Succession Episode 8: Succession’s Unbearable Election Episode Felt Like 2016 All Over Again
Still Watching
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Still Watching hosts Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy break down the PTSD-triggering “America Decides,” while David Canfield chats with Justin Kirk about playing neo-fascist Jeryd Mencken.
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| 0:00.0 | Action, okay? |
| 0:03.6 | We can pay for any damages. |
| 0:04.6 | Let's just jam our fucking heads in the bosom of history and just momma momma momma. |
| 0:08.1 | Hello and welcome to Still Watching, a weekly television podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm Chris Murphy, and I'm Richard Lawson. |
| 0:15.1 | We're here to discuss the eighth episode of the HBO series Succession, America Decides. |
| 0:20.5 | Every vote must be counted. |
| 0:24.2 | And later on, actor Justin Kirk, who plays Jared Mankin, will be stopping by to talk about |
| 0:28.5 | his new gig as Succession's leader of the free world. |
| 0:31.7 | But first, a quick recap. |
| 0:33.7 | Since Logan Exiled, Newsroom Pizza, ATN's election night is filled with bodega sushi, cocaine, |
| 0:39.5 | and very stressed out Tom. |
| 0:40.8 | Greg, do not put any more lemon water or wasabi in his eyes, okay? |
| 0:46.8 | Shiv finally tells Tom that she's pregnant and got the response every expecting mother |
| 0:51.6 | wants to hear. |
| 0:52.6 | Like, is that even true? |
| 0:53.6 | Or is that like a new position or a tactic? |
| 0:57.2 | Or what? |
| 0:58.2 | Let's get roasted in a Wisconsin fire. |
| 1:00.1 | So Roman works overtime as Mankin's spin doctor, despite the protests from his siblings. |
| 1:05.3 | Let's call it on what precedent by what authority, by the power of me, the CEO of Wastar, |
| 1:13.1 | telling you what to put on the telebox mouth people. |
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