Succession (Season 1)

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⭐ 9.5/10

(Originally written by Tim)

This show is amazing. This is my second time watching it, and I just think everything about it is expertly done. The humour is dark and sharp and fast. The settings are beautiful, putting on full display the money HBO can throw at shows, with tons of filming in downtown Manhattan but also in beautiful castles and other exotic locations. The characters are all completely hate-able, but for some reason I love watching them all fight against each other. And the theme song has been stuck in my head for 2 years straight.

This show is for sure not for everyone. It follows a mega-rich family, where the children are fighting to claim power once their aging father retires from his media company. We are talking the richest of the rich here, Bezos/Musk level of influence and power. So the show is full of displays of all this wealth, which I would normally hate, but these people are clearly not meant to be idolized. They are all absolutely terrible, but their dynamics together are hilarious.

This is also a show that only gets better. Each episode builds on the groundwork laid by the one before, and the finale completely explodes everything. I think this show is completely genius, and cannot recommend it highly enough. But again, it is not for the faint of heart. You will hear people insult each other in ways you will never be able to forget.

Shout out to cousin Greg, the best character in the show, who is kind of an avatar for the viewers, a somewhat "normal" person seeing everything that happens inside this family. I would give this show a 10, but spoiler alert, season 2 is even better...

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