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Succession (TV Series)

Succession

2018

Jesse Armstrong (Creator), Adam McKay ...

Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin ...

8.0

17,391

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2018-2023). 4 Seasons. 39 Episodes. Succession follows the Roy family, owners of media conglomerate Waystar Royco. The family patriarch, Logan Roy, has experienced a decline in health. His four children – removed oldest son Connor, power-hungry Kendall, irreverent Roman, and politically savvy Siobhan – all with varying degrees of connection to the company, begin to prepare for a future without their father, and each begins ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Samantha Coley Collider	"[4th Season Review]: The Roys return in fighting form with outstanding performances and a satisfying story"
		Belen Edwards Mashable	"[4th Season Review]: it has always been good, but it's the sense of finality that makes this season such a phenomenal watch (...) 'Succession' pulls out the stops and goes bigger than it has before"
		Bob Strauss The Wrap	"[4th Season Review]: As always, one of the few things we can be certain about regarding 'Succession' is we’ll be watching anxiously until the bitter end"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[4th Season Review]: it goes out guns blazing in deliciously dark Season 4"
		Dominic Patten Deadline	"[4th Season Review]: This final season is where 'Succession' truly succeeds"
		Emma Fraser IGN	"[4th Season Review]: its final season starts spectacularly strong, with equal parts high-stakes drama and laugh-out-loud comedy"
		Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"[4th Season Review]: it returns for brutal, unforgettable final chapter"
		Carol Midgley The Times	"[4th Season Review]: one last serving of delicious snake pie (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ross McIndoe Slant	"[4th Season Review]: As we approach the end, the Roy family’s journey toward self-destruction remains a darkly captivating spectacle (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"[4th Season Review]: it is its best one yet"
		Joshua Alston Variety	"[4th Season Review]: 'Succession' tops itself again with a brisk, brutal and hilarious final season (...) [It] is more intense than ever"
		Shania Russell SlashFilm	"[4th Season Review]: The modern Shakespearean tragedy lives up to the hype with one last hurrah"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[4th Season Review]: it sets up its endgame, hilarity and darkness intact"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"[4th Season Review]: A drama set in the heart of darkness, with comedy set round to illuminate its inescapable, eternal depths. Gather your strength for one last look into the abyss (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kaiya Shunya rogerebert.com	"[4th Season Review]: 'Succession' pulls no punches in final season (...) There's tension even in the tender and comedic moments, a doom hanging over the heads of the core characters"
		Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"[4th Season Review]: Curse Armstrong and Co. for calling it quits, but bless them for going out on what seems to be a middle-finger-worthy high"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[4th Season Review]: Few programs can pivot from the peak of comedy to the pit of gravitas like 'Succession', let alone overwhelm the audience with the simultaneous precision and depth given to each element"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[4th Season Review]: Smartly, Armstrong seems to be circling back to the program's origins in laying the foundation for this climactic season"
		Dylan Roth The New York Observer	"[4th Season Review]: We're here for the backstabbing, the internal conflict, and the long strings of obscenity that remind us that if Shakespeare were writing today, he'd probably be writing 'Succession'"
		Graeme Guttmann Screen Rant	"[4th Season Review]: [It] is kinetic, barreling towards a finale that feels as well-earned as each biting jab lobbed at various members of the Roy family"
		Allison Picurro TV Guide	"[4th Season Review]: As time dwindles for the show, the characters seem to feel the urgency, creating a locked-in feeling among the ensemble that reveals itself in fascinating ways"
		John Nugent Empire	"[4th Season Review]: Your jaw will be on the floor after watching this final season (...) It's surely in contention to be counted among TV's greatest achievements (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kathryn VanArendonk Vulture	"[4th Season Review]: ['Succession']'s fourth and final season is a shining example of the best qualities of long-form storytelling, and of TV in particular"
		Allison Keene Paste Magazine	"[3rd Season Review]: One of the best shows about royal in-fighting on TV. It’s the Wars of the Roses, it’s Machiavelli, it’s the last days of Rome. It’s addictive, but it’s also depressing."
		Carol Midgley The Times	"[3rd Season Review]: The best show on TV is back... and it was worth the wait (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[3rd Season Review]: Because the show continues to lean so heavily on the farcical black comedy of it all (...) it only makes the more dramatic moments hit harder (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[3rd Season Review]: Stronger than ever (...) Perhaps the show’s most sharply observed run so far"
		Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter	"[3rd Season Review]: What struck me first as I dove back in was not how thrilling or dramatic this show can be, but how laugh-out-loud funny it is."
		Boyd Hilton Empire	"[3rd Season Review]: [These new adventures] make for even more extraordinarily entertaining and incisive TV drama than ever (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"[3rd Season Review]: Season 3 gets funnier and fiercer with each episode (...) [It] keeps springing surprises you don't see coming (...) Here's a classic show that defines series TV at its blazing, howlingly funny best"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] yields a meaningful understanding of what power can do and the privileges it strips away."
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[2nd Season Review]: The year’s best drama is an absurd amount of fun (...) Combining the best elements of outgoing HBO classics, 'Succession' Season 2 emerges as a delectable feast all its own."
		Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"[2nd Season Review]: A searing, funny, painfully true look at wealth, power and family that is at its most agile when it's able to be emotionally resonant without you expecting it to be."
		Keith Phipps TV Guide	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] finds new ways to make you care about awful people (...) Cox delivers a fierce performance (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"[2nd Season Review]: The show’s most distinctive feature: its mercilessly corrosive depiction of the plutocrats who run the global economy"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Those who stick around will find performances to relish and dialogue to savor (...) It's an hourlong series with a complicated texture that takes some time to acclimate to"
		Jake Nevins The Guardian	"A blackly comic melodrama series with excellent performances (...) While the pilot occasionally misses its beats(...) 'Succession' picks up the pace with the second episode (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dorothy Rabinowitz The Wall Street Journal	"There is almost nothing predictable in 'Succession' (...) Irresistible entertainment"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"The family dynamic, at least, feels original (...) I craved a further sense of what it means to have his kind of power"
		Jay Stowe The New York Times	"The humor is there (...) The ridiculousness can sneak up on you"
		Kelly Lawler USA Today	"Dull, dreary and dubiously written, 'Succession' (...) isn't much of a success (...) It doesn't help that the characters are odious and impossible to connect with (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"There’s an earnest attempt to blend human compassion with deserving criticism and, eventually, that pursuit leads to biting commentary with real emotional heft."
		Brian Lowry CNN	"Given the complicated nature of the subject matter, 'Succession' has navigated its launch in impressive fashion."

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