Why Succession's Worst Season is Still Phenomenal
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I'm pretty shocked that people think this is the worst season. It has some of the best writing and character moments in the series so far. Admittedly it doesn't have the exciting moments like season 2's ending but overall it's the strongest imo.
Same for me the worst was season 1 because all the characters were still mostly extremely unlikeable then as well as the first season did not have any comedy in it! Season 2 and 3 are my favourite by miles!
It’s wild!! Every single decision and moment was earned bc these characters are so lived in! So they were able to take a different storytelling approach. Tom’s betrayal wouldn’t hit as hard any other season! It’s a slow burn but one of the most rewarding slow burns I’ve ever watched. Ppl want a different show!
Season 3 is definitely the best season. Loved that birthday party episode
I think people that think Kendall is the only main character would be disappointed with season 3, but it was never all about him. I think Season 3 is better to the point it's not even close, all the characters aren't just figures to be mocked while certain characters are elevated above them. I mean Tom and Shivs characters were the high points of the season, it's fitting it ended with them, and Roman was shown to be an actual concievable heir when he never was before.
@@Spaced92 Exactly, it's an ensemble and it's most importantly more than anything else about succession so not in anyway purely a Kendall storyline on it's own. I also have noticed people who have binged season 1& 2 and then waited significant amount of time to watch season 3 have also felt this way and regard season 3 the worst, which I think falls into the category you're mentioning which I think they find it jarring and hard to contemplate that it's not just a Kendall show anymore like it was most of season 1 and early season 2!
The best, most heartbreaking moment was Roman being unable to think of ONE happy memory of Logan, but remembers Connor taking him on a fishing trip as a kid. It just goes to show that while Connor MIGHT be a deluded idiot, he's more of a father figure to Kendall, Roman and Shiv than their actual father.
Yeah that's why Connor was so mad when Kendall called himself the eldest, I think he did his hardest to be a big brother to his half siblings and was kind of drained after his childhood, he also had to be the man in his family with a mentally ill mother that Logan abandoned. Connor is a very sad character.
I feel like he's the least deluded lmfao. He got out of there dad's vindictive game early on and has one of the healthiest romantic relationships in the family. To me he's succeeded in a lot of ways even if his behavior is idiotic.
@@mojo.s4669 are you serious….connors relationship is by no means healthy 😂😂he basically bear hugged his fiancé when he decided to propose Bc he has extremely poor social reading skills. and she only agreed to marry him out of pure pity…I mean it took over an episode for her to even say yes and it was literally a “fuck it why not” decision. AND you can tell from her facial expressions/crying later on that she is kinda already regretting that decision.
Logan is the father and no one really respects, looks up to, or acknowledges Connor. To the point where they were referring to Kendall as the first born 💀sure he is sympathetic and the least poisoned one but he’s off his fucking rocker too in a completely diff way.
@@mojo.s4669, Connor is the biggest deludenoid of them all lol!! And there is nothing healthy or romantic about bribing a person to stay. Willa is as opportunistic as Greg, Tom and the rest of the social climbing parasites that have ingratiated themselves into this shitshow of a family. The only thing that shocks me is that Logan and the rest of the clan begrudgingly accept her.
@@mojo.s4669 wtf mojo
u dropped the ball, man lmao
I'm actually surprised that this season received flack at all if I'm honest, I was left impressed and eager to see more after every episode. 'Too much birthday' is probably the most emotionally scathing and earnest episode in the whole series, to see how these siblings have become so infected with loyalty to excess and the imaginary position that they all yearn for, attack their emotionally distraught brother on his birthday was brilliant (in the writing sense of course).
I also think the third season is the best, and ironically enough because I feel it's the antithesis of what everything this show is showing itself to be. I think these characters are at their most interesting when they're defying Logan and becoming their own. And S3 showed us the most of that.
I think the first three and the last three episodes of season 3 are as good as Successsion has ever been. The middle three, whilst still brilliant, definitely lacked 'something'. The heavily political sixth episode especially.
