Diandra TV Review: Succession Ends On A High Note
Every time, I see Prince Harry, I can’t help but feel his privilege, but, then again, that might be my trauma. Not getting the bigger bedroom in a palace feels like a middle finger to those of us who grew up without a room. Frankly, we all eye-roll yet press play when the wealthy whine because we both love and hate to hear their pain; it makes us feel satisfyingly vindicated that they cannot escape suffering, while also feeling in jealous and sad that we cannot afford to distract from it. After all, Tyler Perry IS NOT chartering a private plane for me because I am not speaking to my dad after leaving a half a billion inheritance. Yet, shows like Succession reveal that it is not about the slights, imagined or not, between a powerful family as much as the constant feeling that for all they have, there is just one slab of meat on the table and only one of their hungry asses will be allowed to eat.
Returning for a final season to HBO, I, oddly, agree with the surprise. Succession is a show that has to end on a high note because we all saw what happened with Game of Thrones. If you do not know how to wrap up a spectacular gift, it comes off looking cheap. Succession has been an absolute pleasure to watch, in part, because of the fantastic performance of who brought humanity to the Prince Harrys of the world; whose childhood trauma occurred mid a million dollar yacht in the family Italy vacation. The settings put us off to forget the scenarios, but when you have Logan as a daddy, you get the feeling these ¨kids ¨are just underdeveloped adults.
We find our Big Three trying to undermine their dad, whose having a ¨heavy is the crown¨ moment for the first few episodes. Logan (Brian Cox) is a perfect example of how pride really is a detriment. He might miss his kids and quietly ponder how lonely it is to ¨the top,¨ but that will not stop him from trying to pummel them down and make them turn on each other. The show shines when Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) actually stick together and try to win one over a man that feels like a giant. I watch , and you almost forget that this character has had strokes, heart attacks, and aneurysms within a few years span. He is a man that has been near death, at times even looks like it, but everyone, including himself, sees him as immortal. Hence, the theme of this closing season feels connected to others in terms of legacy, and what is the point of building an empire that you truly feel will die without you.
Usually, when we think of legacies, we think of the opportunity to create generational wealth: a powerhouse so grandiose that our descendants can reap from its harvest. Yet, Logan cannot stop sabotaging and doubting his kids, even going out of his way to make sure they loathe themselves. With so much angst, tension, and what feels like a verbal chess game, this season brings a whole new level of dynamism and tragedy. You feel bad for the Roys because they are the most over-worked people to not have love, which can be seen by the demise of Shiv and Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) , and of course the verbal abuse hurled towards the spineless ¨disgusting bro¨ Greg (Nicholas Braun).
By all means, Shiv´s marriage is destroyed by Logan’s plays, of which he both trusts and distrusts Tom for being willing to destroy his wife to get to the top but also, technically, destroy ¨Logan´s¨ daughter. Snook serves a performance as the smartest Roy to have a broken heart. Yet, Roman does not stay behind as the youngest one to always crave ¨dad’s love.¨ Of course, Kendall continues to be the most eclectic one with no problem either conquering the empire or burning it down, even if that means turning others like his elder brother (Alan Ruck´s Connor) into ash. Frankly, you kind of hope he does.
