Succession: 25 Things You Missed

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SPOILER WARNING: There will be some heavy Succession Season 1-3 spoilers in this video. If you’re not all caught up, we suggest you coming back to this video another day!
If you’re a fan of the HBO comedy drama, Succession, it’s impossible to go on the internet and talk about it. The show is packed full of back stabbing, plotting, betrayals, greed and tense dinner scenes and it is arguably one of the best shows around right now. But more subtle in the background is the amount of foreshadowing, imagery, references to other works, easter eggs, improvisation and subtle costume and set details that change our interpretation of what we’ve just seen.
In this video we are going to take a look at 25 things in Succession that you might have missed, from hidden details to behind the scenes trivia. We will take a look at all of the foreshadowing leading up to the shocking Season 3 finale, all of the visual references to the Kendall cliffhanger in the third season, all of the subtle nods and easter eggs to creator Jesse Armstrong’s other works, hidden details in regards to where the show is set, actors who auditioned for other roles in the show, real life influences behind the characters, events and locations, and a shocking reveal that one of the show’s long standing favorites was supposed to die in Season 1. Get ready to put the duplicitous, backstabbing Roy family under the microscope as we look at 25 things you might have missed.
What did you make of this video? Are you a fan of the show? Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments below and make sure to subscribe to the channel today for all this and more!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Season 3 Finale
2:14 Drowning
3:16 King Lear
4:07 Posters
4:33 Peep Show
5:45 Improv
6:09 Logan’s Birthday Meal
6:30 Pilot Meltdown
6:56 Costume
7:31 Logan’s Cardigans
7:59 Brands
8:37 Auditions
9:37 Jeremy Strong
10:33 Dundee
10:56 Murdochs
11:34 NYC
12:07 Props
12:25 Greg
12:40 More Greg
13:04 Eastnor Castle
13:22 President Clinton
13:45 Cancelled Death
14:04 Ted Kennedy
14:19 X-Men
14:46 Hamptons
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@ScreenRant 2 жыл бұрын

Which season got you hooked to this show?

@juGGaKNotEmpire 2 жыл бұрын

From what i see here, none.

@BOSS_1417 2 жыл бұрын

First 4 episodes, didn't even realise how addicted I got

@williesimmons4068 2 жыл бұрын

Season 1 episode 1. The tone, witty banter and storyline.

@Grovelaar 2 жыл бұрын

The First season, absolutely love the humor

@kimberlyklaus7296 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw two of my favorite actors were in it- Jeremy Strong and Matthew Macfadyen.

@arshanifeb 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanna say that Connor Roy was interested in politic at a very young age.

@meghanelaraby277 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@TheKrazysexykool 2 жыл бұрын

A truer statement was never uttered

@catrionaaldridge654 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@shashankshivarkar2499 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@lotusssypringa 2 жыл бұрын

😅😅🤣🤣

@JG-kk1mr 2 жыл бұрын

My fave easter egg is all the detail they put into their phones. like how shiv uses a photo of saddam hussein as her dad's contact photo, so every time logan calls her saddam pops up on her screen. and how roman's lock screen is a photo of shiv getting flipped off by him.

@morgan300c 2 жыл бұрын

A more entertaining detail than any of the ones mentioned in this video.

@mushy470 2 жыл бұрын

My fave egg is Greg the egg

@AustinAndDarrion 2 жыл бұрын

Roman’s Lock Screen is a photo of him flipping off shiv

@Donmenon Жыл бұрын

Lol the random cat picture in Rome’s photo gallery got me.

@almsahrah Жыл бұрын

wow! I never noticed the Saddam thing, which should have jumped out at me... thanks!

@witchplease9695 2 жыл бұрын

Before I gave this show a chance my dad described it as “Lannisters in corporate America with less incest and more comedy” and I’ve been hooked since.

@godspeedthe13th 2 жыл бұрын

cool dad

@thelastmanonearth2631 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is a remarkably accurate description of the show!

@clarawolfe792 11 ай бұрын

Only slightly less incest 😂

@SKH-kg1xw 2 жыл бұрын

If as you say the name Kendal means "the valley of river Kent", it's yet another reference to King Lear. Kent is the first who openly speaks his mind and oposes Lear's decision in the first act and is thus banished; pretty much like Kendal's rebellion at the end of season 2 against his father's decision and betraying what he thought of his father's character and actions in front of the committee and cameras, hence the banishment.