Yeah I thought it was a pretty popular opinion that Season 1 was the worst, given how long it took to find its footing and how many plot threads it tries and abandons/moves past. Obviously it finds its footing and builds to an incredible finale, but each season after has been a clear, marked improvement.
The middle episodes belt aimless to me but they ended in what i think is the best episode of the series being the finale
I feel the same way
Disagree with this assertion wholeheartedly. The show has only gotten better with each season. I think a lot of the flack season 3 has gotten is because it didn't pan out in the way people wanted. Kendall wasn't the badass, Logan wasn't brought down. But that's exactly what makes this season so great. We saw the characters developing this season more than any of the other 2 season. And their progress felt incredibly true to their characters. Not to mention, the birthday episode and the finale are two of the most monumental episodes in terms of the story. The writing was great, the dialogue was stellar, and do not even get me started on the acting. Every single actor's performance is Emmy worthy.
Now we know why Tom said "I've never seeing Logan being fucked once"
Love how her nickname "SHIV" brings to mind a killing weapon MacGyvered in a prison...like a backstabber
I think it’s mostly Kendall stans who were disappointed
Season three is admittedly my favorite. It could be because I watched it episodically instead of in a binge, it could be because I think the performances are some of the best we ahead seen or more likely it’s because every episode made me literally laugh and cry. The way the actors and story tapped into emotions so deeply to a point where I felt hung over after each episode is something I crave.
I hadn’t been able to rewatch s3 like I have the other seasons. I haven’t recovered mentally! It was so deeply emotional and the character growth and arcs are incredible
I think the second half of season 3 is the best the show has ever been. From What it Takes onward it was an absolute masterpiece. Before that it was still great but I do feel like the first half was weaker than season 2. Those final 4 episodes tho, fucking incredible.
Agreed! I wasn’t as engaged the entire way like the first 2 seasons…this season took some time to get going
Commenting on the title (haven’t seen the video), but I’m usually surprised when people consider season 1 a great season compared to the other ones since 2 and 3 are much better in every department, specially in its writing.
My experience with season 1 is very mixed, it wasn’t until episode 6 when I got on board with the show because of its meandering pacing and structure. And even then I thought episodes 7-9 were good but not great. That finale, tho 🌚
The finale of S1 was when I was super sold on the show! I was enjoying it but didn’t feel invested. I love S1 now as I rewatch for the third time but the other seasons bolster it! But on first watch it is def hit or miss for ppl.
I find season 2 and 3 much more rewarding since we've gotten to know the characters at that point. I didn't know anyone thought season 3 was the worst season.
The pilot was very weak and i was not impressed, but i started to like it a lot later on
I agree, it took me two attempts to get beyond the first episode of season 1. Season 2 and 3 bring much more to character development and writing in general. It's one of the few shows where I would actually say that season 3 isn't a big slope down in quality. I binged the whole show and I feel like maybe because of the gap some people had much higher expectations and that's why they didn't enjoy it as much.
lol no s1 was the best.
Judging by the title I assumed this was actually going to be about season 1. I stopped watching the show for weeks after trying to stomach s1 ep2 that’s entirely set in the hospital. The show doesn’t let you choose your pace and it felt grueling to watch before I was invested. Of course once you get hooked it’s much easier to watch the characters berate each other in a single room for 45 minutes… that’s really all it is, isn’t it? (At its most basic). And I can’t believe how much I’ve grown to enjoy it.
HAHA SAME!
I watched 8 out of 10 episodes and HATWD the show and didn’t understand the hype. I watched a video essay that made me realize I was approaching the show in the wrong way and with a lot of bias based on other shows about rich white ppl. Rewatched all of S1 and it finally clicked esp during the season finale. I also think certain shows you need to be in the right headspace to watch. I thought it was going to be a simple show I could binge. I was wrong!!
OK, i'm not gonna bash this video before watching but I wanna let you know, I did let out a audible "what!?" when I saw worst season on the title.
