Succession Power Rankings: "Times New Roman Firing Squad"

Where we stand after 303: "The Disruption."

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What other tea does Shiv Roy’s Google Drive have to spill? Photo: Screenshot.

Welcome back slime puppies. In the last week, Succession — and, equally, star Brian Cox — have insisted that I learn the definition of “meretricious.” Despite my pronouncements to the contrary, it does not mean Mare of Easttown-tricious; it means “tawdrily and falsely attractive,” and “superficially significant,” or: every David O. Russell movie. Anyway, let’s get into it.

The United States Government, I guess
Sure, it’s trite to rank the Department of Justice and the FBI so high — all our players are in America now — but for so long Logan has ignored the government’s power and influence. It backfires spectacularly: indirectly pressuring the White House only brings the DOJ’s microscope on Logan and Waystar closer. The government’s arrival at the episode’s end is bad for all parties, even if Kendall’s smirk at the end …