@TheBrainFlow 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot handle how great Jeremy Strong is in this show. What a role!

@Shah_creates 2 жыл бұрын

Love how the names of the siblings have meanings that counterpoint their possesor's true nature. Shiv - pure, Roman - strong, and Conner - wise. Kendall's name has a water reference, like much of the visual imagery of him in the show.

@FLdancer00 2 жыл бұрын

#1 Also, at the share holder meeting, in the bathroom, Logan calls Tom "son" for the first time. He in return calls him "pop". It signifies that in Tom's mind, he's now actually family and will do what the other kids have been doing, fight to get on Logan's good side & do anything for the company.

@KamiLiddle 2 жыл бұрын

Right! How did they miss this one?

@MrsOdie2 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad Jeremy Strong didn't get the part of Roman Roy. Can you imagine a method actor in that role? He'd be in jail.

@shannonrozek5491 2 жыл бұрын

How do you know Jeremy hasn't killed anybody while looking for coke?

@MrsOdie2 2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonrozek5491 We'll never know. Is he so method that he'd expect Brian Cox to cover it up for him?

@TheKrazysexykool 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsOdie2 and this comment is where all the clever people are gathering

@DurvalLacerda 2 жыл бұрын

You know what, I'm happy for Tom. It's time he took the lead and stuck it to Shiv

@gyang333 2 жыл бұрын

Shiv is so annoying. Glad Tom stuck it to her.

@nykka3 2 жыл бұрын

So she got shivved

@FractalRaver 2 жыл бұрын

“Stuck it” (to a brick wall)

@lisadellaratta495 2 жыл бұрын

She's whiny, abusive and disloyal to Tom. She treats him like Logan treats her and Tom turns around and does it to Gregg. Gross. They could be a power couple if she didn't treat him so awful.

@RettyBoop 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda am too. They’re all bad but it was satisfying to see him stand up for himself to someone who isn’t Greg lol.

@joshphillips1526 2 жыл бұрын

You can't make a tomlette without breaking some Gregg's 🤣🤣

@johnnykowalski29 2 жыл бұрын

Shiv means pure?! Maybe Siobhan does but I always took Shiv as a sneaky reference to a makeshift knife like you get in prison. Am I the only person who noticed this?!

@kckazcoll1 2 жыл бұрын

yes, I noticed it too

@wildercerrate7295 Жыл бұрын

Not a sneaky reference at all lol

@valentine4104 2 жыл бұрын

a shiv is a knife; romans are conquerers; conner is constantly shortened to con, like criminal; kendall's "valley of the river kent" could be a reference to his water motif

@kckazcoll1 2 жыл бұрын

I like your interpretation

@IwinMahWay Жыл бұрын

Or he's a candle that's burning and wants to put everything on fire

@FractalRaver 2 жыл бұрын

I love the doublespeak in this show, it’s even more crazy than the soprano’s bullshitting themselves

@justinlines3715 2 жыл бұрын

On Kendall meaning a river flowing through Kent. Kent was a nobleman who is loyal to, but bannished by, King Lear.

@TheKrazysexykool 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me more of the true life of Henry VIII and his worry over his line of succession. Henry would reward loyalty and then would turn. Tom may be rewarded but he may wind up being destroyed

@gyang333 2 жыл бұрын

So Trump

@maxbolton5227 2 жыл бұрын

@@gyang333 Stop politicizing everything

@gyang333 2 жыл бұрын

@@maxbolton5227 and the OP wasn't?

@maxbolton5227 2 жыл бұрын

@@gyang333 OP referenced a 600 year old account which even Shakespeare romanticized. The latter is still too polarizing not to be politically motivated, and is a morsel of insufferable bullshit in today's political discourse.

@kenzirkel1584 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of "Peep Show," I noticed in an early episode (one that takes place in a bowling alley) that Mark calls Jeff a "seat sniffer", which of course is what Logan calls Caroline's new husband.

@noble_experiment 2 жыл бұрын

I love how there’s a considerate spoiler warning in a video titled “25 Things *You* *Missed* in Succession” implying the person had already seen it, but still gave them a heads up.. meanwhile I got Game of Thrones spoiled for me via standing in line at Primark.

