Ethan and Talia discuss episode 9 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Church and State. Including: is there such a thing as a Roy sibling winning the funeral? is the siblings' mother Caroline not only the worst mother but the worst human being in a show of amoral human beings? and how does all the shenanigans here alter our view of what will happen in the final episode? The post Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E9: Church and State appeared first on Ethan Crane.

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 8 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: America Decides. Including: how the writers have used the comedy of the series to make the anguish of this episode all the more distressing; our blindness to Roman's true fascist nature; and Ethan doubles-down on Talia's theory on the implications of the series' title, and its meaning of (non-)succession for US democracy. The post Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E8: America Decides appeared first on Ethan Crane.

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 7 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Tailgate Party. Including: an Emmy to the costume designer for Mattsen's gold jacket; how Roman might enact a Festen-like ending to the series; and more wondering about how the final three episodes will manage to get all these characters together for the last few times. The post Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E7: Tailgate Party appeared first on Ethan Crane.

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 6 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Living+. Including: the full spectrum evidence of Kendall and Roman's inadequacy of filling Logan's shoes; our trepidation at the prospect of yet another eye-melting Kendall presentation; and Talia's presidential theory of the succession promise of the series' title. The post Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E6: Living+ appeared first on Ethan Crane.

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 5 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Kill List. Including: how the super-rich have no appreciation of world-class eco-lodges; Shiv's previously underused ability to fake drink- and drug-taking whilst pregnant; and Lucas Matsonn's over-literal understanding of what is meant by a summit meeting. The post Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E5: Kill List appeared first on Ethan Crane.