Succession-S1

Season 1 Ep. 1-4 Characters Introduced, Plot begins to develop, Plot starts to thicken. 

I am barely getting introduced to the main characters of this series. The seemingly insensitive father. The son who makes quite a number of gaffs with his varied interests, the second son who aims at nothing more that leasing his father and stepping into his shoes, the sister who enjoys her position as her favorite and the last born son who is in it for the thrills and has a tendency to throw all caution to the wind. Then there is another level of relationships. Here is where the trusted second wife stands. Then there are members of staff at the office all very professional and in a way closer to the Rich father than the children. Members of the board and several others including a lawyer who has secrets and a close friend whose relationship with the nasty head of the firm. 

There is the son of the founder’s brother who whose insignificance is the key to his important role in the series. The listless errand boy makes his path in this complex story by creating alliances of his own and manipulating his way to the top but we are too early in the story to decide what role he will play. He is keen to please and we are not sure if he has a heart of his own. In the meantime, he goes back and forth with the funny condescending husband to Mr. Roy’s daughter who takes unfettered pleasure in playing with his emotions. There is a poignant scene at the start of season 1 when he is shown in full gear portraying a fox-like creature as children in a fair chase him down both to cuddle and beat him up. 

He manages to have you in a hold of both disgust and concern as he navigates his way through the show. At several key moments you are left with no doubt that he will play a pivotal role as he seems to appear and catch some of the major players in strange situations. 

The show in my view struggles with a little too many profanities but these seem to relay the emotions of the show and the subject it wishes to tackle. While stating the obvious about the use of ‘French’ I must admit that if you catch be at a bad time you will hear a word or two in a ‘foreign’ language.