Rehearsal
- Episode aired Apr 2, 2023
- TV-MA
- 58m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
9.5K
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While Kendall, Shiv, and Roman consider an aggressive play on the Matsson deal, Connor tries to make the most of his rehearsal dinner.While Kendall, Shiv, and Roman consider an aggressive play on the Matsson deal, Connor tries to make the most of his rehearsal dinner.While Kendall, Shiv, and Roman consider an aggressive play on the Matsson deal, Connor tries to make the most of his rehearsal dinner.
Peter Friedman
- Frank Vernon
- (credit only)
David Rasche
- Karl Muller
- (credit only)
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Connor Roy: The good thing about having a family that doesn't love you is you learn to live without it.
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Written by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Alan Ruck
Featured review
Incredible Episode
This show is about a lot more than a multi-billion dollar media conglomerate, the family drama is generally where the heights of the show lie. This episode was the perfect mix of both the business and family elements in a way that is usually a culminative moment at the end of the season. Here we actually see a major breaking point for the characters unfold two episodes in. The way it was portrayed was perfect for the characters. In some way, all of Logan's children have been damaged by his ambitions, in a similar way, all of his children feel a unique need and have a unique approach to dealing with that damage. For Kendall and Shiv, that is being him, even more, being the better Logan. For Roman, it is seeking his approval and feeling like he is seen by Logan. For Connor, it is just a mending of what he sees is a broken family that disabuses each other through conceit and deceit, but can actually love each other if they take off their masks and their gloves and treat each other as family. Logan, himself, feels that his children's impetus is misguided and wants them to recognize that he cares for them as a father but his ways and means are the correct ones and that they are too incompetent and unrefined to actually get to where he is and handle what he believes he is capable of.
The reality is, however, that in the context of this family, they are all incompetent, Logan is just the least maligned by his own feelings towards his family, not by a lot, but certainly the least (at least of the family who actually are trying to run the business). And this incompetence leads all of them to make hasty and irrational choices, and the consequences of these choices tend to result in making hastier and more irrational choices, and so on. It's a spinning mess where the family is maligning themselves by maligning each other, and the only one who recognizes that is Connor.
This episode approaches that dynamic in a very bitter manner, and to great affect. Every poor choice made on all of the characters' belhaves, ultimately leads to a great conflict of melodrama and poising. Without saying too much, the conflict itself resolves absolutely for all of the characters and none of the characters. The setup for the rest of the season is fantastic. The setup for the conflict within the episode was also fantastic. This episode feels like the final major stepping stone between where the show started and where it will ultimately head by the end of the season/series. I cannot wait.
All-in-all, this episode was everything that makes Succession such a compelling watch, and even moreso more often than not. It didn't quite reach the levels of calamity the show has in the past, but the tension its brewing and the misplaced feelings that are driving the characters were all highlighted excellently and proved to be an extremely enjoyable experience. 9/10.
The reality is, however, that in the context of this family, they are all incompetent, Logan is just the least maligned by his own feelings towards his family, not by a lot, but certainly the least (at least of the family who actually are trying to run the business). And this incompetence leads all of them to make hasty and irrational choices, and the consequences of these choices tend to result in making hastier and more irrational choices, and so on. It's a spinning mess where the family is maligning themselves by maligning each other, and the only one who recognizes that is Connor.
This episode approaches that dynamic in a very bitter manner, and to great affect. Every poor choice made on all of the characters' belhaves, ultimately leads to a great conflict of melodrama and poising. Without saying too much, the conflict itself resolves absolutely for all of the characters and none of the characters. The setup for the rest of the season is fantastic. The setup for the conflict within the episode was also fantastic. This episode feels like the final major stepping stone between where the show started and where it will ultimately head by the end of the season/series. I cannot wait.
All-in-all, this episode was everything that makes Succession such a compelling watch, and even moreso more often than not. It didn't quite reach the levels of calamity the show has in the past, but the tension its brewing and the misplaced feelings that are driving the characters were all highlighted excellently and proved to be an extremely enjoyable experience. 9/10.
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- Apr 3, 2023
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- Runtime58 minutes
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