@dani2229 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re honest about it, you got Game Of Thrones spoiled for you by Benioff and Weiss and no one else

@noble_experiment 2 жыл бұрын

@@dani2229 touché but if we’re being ultra honest here GRRM could’ve gave them some material to work with

@pimpwalkin1 2 жыл бұрын

Really love this show, hopefully s4 aint the last.

@daniellerogers6045 2 жыл бұрын

I know! Heard it through the grapevine. 👎

@ing2864 2 жыл бұрын

Georgia Pritchett deserves a mention as a writer on this brilliant show

@lessls 2 жыл бұрын

"The creator of the show has some more humble roots" the humble roots in question being The Thick Of It. The narrator of the video is absolutely right, audience-wise, but The Thick Of It is so goddamn brilliant that it's just par for the course that Succession would be too.

@sunriseparrabellum5505 2 жыл бұрын

for real, the thick of it has some of the most creative dialogue i’ve ever heard, it’s DNA is all over successions characters and the way they talk to each other

@Tochallengethesun2003 2 жыл бұрын

Logan- barely has any real feelings or attachments so is hollow inside Roman- Tries to give of the vibe of being strong and powerful but isn’t at all Kendall- More of the great gastby water allusions with the river talk Connor- Thinks he’s Wise but can be almost as Petulant as his siblings Shiv- she’s not Pure at all or even tries to be so giving her this name had to be a joke

@witchplease9695 2 жыл бұрын

Shiv’s nickname is also a scrappy make-shift weapon used to stab people in close quarters. Not so “pure”. It suits her.

@aquariphonellc.1217 2 жыл бұрын

After all the Kendall water references you miss working in "Valley of the River Kent?"

@rvfinder7997 2 жыл бұрын

Only one more season?!? They better get cracking with the plot progression. I really love this series

@kingfadal4711 2 жыл бұрын

I think 5 seasons is perfect

@GMAMEC 2 жыл бұрын

Logan will “win” and the kids will “lose”. It’s all about Logan every season. No one will be in power, it’s all about Logan.

@merrywalsh2809 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t get enough of this tour de force of a show. Thanks for the trivia! 🙏🏼🤗

@ramayaruk 2 жыл бұрын

I love that will ferrells a producer lol

@YiannisGkoufas 2 жыл бұрын

Missed Peep Show connection: I am pretty sure that on a zoom call Logan has with one of the major shareholders telling him "It should be you" was the Byzantine Professor :)

@xoxoglo 2 жыл бұрын

this is such A GREAT VIDEO!!!! love it so much thank you for making this!

@justines9233 2 жыл бұрын

The casting is perfection. Chef’s kiss perfection!

@FaithChihil 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's been said before but I would say this show also must get a lot of influence from The Lion in Winter, which Empire was also based on.

@JL-rr9ss 2 жыл бұрын

"If it is to be said"

@hisholiness4537 Жыл бұрын

Also it doesn't rely on shock value and sex scenes

@burcuthebadass 2 жыл бұрын

This was so good. Thanks for the video!

@robs3508 2 жыл бұрын

Conor Roy was interested in politics at a very young age.

@yrguide 2 жыл бұрын

The WayStar Royco building where filming is at 28 Liberty St in downtown Manhattan. It is decidedly NOT at the WTC. Many crews film in that building.

@yahmartay 2 жыл бұрын

The four-year Connor U.S. presidency will keep the show going another 4 years…:)

@james6401 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of references in it so. "Siobhán" is Irish- "sí bán" meaning "white fairy". "Pure" will do though

@wormswithteeth 2 жыл бұрын

keeping with the F. Scott Fitzgerald references, Kendal literally says the words A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.

@royjones8312 Жыл бұрын

I tried watching this show when it came out and got to episode 3 and just kinda gave up on it. As season 3 was about to come out I kept reading such rapturous praise for it I decided to give it another try. Man am I ever glad I did. Arguably the second best show of all time in my opinion.

@susantowers3161 2 жыл бұрын

I love this show & the wonderful acting!!! Bravo can’t wait to see the new season!!!!

@305donkryder8 Жыл бұрын

To make a tomlette you have to crack a few greggs...

