Sh*t Show at the F**k Factory

Greetings from Lithuania.

First two episodes of "Succession" were strong in terms of setting up characters, place, location and situation. I enjoyed the setting but of course characters will have to be fleshed out more. What i enjoyed the most is it setting - this is a world that is very far from my in every way. The lifestyle these people are having is a luxurious one, and i'm not in it, but i will definitely going to continue watching it. I liked witting and acting the most in these few episodes.

Overall, so far so good - nothing that impresed me very much but i bet its going to get more involving.

Ep 2 is a solid, albeit slightly less electric, follow-up to the explosive pilot. Where Ep 1 was a grand introduction, this episode settles in for the grind, confined largely to the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere of a hospital.

The central plot of the children jockeying for power is compelling, but it feels more like a direct, albeit brilliant, execution of a predictable premise rather than the shocking novelty of the first episode. The writing remains a highlight, with every line of dialogue a verbal dagger, but the episode's slower, more contained pace makes it feel less innovative.

Still, the performances are top-notch, with Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin expertly embodying the volatile sibling rivalry. It's a testament to the show's strength that a "slower" episode is still packed with enough venomous humor and character insight to keep you hooked.

7.5/10 - It's an excellent episode, even if it feels like a necessary, rather than groundbreaking, step in the series' journey.

I'm reading that this show gets better in subsequent seasons but this episode has it all/ it's VERY funny, the drama is well played, the arrogance and narcissism of the presumptuous characters are palpable. I usually dislike 1-hour episodes but you won't feel the time passing. Good work.

This shows 2nd and 3rd seasons were so excellent, it's interesting to see when it was just merely very good. The production has always been top-notch, every facet, but early on the writing and dialog wasn't quite razor sharp yet. Some of the acting was a bit timid as well, because, I think, of the not quite perfect writing.

All those knocks aside, the bare-bones are there, what the show becomes later is in this episode, it's just not all polished yet.

The second episode of Succession is one of the rare times in the series where things might feel a little too slow. I remember it being pretty good the first time around, but the second time was a little patience-testing in a way I didn't feel with rewatching the first episode.

All the main characters are confined to a hospital for the whole episode, which might work better if we knew them and the dynamics were a little more vibrant. But there's still a lot of groundwork and side characters to be established here, and it's all just a bit too static and repetitive.

The ending of the episode is great, and there are a handful of funny moments throughout. Logan's presence is missed, but the writing and all the other performances are solid. Not up to the show's soon-to-be-established standard, but as far as a "growing pains" episode early in a show's run goes, this is still pretty excellent, all things considered.