Still mulling over that Succession season 3 finale. From the start, I took an interest in Tom and he gradually emerged as a favourite character. The development in his story arc is some next-level shit. What a moment, such a shocking reveal, even though all season was building toward just exactly that. I used to be Team Shiv, but her treatment of Tom kept getting worse and worse, colder, crueller and more dismissive. Shiv pretty much sent Tom down this trajectory from the moment she told Tom on their wedding day of all days that she didn’t think she could be monogamous. Then later when Shiv told Tom flippantly to his face that he wasn’t good enough for her and that she didn’t love him, presenting these incredibly hurtful and revelatory statements as some kind of acceptable foreplay, that was pretty much it. What in the fuck was that woman thinking. Moving on to Greg, I really like Greg as well. Interesting that the two characters that seemingly were most in conflict are now literally partners in crime. A deal with the devil indeed. Greg and Tom were also the punching bags of the show and now they are the ones who seem to have played their hands more astutely than all the rest. Nero and Sporus, holy shit. And Roman, Kendall, Gerri, Logan, Shiv, really gorgeous performances all around, a masterclass in acting from the whole cast. Great writing and great photography as well, some frames approaching Renaissance levels of pathos and majesty. What a show. What a finale. God fucking damn.