List: Succession Recaps, a.k.a. the "F*ck Off!" Files | Curated by Jeremy Fassler

May 29, 2023
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Succession Recaps, a.k.a. the "F*ck Off!" FilesA collection of my recaps for Succession seasons 3 and 4
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“Family Death March”: Succession Series Finale“With Open Eyes” secures Succession’s place among the greatest American TV series.
May 29, 2023
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May 29, 2023
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“Funeral Truce”: Succession Season 4, Episode 9“Church & State,” the penultimate episode of Succession, could also be called “Give Kieran Culkin an Emmy.”
May 22, 2023
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May 22, 2023
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“The Poison Drips Through”: Succession Season 4, Episode 8The Roys are officially the villains of their own story.
May 15, 2023
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May 15, 2023
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“You Don’t Deserve Me”: Succession Season 4, Episode 7Tom and Shiv’s confrontation is a masterpiece worthy of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
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“Bitey”: Succession Season 4, Episode 6Kendall Roy has had a lot of terrible ideas, but Living+ — the Waystar product that gives this episode its title — may be his worst yet.
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
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“The B-Roll Brothers”: Succession Season 4, Episode 5As Kendall and Roman indulge in juvenile dick-swinging, Shiv proves that she’s the real heir to her father’s empire.
Apr 24, 2023
Apr 24, 2023
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“Coronation Demolition Derby”: Succession Season 4, Episode 4Succession’s debt to Shakespeare is on full display here, as Kendall Roy further transforms into Prince Hal.
Apr 17, 2023
Apr 17, 2023
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“Did I Say I Loved Him?” Succession Season 4, Episode 3This is one of the greatest TV episodes of all time.
Apr 12, 2023
Apr 12, 2023
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“Did Dad Just Say A Feeling?”: Succession Season 4, Episode 2Logan’s confrontation with his kids at a karaoke bar is arguably the greatest scene of the entire series.
Apr 3, 2023
Apr 3, 2023
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“We Gave It a Go”: Succession Season 4, Episode 1Succession’s season 4 premiere finds everyone in a worse place than we left them — except, surprisingly, the kids.
Mar 27, 2023
Mar 27, 2023
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Succession Season 3, Episode 9What is there to say after an episode like “All the Bells Say?”
Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 8Kendall has tried so hard to be a good person, but he is incapable of truly doing what it takes to get there.
Dec 6, 2021
Dec 6, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 7Kendall’s birthday party is a monument to his narcissism and inability to grow up.
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 6If Matthew Macfayden’s managers are reading this, this is his Emmy episode for next year.
Nov 22, 2021
Nov 22, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 5Last night’s Succession, “Retired Janitors of Idaho,” was one of the all-time greats.
Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 4Shiv has the unenviable job of having to placate her brothers, her father, and her husband. Fortunately for her, Kendall’s out of her…
Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 3The master chess player finally meets an obstacle he can’t overcome.
Nov 1, 2021
Nov 1, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 2Kendall’s problem isn’t that he lacks the courage of his convictions: it’s that he he lacks the ability to turn them into coherent actions.
Oct 25, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
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Succession Season 3, Episode 1Before this season ends, there’s going to be blood on the floor.
Oct 18, 2021
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Oct 18, 2021
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