So, what with the [relative] graveyard of content at the moment, and a few updates on subsequent seasons, I've been giving the show the ol' College try again.

It makes a difference to pay attention. This is still a show that will be ponderous to you if you only half-watch it, but if you really get into it, it is superbly choreographed.

The best part on a rewatch, the conventional wisdom is these are all amoral assholes. But it's also interesting to see both the impulse and the peril underneath it for people to try to be decent.

Being a cutthroat asshole has its rewards and pitfalls, but there are a number of small moments where people seem to try to connect or 'be real' that are every bit as dangerous and destructive as any bad behavior.

It's a bit like Shakespeare, both in its intrigue and complexity and in the tightly choreographed narrative, as well as that initial repulsion or distance you experience as a viewer trying to keep track of it all. And it also has that fateful pre-ordained sense of the narrative, even as all the characters strive mightily against it.

But if you commit, it's a good deal more rewarding than other, more brainless, fare.
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Big Succession Fan. It nails a lot of shit. But you're right, it takes some focus.
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LOLs from first half of first season.

'Ahh, . . old bread.'

'I'm pretty sure that's boa constrictors. . . '

'I can promise you that I am spiritually and emotionally and ethically and morally behind whoever wins.'

'calm your Kegeling weiner'

EDIT - found this 'words are nothing, . . . just complicated airflow' is not one of the funniest, but one of the most trenchant lines of the show. Which in part makes the sting and precision of Logan's word so character-defining.


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:-)

I will never be clever enough to say calm your kageling wiener to anyone ever.

My all time favorite line (I think it’s season 1) is “Buckle up Fucklehead”. I laughed about that for a month.
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Mare of Easttown was excellent.

Depressing as fuck, so don't watch it expecting to have your spirits uplifted.
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I love that you are all talking about Succession. If they keep up this pace, it's going down as an all timer. The writing is brilliant. Also this tweet is essential viewing. I can't wait for season 3.

Succession but everyone wants some of Logan's M&Ms pic.twitter.com/pTxIyXWen4

— 𝔅𝔢𝔫 ℭ𝔞𝔥𝔫 (@Buncahn) October 13, 2019

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King Greg is taking over in season 3.
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Just for you, good buddy!!


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Brian Cox has made that statement into an art form.


On another topic, Ted Lasso is great yall. It's a much watch if you enjoy wholesome comedies.
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Totally agree regarding thinking it was excellent. Kate Winslet was flat out awesome in it (as were the other cast members). Loved the setting of it and honestly it might be my favorite mini series ever.
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Agreed. Very well acted and executed. :-)
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Have you seen "The Night of"?
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I watched an episode. I may throw it on in the winter when I have office work to do. I’m definitely not the target market for this.

Fucking pretentious brits and their fucking tram lines. :-)
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It's turned out really popular. Thought I saw it was the most-watched property in Amazon Prime 'history,' though I haven't confirmed.

I think whether it's 'target market' depends on what you're looking for. It's certainly not a serious treatise on farming, but it's a pitch-perfect use of Clarkson's talent. And for such a cantankerous guy, it's quite wholesome and comforting.
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