A Eulogy for 'Succession'

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As HBO’s hit series comes to a close, was everything foretold in Episode 1?

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:01.3	Ross!
0:02.3	You can't make a Tomlet without breaking some Gregs.
0:05.1	Gotta break some Gregs!
0:06.5	Team Tom for the win!
0:07.9	Woo!
0:08.4	Oh, Tom, you know he's not gonna last long in that job.
0:20.4	From New York Times' opinion, I'm Michelle Coddle.
0:22.8	I'm Ross Dauceut.
0:24.0	I'm Carlos Lozada.
0:25.3	And I'm Lydia Pullgrey.
0:27.0	And this is the matter of opinion succession special.
0:42.2	Last night was the final episode of HBO's succession.
0:45.7	Or should we call it the Max Show succession?
0:48.1	I don't know.
0:49.0	Well, the Max Show succession.
0:50.7	So Max.
0:51.5	So we're here to give Wastar Roy go a proper send-off
0:53.9	in a bonus episode of matter of opinion.
0:57.2	This was a family saga about American wealth,
1:00.5	about global media.
1:02.2	And at the center of it was no surprise a succession battle.
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