‘Succession’ Season 3 Ignores Covid Because ‘Really Wealthy People’ Aren’t Too Affected by It

HBO’s Emmy winner “Succession” is confirmed to be making its long-awaited return for Season 3 this October, but don’t expect to see the Roy family navigating the pandemic when the new season begins.

While many series on television and streaming platforms have found ways to incorporate the pandemic, “Succession” Season 3 will sidestep Covid and carry on business as usual.

Creator Jesse Armstrong wrote the third season before the pandemic and did not change the scripts during it.A new report from Vulture on “Succession” Season 3 confirms: “[Creator Jesse] Armstrong decided early on that the season’s finished scripts wouldn’t be rewritten to incorporate the ongoing pandemic.

‘These are really wealthy people,’ says [Shiv Roy actress] Sarah Snook.

‘And unfortunately, none of the world’s really wealthy people were going to be affected by the pandemic.’”“Succesion” Season 3 won’t tackle Covid, but Covid directly affected the series.

As the Vulture report continues: “In March 2020, Mark Blum,

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