11 episodes

Ethan Crane and Talia Ripley dissect the fourth and final season of HBO's Succession, and try to piece together exactly how the writers will finish the story of the Roy family. Will the show title be fully-realised with someone succeeding someone at something? Will the Roy siblings and Logan come to some kind of happy resolution (we think not)? Is this the best TV show ever? And how will we cope without any further Succession obsession?

Succession Obsession Ethan Crane & Talia Ripley

    • TV & Film
    • 3.7 • 18 Ratings

Ethan Crane and Talia Ripley dissect the fourth and final season of HBO's Succession, and try to piece together exactly how the writers will finish the story of the Roy family. Will the show title be fully-realised with someone succeeding someone at something? Will the Roy siblings and Logan come to some kind of happy resolution (we think not)? Is this the best TV show ever? And how will we cope without any further Succession obsession?

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession series wrap-up

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession series wrap-up

    With the finale now consigned to history, Ethan and Talia look back and think about the series as a whole, including: emails from podcast listeners (including a previously overlooked finale plot point), what themes the show has been trying to put across; what have each of the characters brought to the story; and Ethan’s argument that this is the greatest show of all time – what exactly makes a great show?







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    • 1 hr 18 min
    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E10: With Open Eyes

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E10: With Open Eyes

    Ethan and Talia discuss episode 10, the finale of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: With Open Eyes. Including: was this as satisfying an ending as we had been hoping for?; the keen eye of the writers in pulling together and amping up all the themes that made Succession so great; did any of the characters really win the succession race; and such is our reluctance to let this show finish, our decision to make an extra podcast to discuss the themes and impact of the series as a whole.







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    • 1 hr 23 min
    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E9: Church and State

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E9: Church and State

    Ethan and Talia discuss episode 9 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Church and State. Including: is there such a thing as a Roy sibling winning the funeral? is the siblings’ mother Caroline not only the worst mother but the worst human being in a show of amoral human beings? and how does all the shenanigans here alter our view of what will happen in the final episode?







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    • 54 min
    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E8: America Decides

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E8: America Decides

    Ethan and Talia discuss episode 8 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: America Decides. Including: how the writers have used the comedy of the series to make the anguish of this episode all the more distressing; our blindness to Roman’s true fascist nature; and Ethan doubles-down on Talia’s theory on the implications of the series’ title, and its meaning of (non-)succession for US democracy.







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    • 58 min
    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E7: Tailgate Party

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E7: Tailgate Party

    Ethan and Talia discuss episode 7 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Tailgate Party. Including: an Emmy to the costume designer for Mattsen’s gold jacket; how Roman might enact a Festen-like ending to the series; and more wondering about how the final three episodes will manage to get all these characters together for the last few times.







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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E6: Living+

    Succession Obsession: HBO’s Succession S4E6: Living+

    Ethan and Talia discuss episode 6 of the fourth and final season of HBOs series Succession: Living+. Including: the full spectrum evidence of Kendall and Roman’s inadequacy of filling Logan’s shoes; our trepidation at the prospect of yet another eye-melting Kendall presentation; and Talia’s presidential theory of the succession promise of the series’ title.







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    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

3.7 out of 5
18 Ratings

18 Ratings

AuntDolly ,

Totally misses the point of the show

These two had great coverage of S4 … until E8, ‘America Decides’ (which BTW is a title of irony because the American public did not decide this imaginary election - the idiot Roy children decided). The hosts are focused on the election and it’s affect on the USA, but that is NOT what Succession us about. Succession is about 4 spoiled rotten billionaires, and their TOTAL ineptitude because of how they were raised.

brianooch ,

Too much asking the “isn’t he”

Doing the English answer your own question

Travis L Michael ,

Like the hosts and am enjoying their coverage.

There are multiple Succession podcasts to choose from as the final season plays out, but I really appreciate this one. It’s refreshing to listen to an old school podcast that isn’t laden with ads, patreon shoutouts, and brand promotion. It takes me back to what podcasts used to be — just a couple people talking about their favorite show. Glad to have this in my rotation and will be interested to hear their takes as the season progresses.

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