oof oof

All hail Ayatollah Wambsgams

I guess it's his payback for his comment after his comment on Season 2 to Shiv, "How does it feel married to a man with 2 assholes?"

Hugo went from Woof Woof to Whoopsie in one episode

@@margarethmichelina5146 Hugo was such a mealy mouthed POS! LOL I loved it!

Along with him asking for Karolina when that toad tries kissing up to him.

And once again, poor Frank gets fired but this time for real

I interpreted that as Frank and Carl knowing they were gonna get axed. Hence the “golden parachutes” comment

@@Reaver1223 yeah but that’s quickly followed by “or one last rodeo…what do ya think?”

​@@go2damoon555 they could kiss up to him to keep their job, or even threaten , Karl showed his true color to Ken before and he's a shark.

Part of me doesn't understand why Tom would keep Greg as he's shown time and again Greg isn't loyal

Also, he knows that Greg is mostly good at playing his mind game, Greg never takes side, remains neutral and playing both of the sides. Tom isn't even mad to Greg, he's mostly impressed.

It wasn't about intelligence, it was ALL about graft, tolerance for pain, eating shit and being a self starter. Tom and Greg both did this and that's why they won.

​@@davidlestermooneyAlso, you noticed throughout the season, Greg and Tom are the one who mostly working on their desk either looking at their computer, checking data, typing and many more. Meanwhile, you barely see the siblings ever done that to sit at their desks, doing their work. Most of the time, they mostly on meeting, but they mostly criticizing, gaslighting and bullshitting. Expect for Kendall when he was on Vaulter but it was on Vaulter's office, not his own office. Ironically, they are still kids playing outside of their dad's office like Shiv said on her eulogy.

I think it's mostly about loyalty. Sure, Greg went was not always on Tom's side of things, but when he was, he was ready and willing to do dirty and menial work for Tom. Now that they've been through the gauntlet together and Tom has effectively eliminated all his rivals, he knows he can secure the loyalty of a crafty and effective minion by throwing him a lifeline.

Damn, nice catch/reference. I didn't see it but yeah, it's basically that. This show is so well written

Season 3 episode 4.

Nope. This is Tom keeping his beating post handy because he's tied to Shiv forever.

I'm not familiar with this IP

@@tobylatcham2619 Yawn.

You're spot on. Yeah not many people could make that conclusion.

Tom followed Logan like a puppy and learned all he could from him.

Like Tom told Kendall - “I’ve never seen Logan get fucked once”

Good observation!

⁠@@catarinaf3261 it’s so perfect that after all the wanting, trying, and failing the kids did to be like their father, it was Tom who was the one actually paying attention

Sounds like a fantastic intro to a sequel series

Spot on, the subtle off-note creates the sense of brutality to the succession of the company being so instantaneous and substantial

Also, noticed how Tom walks with new confident and energy on that scene compared to his robotic walk from previous episodes?

can you tell me name of the soundtrack. It is different from opening theme

Gerri has been in the company for years, she knows who's capable and who's not. Years later, she's gonna open up about Roman's sexual abuse to her. Also, she feels relieved that Roman isn't in the company anymore and she will mentor Tom to be better CEO.

I think that Tom told her to come into the office as she may be needed. In addition, she, like Karolina and himself, was not on Matsson's/Shiv's "Kill List." He knows that Roman fired her, but that is in the past. Also, I think that Gerri would be Tom's backup in the organization.

@@annkey4091 Yeah, the Kill List becomes the foreshadowing for the finale. Except The Siblings and Greg, Tom, Karolina and Gerri are not part of the Kill Lists while the others are. Also, Tom is still thankful to Gerri who took care of the DOJ and cruise scandal back in Season 3 so Tom isn't going to jail. I don't even know why Logan wanted to fire her on Episode 3 but then again, Logan fired Frank in Season One twice only to rehire him again. Probably if Logan was still alive, Gerri is gonna get rehired anyway.

@@margarethmichelina5146abuse? did you even watch the show, she was fine with it

@@big_2361 subjective to be honest.

Greg is now his Tom

Although Tom is basically owned by Lukas. I hope there is a spin off because I know Tom could beat Lukas

Tom doesn’t need allies, the game is over. He’s secure under the president of the United States and Mattson, who needs him as a puppet. Tom is okay with that, he’s more than willing to be the puppet considering his only goal was to secure the top job and to make as much money as possible.

Greg still has the cruises documents on Tom

@@ShaneMichealCupp The cruises documents are useless after Gerri's wrangling. She settled the cruises issues without anyone needing to go to jail

I waited for that comment xD

Bravo Jesse!

The succession was the Gregs je made along the way.