This entire recent season has been 50% retread of the previous seasons.
It's not a particularly controversial view. Season 3 was great but it had a few shortcomings. Covid clearly affected the production a little, which is a shame.
Sameee i was very confused but tbh after thinking about it 'worst' for succession isnt really a bad thing , like i guess one of the seasons HAS to be the worst, i would def put season 2 at number 1 but im not sure if i would think season 1 or 3 is better, because honestly the beginning of season 3 did have some parts I found a bit boring but the last few episodes especially that season finale really made up for it and made the parts that seemed maybe like repetitive kind of have more of a purpose (For example, building up toms storyline). But worst for succession is better than most shows out there, although I dont know if i can call this season the worst.
Everything has a worst something
The Tom and Gregg betrayal build up is the best part of the show for me. Absolutely satisfying!
Wonderful video as always, Taylor, but for me personally, this was the best season yet. Those last two episodes especially were pure excellence.
Season 1 is good but a mixed bag trying to find itself, Season 2 is sharp tack, Season 3 is the ultimate slow burn.
The best and most rewarding slow burn I’ve watched and I loooove a slow burn. I don’t need every episode or season to feel high stakes
dafuk? how is 3 being slow good but 1 being slow bad?
I personally thought season 2 was weaker. I had trouble getting on board with the “ATN acquiring Pierce” narrative, felt too far-fetched considering how grounded so much of the show is (even with all the corporate greed in our universe, could we really ever fathom something like Fox acquiring CNN?)
The Cruises scandal was always compelling, and Kendall’s betrayal and Season 3 arc in his trying to “do the right thing” was, for me, much more interesting and grounded than Logan’s obsession with Rhea and the Pierce acquisition.
@KevinDouglas, I agree that season 2 felt weaker. When I go back and rewatch, Tern Haven is the one episode I skip over. That whole storyline bored me and the Pierce family was equally obnoxious and even more elitist than the Roy's. Dysfunctional as they are, at least they offer some entertainment value. In my opinion, that whole scenario (Rhea Jarrell hooking up with Logan) was contrived by the writers to put Marcia in a position where she had more leverage with regard to the trust, and we see this upon her return where she negotiates and solidifies her position. I still don't know what her endgame is, but I have zero doubt that she and Ewan will take everyone down. Interesting also that she was in Italy for Caroline's wedding, but like Logan, did not attend. She was INSIDE the Lukas Mattson/Waystar deal.
@@alicecaraballo3910 theres nothing to say about it. ethos is a lot more important than pathos and then a lot more than characters. sadly this show has so much character and plot emphasis and like next to no ethos. u are right they are obnoxious, because u don't want the entire show to have ethos, because it doesn't want itself to have any.
I’m surprised ppl didn’t like it, I just binged the whole show for the first time and I think all 3 seasons are on the same level quality wise
What you're explaining is why I tell people they can watch any season in isolation and enjoy them. Other shows that I've watched like Atlanta and Mr. Robot share some of these elements: episodes that feel unique, and seasons that explain and conclude themselves adequately.
If the third season is the "worst", most TV shows wish their best could measure to Succession's "worst".
Great video as always! Although I gotta say personally season 3 was by far my favorite season
such a good video! this season was a lot different than season 2, but i was left in awe at that season 3 finale, just like the first two finales. i can't wait to see what happens in season 4!
I genuinely think season 2 is the best cause it had so much entertainment value but I think the show needs to go into what the business does more and show their operations some more cause I'm sometimes not really sure what they're fighting for or the full impact of their roles on the world at large. Sometimes every episode playing the same beats gets a bit old. Im really enjoying the show though.
they intentional avoid being exposed as fakes, like billions. at least billions tried more.
