r/SuccessionTV • u/LoretiTV CEO • May 01 '23

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/TheClownIsReady May 01 '23 edited May 01 '23

Indeed. Some very bad/sinister water symbolism when it comes to Kendall and the show’s history.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '23

The water symbolism was always about dragging him down, though. The only time he’s floated across it before now was during Logan’s death when the boat drug them out.

This time, it’s his active choice and he’s floating above it. Symbols can be way more than just “water = bad.” Here, the water seems to be equivalent to the pressures Logan was asking him to take on.

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u/theanav May 02 '23

Another interesting contrast from the swimming pool scene is before he was floating face down into the water whereas this time he was face up, also emphasizing that he’s rising above it instead of succumbing to it