@mollypitcher9380 2 жыл бұрын

Good job!!!!

@xjimmy225x 2 жыл бұрын

One you missed, both Logan and Tom wear Persol

@lantailengket8051 2 жыл бұрын

It is hard to see Tom get ducked by Shif everytime.

@CERTAIND00M 2 жыл бұрын

15:01 - This gives a whole new meaning to that moment where Conner screams about being the eldest son.

@tyrellf1579 2 жыл бұрын

The show draws a lot of inspiration, specifically for the directing decisions, from a movie called Festen, Celebration, in English, just like the name of the first episode in season 1.

@davepubliday6410 2 жыл бұрын

Brian Cox does an interview where he said he was surprised by the change in character’s birth place. I doubt he ask for it, if he was surprised by it…. No?

@originaozz 2 жыл бұрын

Woahhhh I totally forgot about the donuts! Now I've got chills.

@jern2426 2 жыл бұрын

Love this show what a masterpiece

@garycitro1674 2 жыл бұрын

Murdochs, Redstones and Hearsts, sure. But anyone from Long Island who ever suffered long term with Cablevision sees Charles and James Dolan & Family as well.

@connornyhan8369 2 жыл бұрын

i think the deal with logans clothes is hes just an old man

@jamesstewart7736 Жыл бұрын

I hadnt realised how much baptisms Kendall had in water until now. Very interesting 🤔

@My2cents. 2 жыл бұрын

One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates~🎈

@alisonsiobhan 2 жыл бұрын

Siobhan means "God' Grace" not "Pure". It's the Gaelic female variant of John.

@pinnedcomment8614 2 жыл бұрын

did you know Cherophobia is the word for the irrational fear of being happy.

@papajohnloki 2 жыл бұрын

Very good

@Anna-vz5jl 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant absolutely brilliant show I pretty much have ever sent on HBO I don’t even know where to begin. I’ve been doing a little binge watching season three last night into season four wow I don’t even know what to say. The show is just so brilliant the writing the acting it’s just the best 📺🎬⭐️

@kckazcoll1 2 жыл бұрын

glad that you mentioned the age gap between Connor and Logan, that's not widely known

@mmaxio Жыл бұрын

Peep Show is a masterpiece, thanks for promoting it.

@Mali-D1 10 ай бұрын

Kendall - Valley of the Kings

@areyoufriendly 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a specific reason for the screen static on the clips?

@ChristopherFreezeYT 2 жыл бұрын

14:12 The Chappaquiddick incident happened in 1969, not 1968 as you stated...

@AlaAbdesslam 10 ай бұрын

"I'm talking about the actor, get your head out of the gutter" killed me

@empfrench 2 жыл бұрын

Peep Show fans represent! Youdaman!

@RyBegz44 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that they didn't kill of Logan in Season #1, Roman is Roman not and not Greg, and Kendall is Kendall and not Roman makes for truly sound decision making. Show wouldn't be as good as it is if they went in any of those directions.

@pinnedcomment8614 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime. Crazy, right?

@Rok0711 2 жыл бұрын

Who says “NYC” verbally? Is that even a thing?

@susanfritzel4055 2 жыл бұрын

ken noun one's range of knowledge or sight. "such determination is beyond my ken" verbSCOTTISH•NORTHERN ENGLISH know.

@Guyrsanville 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and Tom's wife betrayed him many times. Tom is the only one who consistently chose gthe old man.

@joao4333 2 жыл бұрын

I think i missed more than that

@Jacurutu 2 жыл бұрын

Now that GOT is over....

@BeLoud13 11 ай бұрын

Smooth dialog with a whole lot of F words.

@tylerhackner9731 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@KittySnicker Жыл бұрын

It really is basically modern Game of Thrones but also funny thanks to Will Ferrell being one of the producers!

@mariarohmer2374 2 жыл бұрын

HELL NO S4 better not be the last.

@jerryware1970 2 жыл бұрын

Neither of the children were qualified to manage the media empire. The old man did the right thing.

@Hullabaloo2013 2 жыл бұрын

Jfc. With reaches like this you should consider boxing

@NoMoney67 Жыл бұрын

The clothing is very interesting. The top dog (Logan) can dress any damn way he wants as long as he/she is comfortable. IE: billionaire Mark Cuban at a Mavs game.