Great analysis! You put a lot of things ive had trouble grasping into words! I can tell this was well thought out!!! Thanks
The title put me off but then that opening 30 seconds confirmed it, this is not the channel I'm looking for
I don't know how people can watch this show and think season 3 was worse than season 1... this whole video is full of some bad takes that more or less can be summarized as "it's not as exciting as season 2 so therefore it's not as good"
Worst? I found this the best season of Succession, I'm sure I'll re-watch this season many years down the line
great video! pretty weird how so many people say this is the show's worst season though. I kind of think it as its best, and not only as its own entity, but in the way it perfectly built on what the show already established. basically all s3 plot lines either neatly led to the final act or started up new developments that made perfect sense for this universe and characters. it also utilized all of the work the writers already did in terms of characterization in the first 2 seasons, making the final episode as compelling as possible, in a way that it just couldn't be, say one or two season ago, because the story just wasn't there yet, chronologically, plot-wise or in terms of emotional accuracy. even with that continuity, if ep9 happened without any of the development done in previous 8 episodes, it wouldn't be nearly as effective.
THIS! I keep preaching this. The finale wouldn’t hit the same earlier or later. I trusted the writers. They are smarter than us! Tom’s betrayal was foreshadowed from the beginning. It was there all along and we were still gagged! It was such smart writing. This show is a tragedy and each season feels like chapter or section of a novel. No season stands on its own. It’s the sum of its part. Ppl want a different show but succession is pushing narrative storytelling in a very smart refreshing way esp for “prestige” tv
@@indiefairy09 thank you, so true, 100%! everything led up to that moment, and the reason why it hit so hard is because it was built over so many episodes, and so many details worked to lead to the conclusion. it wouldn't work otherwise.
Succession has no Worst Season, it´s the most solid show out there to these days.
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the way S1 is a setup for s2 to being amazing is the same way i feel S3 will be the set up for S4
Tom and Greg backstabbing the blood family left me with my jaw dropped and ready for s4 the dynamic will never be the same and S4 has so much stride to use at this point
season 3 was my favorite season i didnt know people disliked it
Honestly loved this season and your analysis was great. Just finished it now
First season was “the worst”, although least good might be a better term, because it was still finding it’s dialogue rhythm, building characterizations/plot setup, and overdid the zoom-ins [imho].
Agreed, first season is by far the worst. Half of the actors didn't even enjoy what they were doing until later in the season.
This show ruined all other contemporary series for me simple as that
I think that Season 3 is two things:
1. the most flawed season
2. the best season
“COVID shooting” is something I never noticed watching this season, as I wasn’t even aware it was effected by the pandemic. So I don’t think it’s too noticeable to the ignorant viewer.
this video essay is really good it deserves more views & likes
Binged all the show at once and didn't even realise season 3 was filmed during the pandemic I personally found all of S3 so investing that it was my favourite season
People didn't like season 3?!?!
I loved season 2 so much, I binged the whole thing in a few days, but it took me two weeks to get through Season 3 because I watched the first few episodes and just didn't feel it the same. It didn't grip me the same way that season 2 did, but the last four episodes were brilliant. I
While granted the season felt like episodes were drawn out into longer than needed, when looking back at the condensation of time - literally the first two S3 episodes happen from yacht to Bosnia to Kendall’s kid’s room in the course of a DAY, it is fun to watch these almost superhuman people manage such a situation without falling asleep. And from there to the stockholder meeting is like a week, so it’s a crunch. I like the vibe of “people talking in rooms” as much as the grand scapes (New York, DC, UK, Adriatic, Bosnia, and Italy) are fun to watch. I felt as compelled to see what happens next - S4, as I did for this current one.
yo, i didn’t know you uploaded again! with a succession video too? WOOO!
Season 4 started so strong that I am scared breaking bad got a competition
The first 6 episodes drag it out a bit, and they probably should have been compressed into 5 episodes.
But the Season is still FAR BETTER than most normal shows, and it's still Succession, both in spirit, and in quality
Season 3 isn’t as fast paced as the rest but its still amazing and clears s1 in every other way
i know people have been kind of dragging this season for how slow paced it is but LISTEN that finale made up for all of it. best episode of television ive ever watched
taylor, your writing is some of the most uncompromisingly high quality work that i’ve come across on this site. really, really good stuff.
