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    <em>Succession</em> Is Better Than Ever

    Jesse Armstrong’s caustic HBO drama about a media dynasty is superb in Season 2.
    by Sophie Gilbert Aug 11, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: HBO

    In the fifth episode of the new season of , the scabrous Roy family find themselves at the country retreat of a liberal-media doyenne, Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones), and in the entirely unfamiliar situation of having to play nice. It’s like watching cats trying to play snooker, or Donald Trump trying to read a speech off a TelePrompter without breaking into an extemporaneous brag—it can’t be done. Shiv (Sarah Snook) can’t restrain herself from mocking someone’s PhD in Africana Studies. Connor (Alan Ruck) spirals into antagonism when someone utters the words “Brookings Institute.” Roman (Kieran Culkin) can’t even muster, upon request, the title of a

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