This Episode Really Gets You To Sympathize With Basically Everyone Except Logan. You See That Roman And

"Are you more of a family or career oriented person?" Babygirl im a bed oriented person. Snork mimimi

SUCCESSION (2018—)

Honestly I think one of the underappreciated aspects of tomgreg is that... I don't think Tom has had a real friend before - or if he has, it was a very long time ago. He's in this world where everything is false and everything has a veneer of artifice and everyone keeps themselves and their emotions under lock and key, and everyone is at everyone else's throats. And he's been in that world probably since college, when he started trying to climb the social ladder, and the problem is that you can't really have actual friendships in that world. You can have people who you do things with and people that you talk to regularly, but you can't have the kinds of emotional intimacy that really characterize a friendship.

And on top of that, Tom is... off-putting, and he knows it. He comes on too strong and he can't quite master the mannerisms and jokes and air of being unaffected that are requisite for fitting into this world. I really strongly get the sense that he felt like an outsider even before he started dating Shiv and became part of the Roy's sphere of influence for this exact reason.

And I think he really does feel, especially from 1.06 onwards, that he has an actual friend in Greg. The way that he and Greg gravitate towards each other in the background of every group scene? The way that Tom rushes to tell him about the bj from Tabitha at his bachelor party? Boar on the floor? "Just fucking come over"? We can go on and on about the power imbalance and Tom's need to feel dominant over somebody and the emotional needs that aren't being met in his marriage, and all of that is true, but I think it's also so clear that he really does value Greg as a person and as a friend and as someone he can talk to and demonstrate some degree of emotional vulnerability with. Greg's not intimidating and Greg lets Tom's emotional outbursts roll off him and Greg doesn't shun or judge Tom for his offputting mannerisms, because he's also a little offputting and he knows it.

(And while I think Greg's feelings towards Tom are a little more complicated than Tom's feelings towards Greg, I think he really does consider them friends and value the friendship too. First of all bc he's actually explicitly referred to Tom as his friend, but just as Tom seems more comfortable around Greg than he does around anyone else, so does Greg seem to be comfortable around Tom).

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They killed jimmy carter to hide the secret of the elves

I kinda love how succession makes it clear.   that everyone involved is a fuckin loser…   logan? pissin’ on the floor as the opener to the series AND he’s short…  Marcia? made a speech to rhea about how when people fuck her husband she gets them back … and then … she didn’t get her back …cringe .     Caroline? British.  connor? paid for love and his own family wont visit his bitch ranch so he tries to run for president and no one in the family supports him and no one in real life even gives a shit. Kendall?  wanted to crucify himself and sing publicly at his 40th birthday……. said ‘the shiz’….  Roman? No friends, can’t fuck. Shiv? No friends, can’t dance, gay husband, got fired from her job working for her dad’s enemy after her dad somehow won him over better than she could … Greg? Called his mommy to tell her he got fired…  bought a watch he couldnt afford to impress comfrey and called her fair maiden…  Tom? ….need i say more….          it’s just funny that they’re like the wealthiest family in america and they collectively have about four friends and are all Really socially awkward and embarrassing

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