Succession

You can't make a tomelette without cracking some gregs.

It's basically Arrested Development but as a drama... except this is still hilarious. Season two is a huge improvement over the already strong first season, season 3 is somehow even better, and holy fuck season 4 is front-to-back phenomenal. They went out at the top of their game. Incredible stuff.

Why are they using the same cameramen from WWE

def one of the most nuanced indictments of robber baron spectacle capitalism in the mainstream. update: no it isnt

While it pales in comparison to a greater and much, much sharper somewhat similar show like 'The Thick of It', this became pretty enganging for me about half a season in. The score is amazing (particularly the catchy main theme), and Brian Cox is on fire, but for me the MVPs are Braun and MacFadyen. In a show peopled with smug, deluted and incredibly unlikeable characters, these guys aren't just the only ones worth rooting for, they're often, especially when they're interacting, extremely funny.

Absolutely brilliant. I love that you can't really consider this a comedy, or even a dark comedy, yet it's one of the funniest shows on tv. With an ensemble of top shelf characters and performances, somehow Matthew MacFadyen still stands above the rest with one of the all-time great performances.

For some reason I enjoyed 2021 mini series "Maid" much more than this. I wonder why ... maybe the lives of rich and despicable people are just not that interesting

The beginning of S3 where Logan says "You wanna suck my dick?" to his own son while getting into a car he's denying to share made me laugh maybe the hardest I've ever laughed at a work of fiction. Just incredible writing and performances from everyone, I'd put this as the 2nd best HBO show after The Sopranos. The only nitpick I have is that the S3 finale is better than the series finale imo (which is also practically perfect). Oh and Connor Roy was interested in politics from a very young age.

Season 1: 7/10 :: Season 2: 9/10 :: Season 3: 9/10

Huge fun. Depending on what one thinks of as "fun", of course. A colorful bunch of flamboyantly amoral people... like weasels in a bag!