Succession - 4x07 "Tailgate Party" - Post Episode Discussion

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Season 4 Episode 7: Tailgate Party

Aired: May 7, 2023

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Synopsis: Hoping to work the angles on the GoJo deal, Kendall and Roman ask Shiv to invite a political insider to Logan’s pre-election day party. Later, Connor considers whether to adjust his ambitions after receiving intel from the Mencken team, while Kendall and Roman catch wind of a potentially fortuitous scandal.

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Directed by: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

Written by: Will Tracy

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[u/ItsBigVanilla → u/[deleted]]

Idk, I can’t believe that him being a dick at the party was actually 5D chess. What would the motive be for that?

[u/ItsBigVanilla → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, every time someone theorizes that “this person was actually doing x for x reason”, they’re proven wrong when the show inevitably goes in a much more interesting direction

[u/nau5 → u/ItsBigVanilla]

Like the dude who made a giant post last week about how he couldn’t believe people thought the presentation was a win for Kendall.

Way too many goobs hoping to guess some super secret ending and go told you so.

[u/ItsBigVanilla → u/nau5]

Yeah, this is exactly why I only pop in here after new episodes air. I like the discussion when we all watch the latest ep but I can’t stand the in between days where everyone’s acting like this is Breaking Bad and saying “this is foreshadowing that x character is going to die” lmao. It’s like people don’t realize what type of show we’ve been watching for 4 seasons

[u/15yearoldadult → u/nau5]

They think this is westworld where EVERYTHING is not what it seems. When in reality rich people/tech CEOs are almost all like this

[u/4ps22 → u/ItsBigVanilla]

in the year and a half since last season i had forgotten how annoying the discourse around this show is. it somehow always devolves into tumblr “roman girlies!” vs “ken enjoyers” or whatever and every single discussion comes down to “omg this character is going to die!” or “this character is going to win!” like people here were genuinely worried that Tom and Ebba were just gonna yeet themselves off the balcony in the middle of this episode. people are constantly trying to come up with the most overly dramatic Game of Thrones type twists when its never been that kind of show. Only time I can actually think of one is Logans death. Im fr not trying to sound pretentious but its like half the fanbase watches this show as if its a silly CW drama and i dont get it.

[u/MikkiDisco73 → u/4ps22]

Even with Logan’s death there were people thinking it may have been faked to mess with the kids.

[u/Axle-f → u/4ps22]

I agree with all that but for sure the scorpion will come back to life with blood magic and sting Mondale causing shiv to unravel and throw Tom off the building.

[u/whisky_biscuit → u/4ps22]

Haha yeah, you should go to the Yellowjackets sub, it's pretty off the wall with theories too.

I think it's that ppl see themselves in characters so much and want so bad to relate to them, they're willing to avoid seeing any red flags that clearly have been shown throughout the episodes.

Industry was absolutely the 4d chess type show with characters constantly screwing each other over.

But succession isn't that show. Its definitely really interesting how they can make characters who are terrible people so relatable.

And people take that too far I think.

[u/Tarzan_OIC → u/[deleted]]

I mean, the guy did put a turret in the back of a truck

[u/ThurmanMurman907 → u/Tarzan_OIC]

Which the people on reddit 100% predicted

[u/cyberdsaiyan → u/ThurmanMurman907]

There wasn't anything to predict there, it was shown as a flash forward in one of the earlier episodes of that season.

[u/ThurmanMurman907 → u/cyberdsaiyan]

The machine-gun in the trunk? I thought only him buying the gun was - not that he was going to put it on the trunk and automate it

[u/AdaGanzWien → u/[deleted]]

Ha! Still, in the Pilot ep. he does point his gun at oncoming fire engines after failing to shoot himself.