Yup, we’re talking about the Roy family’s prime obsession; money.
“Every move is crucial. Like Israel-Palestine, Greg, but harder and much more important.”
Over the course of the show’s three seasons, we’ve grown used to hearing a stream of expletives, especially from the likes of Logan Roy. Perhaps that’s why this silent pause was so effective.
Logan Roy, the family patriarch, is widely believed to be based on Rupert Murdoch, and the Roys on the Murdoch family as a whole.
The similarities between the Roy family and the Murdoch family have been well documented. That’s not to say some inspiration wasn’t drawn from other sources.
One gushing five-star review says that “every line of dialogue is a gem” and heaps praise on Jeremy Strong’s portrayal of Kendall Roy, for which he won last year’s best lead actor Emmy.
Your favourite insanely wealthy and highly dysfunctional family is set to return, with the third season of ‘Succession’ out later this year.
If you’ve watched ‘Succession’ (and you really should have), you’ll know Cousin Greg well. Turns out the actor who plays him can bust a tune, too.
Cousin Greg WeWork role. Electric commercial plane. Epstein scientist’s genetic dating app. Not great working at Facebook. Larry Page will kill flu. Sex for stories journalism film.
The Roy family is quite something to behold, and it’s hard not to draw parallels between them and other famous families. With the Murdochs, the similarities are impossible to ignore.
You might be pretty excited about some of the blockbuster movies headed our way, but October is also going to be a bumper month for series.
Fans of ‘The Crown’, get ready to see what the royals were up to between 1964 and 1970.
Get ready for the Emmys in September by catching up on these superb Emmy nominated shows.
The Guardian, Vox, Slate, the Telegraph – it seems that everybody has good things to say about a family you’ll probably come to loathe.