Succession (TV Series) Return (2019) User Reviews

Hey Mom, can we talk?

[fleck05IMDB · 9/10 · 30 March 2023]

Something as simple for Kendall Roy as wanting to talk about a horrible life situation with his mom doesn't fit into her schedule. A rich, privileged guy doesn't have a mother in his life that's willing to forgo some simple pleasures in her life to help her child in need. It tugged at my heart strings.

I didn't grow up with much, but I had a mom that was always there for me through every challenge in life when I needed a shoulder to cry on - and for that I feel blessed.

Would I trade places with Kendall and the problems having billions of dollars brings? Yes... yes I would.

But maybe I say that because I know what it's like to be raised poor, but with a mom who was always there for me... I have no idea what growing without a mom would be like.

Heartbreaking for Kendall

[cmarlborough · 9/10 · 29 March 2023]

Great acting all round but Kendall's story is just heartbreaking. Logan is truly a man with no soul, his manipulation of Kendall is cruel and seems to be a response to Kendal daring to try and find a flicker of happiness after a season of devastating pain, guilt and remorse. The scene in the kitchen is devastating in a really quiet and sensitive way. So well done.

The mother is just dreadful and you get a glimmer of what life must have been like for them as children. You wouldn't wish it on your worst enemy.

Brilliantly acted, I love the show. It just gets better and better. A masterpiece all round.

When a man who always goes to the mattresses does not realize he has bed bugs...

[AlsExGal · 9/10 · 29 September 2019]

... you get Logan Roy in this episode. His oldest son is on some decades old crunchy granola crusade and wants no part of the family business. His youngest son is a fatal screw up. But son Kendall and daughter Shiv do want in, and he has been playing them all season using their own peculiar weaknesses.

This week, the family of a waiter who worked Shiv's UK wedding last year who was killed in an accident later that night, is demanding an apology from Logan for yelling at the boy prior to the accident, as though one thing had something to do with another. All during this episode it seems Logan is trying to get Kendall to "crack" - perhaps because he has made his use of him and he just wants him to break down so he can be rid of him.

But Logan seems to not realize that exactly how and where Kendall cracks could open big liabilities for Logan himself. And so this extremely conscience stricken time bomb - Kendall - is being constantly triggered in this episode. Also, Logan, 81 but still a man, is letting the devil (Rhea) whisper in his ear yet suspects nothing.

Acting kudos this week especially to Jeremy Strong as Kendall, and to Nicholas Braun as Greg, the outsider cousin, who definitely wants the respect and moola from inside the Roy empire, but sure has some strange ways of going about it.

One of the best episodes this season

[DMCer · 10/10 · 24 September 2019]

The burden on Kendal in this episode is palpable, and the writing flawlessly demonstrates the selfishness of everyone else who should be supporting him. Harriet Walter (Logan Roy'a ex-wife) is masterfully subtle in her guest role.

Emotional, well-acted, another fine episode.

[bayleykedar · 8/10 · 18 November 2021]

Now, this wasn't the best episode in Succession history. But it was good in a way that not many episodes before it have managed to emulate. It reminded us that amongst these characters, there are real humans behind each of their eyes. Namely Kendall.

I've said since midway through last season that I see Kendall as the hero, or the protagonist, if you will. And that is how it seems to have remained. Strong is a brilliant actor, and I see why he won the Emmy for this season. He's not a character you should be rooting for, he's immoral, reckless and dangerous like every member of the Roy family, but his redeeming qualities have been consistently displayed and it strikes me that he may actually have good intentions. The man is human.

The same cannot be said for Logan. What he did to his son in this episode may perhaps be the most brutal display of enforcing power over Kendall that I have ever seen. This dynamic is fascinating, and I hope Kendall may see the light of revenge soon enough.

Aside from that, not all too much happened. A bit of side story with Logan, his new mistress and Shiv, but this is clearly all to progress the plot towards the time of dramatic climax we saw at the end of Season 1. But the stakes feel higher than ever and I am very, very excited.

Missed because the Emmys and boy this show is great!

[UniqueParticle · 9/10 · 26 September 2019]

So much great dialogue and facial expressions that I truly crave. "Apparently we're in a Simon and Garfunkel song" - Such a great line! Continuously enjoyable show, would very much recommend.

Emotional terrorism

[hunterjm918 · 10/10 · 27 November 2021]

IMO this episode above all others demonstrates the depths of evil that Logan's capable of and pushes his character yet further into "irredeemable monster" territory albeit in more subtle ways than usual. The Roy children have their trauma weaponized against them and oh my god how is Kendall not in a psych ward after this.

No Shame

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 15 September 2022]

This is a rather sad episode. We see that neither of Kendall's parents is worth a thing. We know what Logan is: a tyrant and a manipulator, willing to sacrifice his own children. The mother is nearly as bad. If there is anything that is the least bit uncomfortable, she turns her back. Logan takes Kendall with him when he goes to see the family of the boy who drowned. Logan had got him fired and berated him because he overfilled a glass of champagne (which wasn't even his fault). Logan tries to come clean with his mother, but she bugs out before he can tell her what happened. Meanwhile Shiv is being used and Logan is bent of bedding the woman representing the Pierces.

[8.5] 10-20-30-40-50!

[cjonesas · 8/10 · 11 April 2022]

Episode 7: Bright in style, marvelous in acting, superior in storyline plots and development, smooth and homogeneous in flow, vibe and atmosphere.

An all-around one with everything you crave for.

And Greg, that nasty Gregory! What a deceptive lizard...

Boring episode

[billcronin · 3/10 · 6 October 2020]

Story was getting good but they keep adding these terribly slow episodes. The writing is starting to show weaknesses.

This is just a filler episode

[interestingstuff · 8 January 2023]

You can safely skip this episode. It's just another filler episode where literally nothing happens and none of the storylines move forward. The entire episode consists of characters doing small talk and chitchatting about random stuff and cursing at each other.

Maybe it's time to reduce episode time for this show to 40-42 minutes like most shows. When they try to make episodes 60 minutes long, they end up filling most of the episode with pointless empty dialogue just to fill time and we get a lot of filler episodes that are made just to pass the time.

I'm sure diehard fans of the show will keep swallowing this with problem because they are diehard fans but most people with a hint of intelligence won't.