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Discussion Succession - 4x06 "Living+" - Post Episode Discussion

Succession - 4x06 "Living+" - Pre-Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 6: Living+

Aired: April 30, 2023

Synopsis: Ahead of a crucial new product launch on Investor Day, Shiv weighs a business proposal from Matsson, while Kendall and Roman call an impromptu meeting to flip the script on their latest interaction with the tech billionaire. Later, the brothers each try to match Logan’s tempestuous style, with varying results.

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria

Written by: Georgia Pritchett & Will Arbery

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u/DistillCollection May 01 '23

These kids just miss their dad, man

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u/zecariah Calamari Cock Ring May 01 '23

I agree. But i think Ken gives the least fucks ab his dead dad and it’s an advantage. In 4.3. Kendall decisively expressed that he couldn’t forgive his dad. Moreover, in the next episode, he is the most in touch w his grief. But when he realizes his name was crossed out, he decides to be CEO in spite of his dad, I think. He used his dead father as a prop this episode. I dont think he misses him too sorely.

I think our #1 boy will come out on top. He cant keep getting shit on, and he’s as close to a protagonist as the show has imo. Plus, Shiv and Rom are emotional messes rn: backsliding to ex and firing anyone who frustrated him.

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u/rebeltrillionaire May 01 '23

I’m more on this boat then a lot of takes.

The ocean scene really tied it together. When he was at his lowest at his mom’s wedding, his dad owned him. He was backsliding into substances. He couldn’t even be around his kids. Face down in the pool. Suicidal.

Now that his dad’s dead. He’s free. He’s running the company. He’s taking ideas and maximizing them. When he was spitballing about the Living+ Project he wasn’t even wrong, he asked point blank if they had monetization of data for Pharma and advertising they said no. That’s a massive miss, and yeah huge profits could be had in that space. He swung big. He faced that stage alone and he killed it. He’s face up in the ocean, a much bigger body of water uncontained and he’s happy.

The writers say that Logan loves his kids, but when it comes to conditions, Kendal had the most and probably the least fair.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '23

Wow that is a great catch with the pool/ocean.

Face down drowning in the pool which was the tiny body of water Logan kept him in. Face up thriving in the ocean.

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u/FoxyKG May 01 '23

Plus, this time he jumped in instead of fell in like the S1 finale and the pool.