@Dustaroo Жыл бұрын

So do their names reflect the opposite of the character? Shiv is "pure" under the appearance of being progressive but the ultimately the most cut throat of the kids. Roman "strong" being the most meek and childlike basically soft and malleable. Conner "wise" I don't need to elaborate on this one. Logan's is interesting meaning "hollow" basically a dig that he is not feeling unfulfilled or has doubts in his character, ideology, motivation. He's not Hollow in the slightest he's filled up with confidence. His sore point is his kids which he feels does not reflect on him but is entirely their issue. Logan is fully confident in himself he is filled. Kendalls name "valley of the river Kent" I think is supposed to be Kendells over inflated ego and dreams of grandeur. That name includes so many titles and sounds very important and historical. when Kendell has hardly ever actually built anything himself and was just handed down success.

@itsmeroshanvk Жыл бұрын

You 1%...that's 4 million people

@cindipereira2737 2 жыл бұрын

Season 1

@driden1987 Жыл бұрын

a slap on the back ?

@Ludd439 2 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Strong is not a method actor. The method is a very particular way of getting into character. I'm so sick of ’the method’ being the only process people seem to talk about! Strong does not live in character, he just asks for some things to be done for real because it helps him get into the scene. Emotionally putting yourself in a state is more similar to stanislavski's emotional memory (like muscle memory not just remembering things that make you sad) and that's how he gets into character, it's very different to Christian bale living as someone with anorexia or viggo mortensen sleeping in the forest. Also Method acting is a terrible form of acting that does not achieve better results, Stanislavski the GOAT of naturalism rejected 'the method' and saw it as a bastardisation of his method. Sorry rant over lol

@Shah_creates 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I learned from this.

@communicationcandy1707 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@vaibhavgaur5268 2 жыл бұрын

Lol what a childish viewpoint on the method principle

@gordonferrar7782 Жыл бұрын

Sleeping in a forest wha...

@tricia4075 Жыл бұрын

I don’t think Tom wins because although he helped Logan, Tom betrayed his daughter. He always reiterates that he loves his children. I also think Willow will possibly end up with the winner. She's beautiful, a hustler and never loved Conner

@yackzilonsaperritana6135 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. The only mistake I was able to found is that "Rey" it's not a French word, but a Spanish one.

@lynnsmithershubbard1896 2 жыл бұрын

roi is French

@yackzilonsaperritana6135 2 жыл бұрын

@@lynnsmithershubbard1896 I'm talking about the word Rey, not Roi.

@divyanshuvatsal8364 2 жыл бұрын

He is the eldest son

@logansinclair6272 Жыл бұрын

Logan=hallowed Hallowed means holy

@pinnedcomment8614 2 жыл бұрын

Today learned: While trying to find a cure for AIDS, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.

@jazzjokesjalopies 2 жыл бұрын

Which character do you hate most?

@TheKrazysexykool 2 жыл бұрын

Logan

@ItsCodys526 2 жыл бұрын

I like to get these notifications "someone liked your comment" and "someone subbed to you".

@blanktom6049 2 жыл бұрын

Comedy Drama??

@martino5742 Жыл бұрын

"Elizabeth Murdoch relates to the character of Shiv" wow I hate her already. Also THANK GAWD for Brian Cox making his birthplace Scotland instead of Quebec. I would resent the show so much even if it was equally good lol

@faherty87 2 жыл бұрын

the Thick of it and Peep show are better than anything Adam MCkay and or Will Ferrell has done

@tudoreziste8866 2 жыл бұрын

@MrCommentGod 2 жыл бұрын

@jam9859 Жыл бұрын

Comm dram

@NocturnalDoom Жыл бұрын

About only 2 facts were interesting the rest reads as “the reasons why Pitch Meeting has its own channel now”. This is suck-up land.

@ahmadscientist6623 2 жыл бұрын

Early

@jenvaher 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I can’t even listen to this because the music is so overpowering a distracting. I’m gonna have to pass. Unfortunately I want to watch this. But it’s giving me a headache. There’s too much going on.

@kckazcoll1 2 жыл бұрын

agree it could have been quieter and was a bit distracting

@jenvaher 2 жыл бұрын

Uh can you chill on the music? It’s too much. Unnecessary