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The Roys fly to Washington after whistleblower James Weissel goes on national television detailing the cruise-line cover-up, naming the late operator "Mo" and implicating Gerri, Tom, and Kendall. The Senate fast-tracks h
The morning after Kendall's public accusations against Logan, the Roy siblings converge on Kendall's ex-wife Rava's New York apartment while Logan bunkers down in Sarajevo. Kendall pitches Roman, Shiv, and Connor on a co
In "Sad Sack Wasp Trap," Logan Roy makes an unexpected return to Waystar headquarters, and his children misread his erratic behavior as cognitive decline while he quietly reasserts control. At the annual Roy foundation g
Kendall and Waystar launch competing PR campaigns as the family war goes public. Kendall does back-to-back press interviews, crashes the Waystar town hall, and agrees to appear on the late-night show that has been mockin
Four days before the shareholder meeting, Logan and Kendall are summoned to hedge-fund manager Josh Aaronson's private island for a joint audience — Josh holds four percent of Waystar and is weighing whether to join the
Investor Day arrives in Los Angeles just days after Logan's death, with Kendall and Roman scrambling to recover from their failed attempt to sabotage the GoJo acquisition in Norway. Kendall goes alone onstage with an inf
The Roy family convenes at Connor's New Mexico ranch, Austerlitz, for a PR-managed therapy weekend following Logan's firing of Kendall and the fallout from the failed shareholder vote. The sessions collapse immediately —
On election eve, the Roy family's annual tailgate falls to Tom and Shiv to host while they're mid-divorce. The brothers plan to use the gathering to build an antitrust case against GoJo by recruiting a senior Jimenez adv
Shiv begins shadowing Logan at Waystar while Kendall courts Pierce Global Media CEO Rhea Jarrell on Logan's behalf, and Tom is tasked with vetting ATN anchor Mark Ravenhead over Nazi-sympathizer accusations. A gunshot tr
On election night, Tom Wambsgans runs ATN's first presidential call since Logan's death — sleep-deprived, chemically sustained, and sitting on the knowledge that Shiv has been secretly allied with Matsson all season. A M
Succession Season 1 tracks Logan Roy’s refusal to surrender Waystar RoyCo, Kendall’s failed rise, the hidden debt crisis, the no-confidence vote, and the hostile takeover that collapses after the wedding-night accident.
Logan Roy's funeral takes place the morning after Mencken claims the presidency, with New York in protest and the city gridlocked. Roman volunteers to deliver the eulogy but collapses at the podium; Kendall improvises in
Succession’s cast and creative team came together from British political satire, American film comedy, classical theater, indie drama, and international stage work. Jesse Armstrong’s media-dynasty origins sit alongside t
Every episode of Succession Season 1 in one file with chapter markers — plus a season recap and cast & creators bonus. Jump between episodes using your podcast app's chapter navigation. — Part of the Explained Podcasts n
Logan Roy's eightieth birthday was supposed to be the day he handed Waystar RoyCo to his son Kendall. Instead, Logan reveals he tricked Kendall into signing trust documents that give his wife Marcia two succession board
With Logan unconscious after a hemorrhagic stroke, the Roy siblings converge on a Manhattan hospital to find their succession architecture already broken: the board's contingency plan names Frank Vernon as COO, but Logan
Kendall manages his first real crisis as acting CEO: Waystar's stock slides toward the $130 covenant floor that would trigger immediate repayment of $3 billion in hidden debt, his call to the creditor bank collapses, and
Thanksgiving at the Roy penthouse brings Logan's estranged brother Ewan down from Canada, a dinner table confrontation over World War I medals that becomes a full indictment of Logan's empire, and a memory game that ends
Kendall's boardroom coup against Logan reaches its vote in this episode, following weeks of quiet assembly since Thanksgiving. He secures a last-minute commitment from ailing board member Ilona Shinoy, but a terror threa
Succession Season 2 turns Logan Roy’s succession crisis into a collision between a proxy fight, the Pierce acquisition, and the buried Waystar cruise scandal. Shiv’s secret CEO offer, Kendall’s obedience, Roman’s humilia
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