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<em>Succession</em> Unlocks a New Stage of Grief

After acceptance comes the sales pitch.
Source: David Russell / HBO

This story contains spoilers through the fourth episode of Succession Season 4.

For the Roy kids, mourning can’t happen without a little manipulation. On Succession, being part of such a rich and powerful family means receiving sympathy served with a side of business-speak. Their father has died, but to everyone else, Logan represented the market—an economic unit, as Logan once described himself, standing “a hundred feet tall,” whose empire is now up for grabs. Sorry for your loss, the Roy siblings are told, again and again, by friends and foes alike in tonight’s episode. .

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