Should you watch Succession?
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Succession
Series · 2018
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
The sides of Succession
- Four siblings fighting over their father's empire
- Logan Roy refusing to step down
- Tom and Greg at the edges of the family
Succession is good for you if…
- you like insults sharp enough to cut, from Roman most of all.
- you like boardroom coups, takeover bids and family votes.
- you like laughing at very rich people being awful to each other.
Succession is bad for you if…
- you need at least one Roy to root for.
- you need action, and here the battles are fought in boardrooms and over the phone.
About: inheritance · fathers and sons · money · loyalty
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