I could not care less about the irony of casting Dasha, at the end of the day they gave a wretched human a paycheck, fed her ego via the bizarre dialogue surrounding her, and offered her the spotlight.. took me out of the entire season.
Watching in retrospect how little they did with that character, how completely forgettable it was, how contrasting the terrible acting was with the rest of the stellar cast (even among other minor characters), how little screentime she was reduced too (who knows if more scenes were filmed featuring her and were decidely -and rightfully - left on the cutting room floor), and how unceremoniously they got rid of her irl, like we know she wasn't renewed for another season not because the showrunners announced that she wouldn't, but because they didn't even acknowledge her absence from the list S3 supporting and guest cast that *were* invited back for S4 (which, hopefully, this is mirrored in the storyline, meaning not even mentioning her character's abscence 'cause it's completely irrelevant and unneeded to the plot), and how hyped she unironically felt about her "breakout role"...*all* of this completely humiliated her on a massive scale and on an exquisite, Logan-esque level that, frankly, I'm tempted to think it may have been the showrunners' plan all along. Truly poetic.
"Succession" ended Dasha! Lol. Audiences unfamiliar with her podcast are even less likely or interested to check it out, she entered the show as a nobody to those viewers and exited still as a nobody who they forgot about already. Audiences casually familiar with her podcast are bailing due to the absolute cringe of it all. This leaves her only with the fringe reactionaries who she'll now have to (unironically, again) pander to. LMFAO
Also over? Any chance at an actual, mainstream, or even marginally credible acting career. I mean I'm sure she'll be welcome on those Kevin Sorbo movie-of-the-weeks, with Chachi and Gina Carano if she ever wants to revisit her thespian interests, lol.
She's so f*cked and it's killing her! And the best part is that she did it all to herself, rotfl. A clout-chaser trolling too close to the sun and therefore killing her attention supply source is just *chef's kiss*
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Season 3 is easily better than Season 2, for me. I didn’t understand how the majority of this fanbase views this season, but I’m happy you broke it down
"Worst season of Succession"? There's no such thing.
I'm sitting here like what made any seasons unpopular?? It was all really good to me but hey I guess
Worst season?! Hell no!! :d
uhhh..... worst? i think it might be the best..... logan and kendall's final confrontation? kendall breaking down and confessing? roman at his most vulnerable? Matsson? it broke new ground in every way and was every bit as satisfying, deepened the relationships within the family, emphasized their essential love for one another while heightening the tension between them.... it was an astonishing season on all fronts. dont know wtf ppl are on ab
A lot of Kendall fanboys butthurt because season 3 isn't focused on him anymore! Go watch the Joker or breaking bad or mad men or just about any other effing show in hollywood that is centred around 1 white man instead of crying about the succession! It's an ensemble not a rich sad boy story
Worst? I think you meant BEST! and that ending...
I think the word worst in the title needs to be in quotes.
Season 3 was really good so I have no idea what you're on about Taylor! With Tom and GREgg's positions now being solidified to potentially take the lead in the end I thought it was brilliant that they're finally adding a new arch to the story as it had been the exact same story every season as in season 1 Kendall was in the running, season 2 Shiv and season 3 Roman, but now we know it could easily be Tom and Gregg so I CANNOT wait for season 4! Season 1 was by far the worst one in comparison if we're really going there as it wasn't funny at all, most of the characters were unlikeable in season 1 as we'd only mostly seen their awful side in season 1!
I thought this was by far the best season 🤷♂️ season 1 I could take or leave episodes, like I think it took me a month to watch it all. I watched season 3 in 2 days
This really feels more like it's about your issue with how COVID compliance impacted the industry than a critique of one if the most Shakespearean of seasons.
Succession is my favorite show on tv, and I think it’s the best show being made on tv. I’d say retired janitors of Idaho, is the best episode of the show so far, or chiantishire or this is not for tears. Season 2 finale redifined how good a season finale can be.
