![]() Succession’s insular focus on the Roys and their ruthless habits toward each other rather than the seismic harm they inflict on the American public is one of the reasons the show has been criticized for appearing ambivalent or even sympathetic toward the super-rich. Meanwhile, the other Roy siblings Connor (Alan Ruck), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook), Shiv’s husband Tom (Matt McFadyen), and the newly inducted Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) maneuver through the family empire at the scant mercy of Logan. The fight for power ends when Logan discovers that Kendall was involved in the accidental death of a waiter while seeking drugs and blackmails him into subservience. In the first season, we watched the inept, nervous Kendall fail miserably as he employed a number of hijinks to acquire his father’s business. Succession’s inaugural season, which premiered in June 2018, followed a mano-a-mano fight between Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the family patriarch and CEO of fictional media conglomerate Waystar Royco, and his second eldest son Kendall (Jeremy Strong), who he unexpectedly denies heirship to the company. Like so, HBO’s Succession, an hourlong drama about a Murdoch-inspired family who own a conservative media conglomerate, has quickly become a network favorite because of its truthful representation of late capitalism, the polarizing power of partisan media, and the merciless nature of family business. If the success of HBO’s Emmy-winning series Big Littles Lies taught us anything, it’s that millions of television viewers are deeply invested in the tragic inner lives of privileged, white Americans. Sarah Snook as Shiv on Succession (Photo credit: Graeme Hunter/HBO) ![]()
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