Breaking Down the Penultimate Episode of 'Succession'

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4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the penultimate episode of 'Succession,' "Church and State." They talk about Roman's breakdown at the funeral, the use of language in this episode (1:00), how the kids continue to grieve Logan by trying to become him (26:34), and how this episode is similar to the "Ozymandias" episode of 'Breaking Bad' (39:01). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You may find this hard to believe, but 60 saws that explain the 90s.
0:04.4	America's favorite poorly named music podcast is back with 30 more songs than 120 songs total.
0:11.8	I'm your host Rob Harbilla, here to bring you more true musical analysis,
0:15.8	poignant nostalgic reveries, crude personal anecdotes, and rad special guests,
0:21.3	all with even less restraint than usual.
0:24.7	Join us once more on 60 saws that explain the 90s every Wednesday on Spotify.
0:33.6	I need support staff to clear the room.
0:36.7	Stand up and walk now.
0:38.8	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:40.7	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:42.0	I am an editor at theringer.com and joining me on the other line,
0:47.1	he's got some good hard takes.
0:49.6	It's Andy Greenwald.
0:51.3	I was hoping you'd call that out.
0:52.6	I almost screenshot it.
0:54.1	And we're going to talk about how the show is going to pivot to podcasting.
0:58.2	That was a great reaction to you in zoology.
1:00.4	Andy, today we are talking about the funeral episode of Succession,
1:04.6	the penultimate episode of one of our favorite shows of all the shows that we've talked about on
1:09.9	this podcast. I believe Succession would be pretty high up there.
1:12.4	Hence why we dedicate so much time to it.
1:14.9	As a penultimate episode goes, I would say the ending of this series hit me in a way.
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