu5kt
    @FM-gu5kt Рік тому +1

    A Jess-less Ken is a winless Ken.

  • @frankjennings4489
    @frankjennings4489 Рік тому +7

    The finale did leave me unsatisfied tbh. I know it’s all about how people don’t change and the cycle doesn’t stop, but for a finale, I really want something that sets it apart from every other episode and gives some closure.

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +3

      I think that’s what I was feeling at first but I’ve since believed it is some sense of closure that people care about these figures of industry now that the Waystar is no longer what it was. Objectively for anyone else in the show getting an unthinkable amount of wealth should be seen as a win but it’s not to these people.

    • @bkimatab
      @bkimatab Рік тому

      "gives some closure" THIS SHOW THO??? 😂

    • @bkimatab
      @bkimatab Рік тому +2

      But in all serious, I think the finale actually did give us some closure, its just hard to accept it. Cuz the fact is, none of the siblings deserved to take their father's seat. They all have shown throughout the series that their flaws are large enough to lead them to failure and they dont have the capacity for further growth (cuz they grew up spoiled and arrogant and never truly understood what made their father such a powerful person- his struggles). Is Logan to blame for that? Absolutely. But was Logan right all along? Sadly, yes. The show repeatedly told us that Logan always wins. Shiv and Roman and, depressingly, Kendall, had to realize that in the end. Thats closure, it just doesnt feel like it cuz of how cold and brutal and painful it feels (like Logan's love ❤) .

    • @moisesjimenez4391
      @moisesjimenez4391 Рік тому +1

      Yeah I’m with BayBe on this one; I think we all knew in the back of our heads that none of the siblings were going to be able to keep the company alive but Tom was actually professional enough and competent enough to become a CEO and still had the trust of everyone in the company. He earned it by being a loyal person and building his relationships for business not for usurping. Despite all of the abuse and agony he suffered at the hands of the Roys, he came out on top and got the very thing they coveted by being a trustworthy and hard working person.
      That IS a hopeful ending and a very realistic one at that. There is a quote in the Bible’s book of Proverbs that says, “A wise servant will rule over a shameful son and will share his inheritance among the brothers.” This observation very much applies to the ending of Succession and offers hope to people with good qualities.

    • @frankjennings4489
      @frankjennings4489 Рік тому

      @@bkimatab lol, that’s fair

  • @crazymonk27
    @crazymonk27 Рік тому +9

    Why care about spoilers and put thwm in your thumbnail?

    • @HizzyHay
      @HizzyHay  Рік тому +1

      Might have been a mistake on my part I assumed “won” in the quotes would make it seem like “hey it could be he actually won or just he won the hearts of the fans!”. Mistake on judgment thinking the who won isn’t actually a big spoiler (I still think if you watch the show you’ll get the same amount out of it fwiw). I’m working on another title right now I just don’t know exactly what else to call it at the moment.

  • @bkimatab
    @bkimatab Рік тому +1

    That intro 😫