Succession Power Rankings: “I Don’t Think of Things Such as That”
Ranking the Roys after season 4 episode 8, “America Decides”
Will the series finale of Succession be Shiv Roy pressing “post” on her viral essay about the night of the presidential election, titled “What Happened.” (It will be the Hundred’s inaugural post, of course.) It’s election night on Succession, and somehow this election seems … not as bad and yet somehow worse … than the real 2016 election. Everyone is kinda on the bottom this week, except for Cyd Peach who is somewhere wearing comfortable shoes, watching Tom get flambéed on CNN, and living her best life. Here’s where we stand after season four episode eight, “America Decides.”
Roman Roy
Kendall is — sorry — weak and indecisive, Shiv is playing both sides, Connor is due for a disastrously irresponsible CNN interview soon. Someone has to play a hand here, and Roman can always be counted on to act. Sometimes it’s stupidly impulsively (firing Gerri), sometimes it’s a bit more cunning. Tonight, he understands the assignment: Power at all costs, making a deal by any …
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