Succession continues at breakneck speed, as Kendall dismantles Vaulter and Shiv plots her rise to power. Our recap of Season 2, Episode 2
The media industry, you may have heard, is a precarious place to make one’s career. The digital advertising landscape has been fully devoured by the twin powers of Google and Facebook, private equity firms have made a cottage industry of stripping publications for spare parts, and venture capital has caught on that the news business, at its most profitable, isn’t going to get you 10x returns.
is that people at the top of the chain make decisions not based on business savvy or a long-term vision, but instead capricious, self-serving sprints toward power, thendid an excellent job of making that feel real for media professionals, down to the inclusion of Chartbeat — what editors look at all day to see how their stories are performing — and oft-repeated phrases like “Facebook changed the algorithm.” It was as if the screenplay was cobbled together from leaked Slack chats.
Kendall, still dead-eyed and funneling cocaine, is a broken man. However, in his muted, pathetically humbled state, he’s never been more useful to his father Logan. He loses the argument to keep Vaulter on the company roster, despite a spirited debate. However, once the decision is made, he goes about dismantling the company with a grim, straightforward satisfaction.
Similarly, Roman has also held on to improbable designs for the CEO role, despite moving through the world in a state of dazed, profane confusion. He’s responsible for the shuttering of Vaulter, but doesn’t have the first idea of how to go about closing down a publication; he knows to throw a dinner party, but has no idea how to interact with anyone for more than a 15-second burst.
For an episode that moved fast and with the show’s signature dedication to illustrating the creativity of cruelty, Cousin Greg was once again the sole ray of lightheartedness. The hapless, gangly scion is looking for an apartment now, and having some trouble finding a place in the Manhattan housing market with enough storage space for… him.
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