The entire Series is Total Shit
I thought I was the only one that didn't enjoy Season 3 as much as 1 and 2. It was still unbelievably amazing though, which is insane lmao.
Having seen the show in full after it’s run I will say season 3 felt off for me. Specifically Kendall’s story, which I felt overdid making him less sympathetic. Looking back I do agree that many things were done well and progressed naturally but it did feel like filler and aimless at times even if the dialogue and shots were as good or better than the previous seasons. In all it’s probably my least favorite season. However it’s far from being a bad season, just not perfect like 2 & 4
Always happy to see High Maintenance mentioned...kinda
I enjoyed Season 3!
Give me more of this, hbo!!!!!!
I loved this season.. Saying it's the worst or the best, isssssss..
I dunno, it's just more good- of good.
8:46 Watching this video made me realize I'd missed A Lion In The Meadow. So I paused and watched.
I would say that the interactions on the walk back when Kendall covers for his dad and ultimately helps his dad help us see that Kendal loves Logan deep down. But not vis versa.
Where I saw love for Kendel was at that beautiful supper table over laid with great, restaurant chief level, probably 3 Michelin stars or more level food, that is barely touched and not eaten at all by the Roys, I noticed that after Logan's loving I guess but definitely condescending speach about Kendel being A Good Kid, afterwards there's a pained slight grimace on Logan's face, as if it pains him to admit that he uses both talk of loving his son and a speach calculated to make his son look weak yet and unready for the top job--it pains him that he uses professions of love for his son as tools of manipulation. Toying with his son's emotions and real need to feel loved after he was shockingly passed over in the first episode.
Brian Cox appeared after midnight on the CNN New Years special. He was charming as hell, and warm and smart and unselfishconscious in the way of an older person without being garralous. Anderson Cooper asked Cox if he likes Logan and both men said they did in a certain way like him and Cox said he has some sympathy for the character, whom he called a misanthrope and deeply unhappy. (You can find part of this in my channel.)
So the actor is tuned into Logan's sadness. And I think that slight, pained grimace was the first sign I've seen or maybe caught where I can infer Logan's love for one of his children.
Even with Shiv...he implies he'd let the cabal or the Illuminati or whatever evil MKUltra weilding organization have her killed since they apparently want to. That is preternaturally cold blooded. And she has seemed to be his favorite!
It sometimes seems like Logan could feed his children to hungry dogs and not care. But there may be some human being left in there somewhere. That's the way Brian Cox sees the character, and he would know how to play that with the utmost subtlety. Glimpses of humanity don't often play across the face of a monster like Logan. Even if they're in there, somewhere.
What r u talking about?! Season 3 is maybe even the best one!
Can you make a video on Twin Peaks? Or The Leftovers
Nice job.. I don’t know..About all that sophisticated analysis but was glad I had a show to look forward to after GOT ended. Along with his dark materials and industry …good tv watching
I think after seeing the first half of season for we can all say this show has lost none of its momentum and I think it will be difficult to say goodbye to this show riding so high. Didn't think I'd see anything that topped better call saul for me, but in catching up on this show, I think it may be the best character driven comedy drama I've ever seen.
S3>S2
I’m sorry I think you made a mistake at the beginning you said “use twitter” and “normal person” in the same sentence.
season 4 is so good that it retroactively made season 3 better. e.g. Tom's arc makes much more sense
I liked how they all teamed up by the end of s3, however after s4 ep2, i understand why Roman would turn on them, again, because Kendal and Shiv went back to being selfish again and forgot their promis to each other. But i hope they come around, i just want to see them be there for each other
It’s only the worst season because Dasha’s in it
Worst? Nope didnt think so. But even if it is the worst it still is so good
Why is season 3 the worst again?
Worst season?
