Tag: Alan Ruck
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The Best Episode From Each Season of ‘Succession’
Succession was almost instantly recognized as one of the greatest drama shows of all time. HBO’s groundbreaking satire about the interior politics of a media empire family and its legacy wrapped its fantastic four-season run earlier this year with the excellent finale, “With Open Eyes.” Succession follows the legendary business tycoon Logan Roy (Brian Cox)…
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‘Succession’ Already Let Connor Give the Best Eulogy
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 4 Episode 9 of Succession.It came as a bitter disappointment to Conheads in Succession’s penultimate episode when Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) was deprived of the opportunity to deliver a eulogy speech at his father’s funeral. Apparently, his fun police of a sibling, Shiv (Sarah Snook) thinks it’s…
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Succession’s Alan Ruck Auditioned For Connor Without Having Read A Single Script
With the HBO media empire tragicomedy “Succession,” the damaged and destructive adult children of billionaire mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) take center stage. For every shareholder meeting or tense bit of boardroom drama, the show spends much more time digging into the cyclical journeys of self-discovery or delusion that the children undergo. And none of…
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The Succession Finale Is A Reminder That The Roy Kids Are, And Always Were, Damaged Children
This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.” It also contains references to child physical and sexual abuse.”You are not serious people.”These are the five words patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) used to devastate his children, but he was definitely on the money. Each of the Roy kids has serious emotional damage from…