The breakout second season of the most darkly compelling drama on TV brought a juicy combination of betrayal and revengeThis article contains major spoilersIf Succession wasn’t the breakout
HBO hit in 2018, then it’s achieved hit status in its second season, one of the best sophomore outings in recent TV memory. After nine episodes that brought us such landmark moments as the Con-heads, Cherry Jones at Tern Haven, literal bed-shitting, the Kendall rap, Greg v Tom’s water bottles, Shiv’s point of no return, and the Kermit the Frog dancing to the Succession theme meme, the finale promised, as Logan said in the penultimate episode’s final scene, a “blood sacrifice”.
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