Maybe this is the best season
5:54 LOL
...... how is this the worst season
Why would you even care about what terminally online twitter people say about the season. I've literally never heard anyone say this season was bad because it's just postable moments for twitter. It's a bit of a self report
how is it the worst lol, first few episodes of season 1 was were kinda rough.
What an unfounded argument
imbd the episodes are 9.6 and up i prefer this season than the firzst one
I like how we all disagree with this assertion, and we all thought he was talking about season 1. It really feels like this guy is replying to some specific subreddit and mistaking it for the general reception of the season. Most people consider it the best season of the show.
Who thinks season three is the worst? It was different from the other 2 but just as good, if not better.
"worst" FUCK NO
I think anybody might consider the season as "the worst" because it wasn't what they imagined, which is kinda weard since S02 is a clear department from S01. I think many tought Ken will be a promident opponent towards Logan when how can people expect with this level of writing to just fix Kendall for season 3. Like the dude was totally traumaticed in S02 and Didn't leave the drugs. Why would he now that he can use more so all out and in open without his father being over his shoulder, his girlfriend being an addict, him masking the pain and lastly thinking that he has no time to go into withdrawal mode and navigate thru that while he tries to hijack the company. As Logan likes to say, he was not a serious people and the important shareholders had for sure heard about Ken's adventures with going full on with coke and for it enchanching his ego he made even the dumbest mistakes to underestimating of not needing to buy Greg or even giving the giant rabbit some bagel.... so in the end he obviously felt defeated and wanted out.
I loved the season, it was even better the second watch. It highlighted a lot of the siblings differend weak points and it was very cool how they gave kinda down low Tom much more humanity and an own arc without it being obvious at all that he was ready to screw Shiv that hard. It explained even more why they are together (were). The end was great aswell as like Logan having an full on psychosis in the middle of important things culminating together and say the choosing of president. I would have loved more for Alexamder Skarsgård to do since he can act like a mofo, so only having very vaque sense of the guy as a character would have been great. Because he is kinda a mysterious wildcard so it would be cool to get more an inside look, really even with the negotiations we only saw the start of it because knowing what was talked about would have ruined the plot. The Roman Mattson Scene was good, aswell as Adrien Brody's scene with Logan and Ken outside talking.
One of my friends started watching succession by watching season 3 first, then season 2, and season 1 last. Absolute psychopath behaviour
5:54 nice
I can't think of a disappointing or boring season, episode, or moment in Succession. It's themes and performances and writing are too strong.
This is Evil. This is Intergenerational damage and Sadism. And Sadness. This stuff is important. All the youngsters and other actors are great, and Brian Cox is Brian. Cox. A naturally magnetic and gifted man.
He makes no effort to soften the ugliness that is his barbaric sadist character. But he's Brian Cox, so we're charmed watching him so willingly rend and shred his charm.
The Intelligence mutual to actor and role shines through. Even though Logan's is a primative, destructive Intelligence.
i still enjoy this season, but i clicked on this because i weirdly felt like i knew you were gonna say 3, and i can't help but kind of agree, but i don't fully know why. i think it's still really enjoyable. i think it's mostly bc i was annoyed at all the scenes used for Greg's DOA crush on Comfrey Pellits, who has the worst name i think i've ever heard...... and i didn't really care for the performance her actress was giving either. maybe she doesn't have as much experience, but I'm glad she did not come back for the last season lol. all the family stuff was enjoyable, albeit a bit soggy with kendall and twitter
Never watched succession, just here to hear you talk haha
Tom's my favorite character too, though he can be over the top heinous.
My late husband was a powerful person with a big, screwed up family. The most neurotic players react to newcomers as if they're committing robbery by joining the family.
And Matthew McFadden was so indelible as Mr Darcy. Actually as memorable in his own way as Colin Firth. Now I want him to have a great career even as those romantic leading men roles likely slip away. (We should definitely give good actors more chances to keep staring in films as they get older. Beauty doesn't vanish when you hit 40.)
