Succession
Stuck the LandingFinale "With Open Eyes" scored 9.5, one of its highest-rated episodes.Grew the BeardSeason 1 rated 8.3. From season 3 on it settled around 9.2.
Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 10/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 10/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 9/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 9/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 9/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 9/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 9/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 9/10
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Starring
Nicholas BraunBrian CoxKieran CulkinPeter FriedmanMatthew MacfadyenAlan Ruck
Written by
Jesse Armstrong
Starring
Nicholas BraunBrian CoxKieran CulkinPeter FriedmanMatthew MacfadyenAlan Ruck
Written by
Jesse Armstrong
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Succession Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | |
| S2 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.7 | |
| S3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | ||
| S4 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
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About
"Corporate warfare as intimate family tragedy"
Succession follows the Roy family, aging media mogul Logan and his scheming adult children, as they jockey for control of the global conglomerate he built. It's a boardroom drama disguised as a family tragedy, full of billion-dollar deals, betrayals, and cruelly funny put-downs. The pace is dialogue-driven and dense, more about power dynamics and shifting alliances than plot twists. What carries it is the writing: quotable, savage, and quietly devastating, paired with performances that make deeply unlikable people magnetic. It builds slowly but rewards patience, becoming genuinely tense and moving as loyalties fracture and the cost of ambition sinks in.
Watch it for
the razor-sharp dialogue and performances that make loathsome people impossible to stop watching.
Maybe skip if
you need likable characters or fast-moving plot rather than slow-burn power struggles.
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Season 12018
8.3122K1010h 33m
When aging, uber-wealthy patriarch Logan Roy—CEO of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates—decides to retire, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda that doesn't always sync with those of their siblings—or of their father.
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Season 22019
8.9117K1010h 49m
Beginning where season one dramatically left off, season two follows the Roy family as they struggle to retain control of their empire, and while the future looks increasingly uncertain, it is the past that threatens to ultimately destroy them.
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Season 32021
8.9106K99h 5m
Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy begins Season 3 in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.
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Season 42023
9.3179K1010h 50m
In season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Nicholas Braun Greg Hirsch
Brian Cox Logan Roy
Kieran Culkin Roman Roy
Peter Friedman Frank Vernon
Matthew Macfadyen Tom Wambsgans
Alan Ruck Connor Roy
Sarah Snook Shiv Roy
Jeremy Strong Kendall Roy
J. Smith-Cameron Gerri Kellman
Scott Nicholson Colin
Crew
Jesse Armstrong
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