So it was you? You're the succession!

lel

That’s been Greg’s one true skill … he’s got the gall and shamelessness to insinuate himself into the circle and hang around

Greg didn't even apologize or say sorry to Tom. He's just like having his "Fuck me!" Face like always. Also, Greg's plot armor is too strong even since Season One he went broke as hell to not having his inheritance from his grandpa somehow he's still staying in the company with 200K salary per month and becomes the CEO's assistant now. Also, Greg who is ironically a half Roy somehow stays longer in the company more than every Roy Siblings.

@@margarethmichelina5146 200k per year not per month.

Is Greg incompetent? Awkward? Yes. Incompetent? Where's the proof?

@@raymeester7883 If he were competent, he wouldn't need to rely on Tom's mercy in the end to stay in the company.

@@laughingwarlock Ah! But he stayed in the company. If you are talking about competence, you have to talk about things he is bad at.

Um Tom messed up big time at the congressional hearings, so it didn’t really make sense to make him CEO. They are the face of the company and need to be able to uphold the company’s best image and handle high pressure situations

Tom has no special skills. He is a slime a suckup and has no pride. Corporate material

uh yeh I'm not sure bout this one

@@rohanofgondor Mathew MacFayden has confirmed that Tom cares about Greg.

good eye

There’s just so many subtle layers to this show. It truly is an incredible production. The amazing part is that a lot of the characters’ subtle traits are not even explicitly written into the script; the actors just developed them after feeling out their role’s nature. It’s wow

There is so much physical acting that Matthew does with him. Notice how he touches things more than others, he has anxiety, and he needs to touch things. Does change his walk, it’s a magnificent performance.

Usually, he's always walking stiff and also with his head down because he's always being pressured by everyone. But in this case, he's confident with no pressures as he's on top without his annoying wife and brothers-in-law on his way anymore. It's also ironic how the siblings want to take down Logan, Tom and Mattson but they all end up shooting themselves in their foot.

Chad Disgusting Brothers vs Virgin 3 Idiot Siblings

Tom forever kick Greg to see him come back

Tom always encouraged Greg to be immoral and always liked when he backstabbed someone.

There's nothing for Tom to forgive Greg for. Greg didn't betray Tom. Greg had no idea Tom was going to be CEO. As far as he knew, he was helping Tom's wife.

@@liljackypaperExactly, I honestly think these two have the best relationship in the show.

because he was like him

Yup. Lying to each other, betraying each other, scapegoating each other, Tom forcing Greg to do federal crimes and telling his wife that Greg was expendable or can be bullied, Greg making secret copies and recordings of the crimes, beating each other up, Tom sexually harassing Greg, Tom training Greg how to blackmail people, Tom forcing Greg to abuse his coworkers, Tom's endless shaming of Greg, insults. And that hug you referred to? That's when Tom projected his failures in front of congress onto Greg and literally asked him to sell his soul fior money. Yeah, just an absolutely genuine and supportive relationship.

@@LPno.9 🤓

@@tobiasrieper6640 Thanks.

@@tobiasrieper6640 Thanks

Connor and Willa also genuine too. They never cheat with each other, they never hurt each other, they both are supporting their crappy jobs and talent (Willa being a bad writer with bad reviews and Connor being an airhead who wants to be the next President) Eventhough Willa stays for Connor's money and wealth, at least she's honest to him unlike Shiv who keeps gaslighting and lying to Tom every time.

Yeah but more like Nero Ceasar😂

right😂

Why wouldn't he be? Greg didn't betray Tom. Greg didn't know who Lukas was going to name CEO. Greg was just trying to help his family.

​@@liljackypaperYeah, if Tom would have told Greg then it would have gone easier. Greg actually didn't gain anything from telling Shiv

@@santividal9387 I can’t recall if I saw it in a video or a comment, but Tom definitely gained something from telling Shiv. He subverted her confidence and decisiveness on sticking with the siblings. Tom basically secured his position by telling Shiv.

@@TransientNeurotic Yeah, obviously at that moment Tom had to tell Shiv to save his position. I'm arguing that Greg didn't win anything from calling the brothers (I thought he called Shiv but now I remembered he called Ken).

@@santividal9387 oh woops I misread Greg for Tom

That’s a Logan Roy move

Jfc.

@@LPno.9 Deal with it.

@@smichelle65 Deal with what? We're talking about a TV show. Relax.

@@LPno.9 Hey, you're the one getting all "superior" over a harmless KZfaq comment.

Holy shit

Rewatch Season One intro again, I notice that Prime Logan kinda resemble Tom a bit. It's also interesting how we never see Logan's face anymore since Season 2 to Season 4 showing how much neglect he is with his kids. Also, in Season 4 intro, you noticed that the intro is distorted with footage of the kids foreshadowing that none of his kids won't get the position and with a random blonde kid who's playing with toy car, it could be kid Mattson as Mattson has a blonde hair while The Roys don't.