Now that I'm used to how deranged Tom can be, I even really like the water bottle throwing scene. It shows how desperate and unhinged the character can be. His position is so insecure he volunteered to go to prison. That vulnerability is fascinating to watch.
Not sure why so many assume we all identify with Greg. He's a great character but not necessarily the audience surrogate.
First of all, I was prepared to cynically hate on this video, assuming the title was just engagement bait and it would be another pretentious video essay with shallow analysis. I am also a simp for s3 and a mild critic of s2, going to the extent that I’ve sought out internet arguments to defend it. You can write really well though! And I loved the video footnotes (that’s what they appear to be to me).
I agree with all of your critiques related to the COVID constraints for the first episode, and maybe a few other bits and pieces of the season. But I also think they were able, very early on, to turn this weakness into a strength. Secession is a fairly weak episode for the show, leaned a lot on comedic phone conversations with dramatic irony and there was a noticeable release of dramatic tension for those of us who had just rewatched season 2 prior. But I think they’re back into the swing of things right after that, in Mass in a Time of War. This semi-bottle episode is a parallel to the hospital episode in s1, Mass in a Time of War, but is much stronger than that episode in my opinion. Everything is refined: the dialogue, the sibling dynamic, Logan’s looming presence on them via a box of donuts he likely didn’t even send. This episode is essential to setting up the season finale and brings back the momentum and tension like it was never gone. Kendall’s abusive rant at the end is just viscerally a shocking moment-he’s done worse for sure, but it’s similar to Tony trying to hit Carmella in Whitecaps, our brains respond differently to rage and abuse than other forms of evil.
Now, here’s my defense of where they took Kendall this season, since I’ve seen many critiques of it out there. Kendall, if not bipolar, certainly acts manic through a combination of drugs and whatever else. But this season isn’t another one about Kendall’s drug addiction, but his addiction to stunts and spectacle. He gets the very same rush out of the press conference at the end of s2 as the viewer, and as such tries to replicate it time and time again. That’s why many feel he’s spinning his wheels all season, he kinda is, but this isn’t a rote repeat of the “Kendall gets continually thwarted” plot structure. Too Much Birthday is great partially because it resolved Kendall’s storyline in a way novel for the series: he has a realization that these stunts are ridiculous, retreats inward, in many ways going from mania to depression on the screen. I think his many ridiculous stunts were a great way to show him riding a sin wave of seeking public validation.
Can’t edit on this client, and I’m sure there’s more mistakes, but the s1 episode I was referencing was Shit Show at the Fuck Factory. I repeated the s3e2 title twice accidentally.
"Is the golden era of Succession over?" Happy to report absolutely, positively no.
The writers not outdating the show with the existence of covid like so many other shows did was the smartest choice, it it would had been so hacky to have Logan being like an antimasker or something lmao
I would say the weakest part of the series was definitely the whole character of Rhea just showing up and suddenly being the number 1 for the throne, i felt that just went too fast and then ended just as fast which felt kinda pointless? like you have this woman falling for the most ovbious tricks and showing he knows nothing about Logan while the kids just laugh at her, it felt like a filler arc
I thought Mattson was meant to parody Jack Dorsey not Elon Musk
His business position might be more Dorsey but I saw the whole stocks dropping because of tweets thing as a Musk riff
@@TaylorJWilliams ahh true, I think it could be a combination of both cause he’s definitely given Dorsey’s bohemian vibe
I loved every episode of this season. I don't get the criticism
i honestly think there is no worst season of succession, and i am very surprised that people think that the 3rd season is the worst, wild.
Season 3 is my favorite haha
The first season is the worst season imo. The Roman humor is a bit too cringe and the relationships are more complex and fleshed out in the later seasons. There's a lot more to chew on character wise after season one, which still does a good job of establishing the world. But the gut punches hit way harder in the subsequent seasons.
Cool video but nah there is no 'worst' season of Succession. There is only greatness, then greatness, and then more greatness. It's like calling 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo Da Vinci his 'worst' work because he also created the Mona Lisa.