Succession

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Season 2
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 3, 2018
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 101 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 92 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 101
  3. Negative: 5 out of 101
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  1. shadowboxxxah
    Aug 16, 2019
    10
    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.
  2. AJ21
    Oct 14, 2019
    10
    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.
  3. mangebee
    Oct 14, 2019
    10
    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 psychotically travel across the yachts, the penthouses and hideouts.

    The ebbs and the flows of this show feel    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 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
  4. GrantD243
    Oct 14, 2019
    10
    Season two of Succession is a masterclass in building tension between a family. It leaves the audience guessing even though the answer at times is obvious, and the ending of season two sets up season three perfectly.
  5. kader270000
    Nov 9, 2019
    10
    best serie ever ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................
  6. JonnyDean
    Oct 30, 2019
    6
    Starting to get unwatchable, but certainly a insight into the very rich, even if, with the exception of some quirks of the "liberal" news organization family, not balanced.
  7. radicalwizard
    Oct 7, 2019
    9
    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
  8. OlivierPiel
    Aug 12, 2019
    5
    "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,    "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
  9. brockcheese
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    This second season is a massive improvement on the first. The dialogue and acting are insane.
  10. All_ButTrU4
    Dec 2, 2021
    10
    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 watertight casting with once and a lifetime performances that make the argument for this shows undisputed seatAbsolutely 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
  11. CarlElmore
    Feb 21, 2023
    10
    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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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 7, 2020
    100
    It relaunched with all cylinders firing and spitting. There was no quality drop.
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  2. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Ed Cumming
    Jan 3, 2020
    100
    Despite the strength of its ensemble cast, Succession is a feat of writing above all. ... Succession aims to show us that the world of these capitalist monarchs is cruel, funny, and desperately sad, and on the strength of this first episode succeeds entirely.
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Dec 4, 2019
    100
    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.
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