'The rich comedic conceit of 'Succession' has always been rooted in one irascible billionaire's inability to do this simple task: Name your replacement. The series' final season opens by asking if any of that matters,' writes Tribune critic Nina Metz.
Everyone is expendable. Even top dogs, who have the benefit of consoling themselves with massive exit packages. Some CEOs hang on longer than most, but not forever — retirement or death comes for us all — which is why, when money and power and legacies are in play, you need a plan of succession. The rich comedic conceit of “Succession” has always been rooted in one irascible billionaire’s inability to do this simple task: Name your replacement.
, it shattered the hopes and sweaty, incompetent dreams of his three youngest children, and the show picks back up in the aftermath, with battle lines drawn.On one side you have Logan , his afterthought of a son Connor , opportunistic son-in-law Tom and gangly hanger-on Cousin Greg . On the other, it’s the blustering, floundering, justifiably paranoid energy of siblings Kendall , Shiv and Roman , who are plotting a rival media startup.
But before they can launch, they learn an established newspaper company might be on the market — and the prospect of acquiring a turnkey operation is too delectable to dismiss out of hand.. An ensuing bidding war is guaranteed and it will mean someone is overpaying. And when that happens, the new owners will slash budgets and jobs. I’ve seen it happen. That’s the important and looming subtext — everyday workers will ultimately pay the price. We are mere playthings in their reindeer games.
You can only be repetitive for so long before you run out of reasons to stick around, which is why it feels right that the show is drawing to a close. I will not miss the weekly power rankings that various outlets churn out every season, because to focus on which of these clowns is in power is to fall prey to the same preoccupations as the Roys themselves.
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