I know this is a months old comment to a year old video, but the way I saw this ending was that Tom finally got some pieces on the board. I think people really misunderstood the ending. Sure, Tom's not the king and he's in quite the precarious situation - but he's still got *something* from the nothing he had, however meager it is by slashing throats and crawling throught s*** - just like Logan did. He's got a position (CEO), thus power, status (as proven by Hugo trying to suck up to him) and financial ressources, and even his own pawns (Greg, Shiv... whereas before, he was merely a lone pawn!). From there, he'll be able to climb up... or at least, to attempt to do so. Matsson, afterall, has shown himself to be full of vulnerabilities, he's basically a walking powder keg fulled to the brim waiting to explode (crimes, his deviant behavior that's barely hidden, etc.). The "succession" wasn't a literal one as we all expected it to be (the legal process that happen when someone passes away), but a metaphorical one (paralled with the literal, legal meaning of the world - see, the sticker that Tom put on Greg; he gets morsels from Logan's empire, alongside his general "beingness"). The ending is bittersweet - but not that bitter either.

Silly boy. The Wire is

Bro, c'mon. Succession is good but doesn't come close to S1 of True Detective, The Wire, or the first 5 seasons of GoT.

@@madeconomist458 Season 5 of got was meh. Sopranos sucks.

@@madeconomist458 h you are not serious people

Seeing Kendall sadly stare off over the water that will one day wash up his swollen, drug-addled corpse was also pretty nice.

​@@Studentofgossetevil

LOL I love you. fuck kendall@@Studentofgosset

It's basically a rendition based off the show's intro music

I think it's Gary.

Watch out for greg. not really an empty suit either

My man went from throwing up in a mascot outfit and only had 20 bucks on his pocket and then get a higher position in company but still becoming Tom's bitch. Remember that Greg is still related to the Roys so he's the only Roy who is still in the company.

He's toast. Bosses who hate him, cousins who hate him, dead end job, no inheritance, grandfather who doesn't respect him. His only hope is to replace Ratfckr Sam. As soon as Lucas no longer needs Tom, he and Greg are out. Tom will get a fat severance. Greg will get unemployment benefits.

​@@LPno.9I'm surprised no one sees this.

breaking bad and better call saul ruined me for Vince Gilligan

I think that you are speaking of Hugo, the first person Tom encountered when he came upstairs. After Logan's funeral, Hugo agreed to be Kendall's (attack)dog. My impression is that Frank just wants out; Karl is pretty arrogant and was insulting to Tom, when he told Frank and Gerri that he would like his hat into the ring as CEO. Why Karl thought he would be considered for another rodeo ride in the arena, who knows?

I think when Tom asked Shiv, in a roundabout way, that if the roles were reversed, wouldn't she expect his vote/support for the position, he made the Machiavellian move. You are right about luck. But as Tom told Shiv, he knows her. I do believe that she was texting him on the way to the meeting. The only board vote that was truly up in the air was her own. The siblings were not going to change anyone else's vote.

😂😂😂

hahaha

Thank you! I swear this is one of the most misunderstood shows of all time. He's not going to pasture right away, but his career is over.

@@LPno.9 uh no he was forgiven and will become tom's right hand man.

@@JorenWinge You didn't understand the scene or Greg's arc. Tom uses him as a whpping post and has done so from the first episode. Just days before Tom tried to kick Greg's ass for doing what he trained him to do, use information against someone (Tom) and help himself. Tom does not and has never given a shtt about Greg. He'll keep him around to fcck with his head because Shiv and Lukas are going to fcck with his. He's dragging Greg into his hell so he won't have to be alone and he can probably send Greg into a deeper one. That's not forgiveness, that's condemnation.

@JorenWinge You didn't understand the scene or Greg's arc. Tom uses him as a whpping post and has done so from the first episode. Just days before Tom tried to kick Greg's ass for doing what he trained him to do, use information against someone (Tom) and help himself. Tom does not and has never given a shtt about Greg. He'll keep him around to fcck with his head because Shiv and Lukas are going to fcck with his. He's dragging Greg into his hell so he won't have to be alone and he can probably send Greg into a deeper one. That's not forgiveness, that's condemnation. Greg will never advance in the company because he passed off Shiv and Lukas. He's done except for being Tom's creature.

Shiv has zero power over Tom now. Shes the wife of the ceo. Thats it. If Greg hadn’t accidentally spilled the beans to shiva and kendall about mattson picking someone else tom might not be ceo as shiv probably wouldn’t have voted against kendall in the end. Of course tom can’t let Greg know that, hed rather him be in his debt, plus they are both outsiders and probably the only real friendship on the show. Plus by betraying Tom, greg had shown his progression as a player, hes a baby killer and Tom respects that. If you don’t understand that you don’t get the show at all. And yes Tom will abuse Greg, but Greg will be the highest paid assistant in all of ny.