How Succession Uses Humiliation as a Weapon

on the work of Britiain’s “New Cynics”: “I’d go so far as to say that like Roman Roy the writers are indulging in a kind of vicarious humiliation fetish.” It’s certainly a very British aesthetic, but the way “Tern Haven” doesn’t just doubles-down on Roman and Gerri’s humiliation game is a new level. At dinner, Tabitha calls out Roman for their lack of a sex life, referring to them as “eunic besties,” which leads to an embarrassing attempt at intimacy later.

But the dinner had other casualties, like Marcia , turning on Logan publicly, drinking too much, and unable to hide her contempt for him in front of Nan Pierce. There was also Roman making up a book title and author to impress a snobby Pierce son. Naomi Pierce also tells Kendall that she can “just tell” that he’s in recovery, as she is as well, and then there was Connor spouting his usual political nonsense at the end of the table and being completely shut down over his ignorance.

Shiv, though, had the worst moment when she finally just exploded that Logan was naming her as the replacement. The ripple effect on her siblings was immediate, but it was only the beginning of Logan’s punishment of her for her transgression. Now, whether or not Logan ever really meant for Shiv to take over is hard to tell.

In the end, Logan was willing to spike the entire deal just to not be told what to do, specifically in naming Shiv his ultimate replacement. It was a huge slap in the face to her to have to sit through that, and Sarah Snook was absolutely outstanding in the jittery way she processed the initial reveal afterwards with Tom, in constant motion around their room trying to figure out what that outburst would cost her.

And yet, there was still one more moment of personal degradation for us to suffer. Kendall, who seemed to be rebounding a little bit generally, was taken down a dark and familiar path when he and Naomi went to snort coke and get tanked on vodka. We’re waiting, really, for the other shoe to drop here: would he end up crashing the helicopter? Would he ruin the whole deal? Would Naomi OD? .

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