Succession: Season 2

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: August 11, 2019

Summary: The power struggle between Logan Roy's children are not the only issue for WayStar as they face a rival media company run by CEO Rhea Jarrell (Holly Hunter).

Creator: Jesse Armstrong

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Business

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E11. This Is Not for Tears
Air Date: October 13, 2019
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S2:E10. DC
Air Date: October 6, 2019
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S2:E10. This Is Not for Tears
Air Date: October 13, 2019

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The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 7, 2020

It relaunched with all cylinders firing and spitting. There was no quality drop. Read full review

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Collider Adam Chitwood

Aug 9, 2019

Succession keeps moving forward in ways both surprising and hilarious, and Season 2 solidifies the series as one of the best shows in HBO history. Read full review

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Dec 4, 2019

The writing is so creatively foul that it fills the gap left by its sibling in crudeness, Veep. ... Succession is skilled at steadily and surely raising its characters up to multidimensional horrors. ... Its boldest move is to refuse to give these monsters any sort of comeuppance, but that unrelenting bleakness works in its favour and makes it all the more convincing. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Aug 5, 2019

You feel for a Kendall or a Shiv in the way that you might feel for an apex predator in a wildlife documentary that fell off a cliff while chasing prey. You watch the Roys with something akin to scientific fascination. We’re learning about how the monsters live and reproduce and dominate us, generation after generation. They’re up in the hunting towers, and we’re the boars. Read full review

Kristi Turnquist

Aug 15, 2019

One of TV’s best shows. In Season 2, “Succession” continues to demonstrate that unlikable characters can make for riveting TV. ... “Succession” is good, nasty fun. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Aug 12, 2019

Succession somehow makes the high-stakes machinations of self-centered, awful, filthy rich people a whole lot of fun. Read full review

Michael Haigis

Aug 12, 2019

While dark humor and palace intrigue are the cornerstones of Succession, season two develops a sense of lingering melancholy that, while not aimed at making its main characters more sympathetic, imparts a poignancy to the never-ending conflicts within the Roy family. Read full review

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All_ButTrU4

Dec 2, 2021

Absolutely phenomenal . An unparalleled event. Season one was a rare achievement that season two somehow one ups. The rich 1% are brutally exposed to no shame. Any and all detestable big plays Twitter lives to cancel run free here and we are given acess to their choices. This is watertightAbsolutely phenomenal . An unparalleled event. Season one was a rare achievement that season two somehow one ups. The rich 1% are brutally exposed to no shame. Any and all detestable big plays Twitter lives to cancel run free here and we are given acess to their choices. This is watertight casting with once and a lifetime performances that make the argument for this shows undisputed seat amongst HBO canon like the sopranos or 6ft under.… Expand

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shadowboxxxah

Aug 16, 2019

Best show on TV. This is one of HBO's best productions ever. Metacritic can you please edit Keith Phipps review for TV Guide. It is a 5/5 star review, therefore should be scored "100" not "90". If anyone hasn't checked out Succession, please do so, you won't regret it.

5 of 6 users found this helpful51

CarlElmore

Feb 21, 2023

For context, I gave every episode besides episodes 1 and 2 a perfect 10/10. This is one of the most consistently amazing seasons of a television show that I have ever seen.

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mangebee

Oct 14, 2019

Indeed one of the best productions of HBO, also with the most Dostoevsky-esque set of characters. Just the ability of the show to capture the different layers and grievances in the room and the amazingly depicted power struggles, all while the characters gracefully and somewhat psychoticallyIndeed one of the best productions of HBO, also with the most Dostoevsky-esque set of characters. Just the ability of the show to capture the different layers and grievances in the room and the amazingly depicted power struggles, all while the characters gracefully and somewhat psychotically travel across the yachts, the penthouses and hideouts.

The ebbs and the flows of this show feel genuine and honest, and with a somewhat conservative approach yet timely way to surprise the viewers the writers manage to keep the story wonderfully intact. Adding the pitch dark humor and bewitching dialogue to the mix and it's starting to feel like a masterpiece,… Expand

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AJ21

Oct 14, 2019

Wow! Such fun! Characters:A ; Plot:A ; Writing:A ; Comedy:A ; Plot Twists: A+ ; Insane sub-plots:A !!! What a fulfilling barrel of uproarious demented crassness! It's Hollywood meets Wall Street with nick of Silicon Valley hubris.

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radicalwizard

Oct 7, 2019

Brilliant show and currently my favorite thing on HBO since GOT ended. But Metacritic, can you please update the rating from TV Guide's Keith Phipps? Not sure why you have it listed at 90 when he gave it a perfect 5/5

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OlivierPiel

Aug 12, 2019

"Professional" critics claim to see a much-needed savage depiction of the excess of capitalism, an indictment of the 0.0001%, of the corruption of the elites, evil old white men... blah blah blah.
All things considered, it amounts to a mere escapist entertainment (the acting is great, the"Professional" critics claim to see a much-needed savage depiction of the excess of capitalism, an indictment of the 0.0001%, of the corruption of the elites, evil old white men... blah blah blah.
All things considered, it amounts to a mere escapist entertainment (the acting is great, the jokes are original and the pace of the action is engrossing) because it is a totally unrealistic, simplistic and often very stupid farce. The characters are grotesque and painted with so broad a stroke, it is clear the objective is not to really go into a modern day "Balzacian" realistic depiction of modern day high-flying financiers and corporate intrigues. The average American viewer would get lost.
Well, at least if it can make the liberal middle-class feel good about itself, the ruling class can relax in its contempt for it!
Plebs rejoice! Panem et circenses...… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 4

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  Air Date: March 26, 2023
Season 3

92
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 17, 2021
Season 2

89
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 11, 2019
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  S2:E11. This Is Not for Tears
  Air Date: October 13, 2019
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  S2:E10. DC
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
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  S2:E10. This Is Not for Tears
  Air Date: October 13, 2019
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  S2:E9. Dundee
  Air Date: September 29, 2019
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  S2:E9. DC
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
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  S2:E8. Dundee
  Air Date: September 29, 2019
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  S2:E8. Return
  Air Date: September 28, 2019
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  S2:E7. Return
  Air Date: September 22, 2019
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  S2:E6. Argestes
  Air Date: September 15, 2019
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  S2:E5. Tern Haven
  Air Date: September 8, 2019
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  S2:E4. Safe Room
  Air Date: September 1, 2019
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  S2:E1. The Summer Palace
  Air Date: August 11, 2019
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  Air Date: June 3, 2018