Succession

DramaComedy2018TV-MA39 episodes4 seasonsScripted

Tagline: Make your move.

First aired: 2018-06-03

Synopsis

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Creators

Jesse Armstrong

Casting

  • Fisher Stevens
    Hugo Baker
  • Brian Cox
    Logan Roy
  • Matthew Macfadyen
    Tom Wambsgans
  • Justine Lupe
    Willa Ferreyra
  • Alan Ruck
    Connor Roy
  • Dagmara Dominczyk
    Karolina Novotney
  • Sarah Snook
    Siobhan 'Shiv' Roy
  • Nicholas Braun
    Greg Hirsch
  • Kieran Culkin
    Roman Roy
  • Jeremy Strong
    Kendall Roy
Succession Season 1 Poster

Season 1

When aging, uber-wealthy patriarch Logan Roy—CEO of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates—decides to retire, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda that doesn't always sync with those of their siblings—or of their father.

Number of episodes 10

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Season 2

Beginning where season one dramatically left off, season two follows the Roy family as they struggle to retain control of their empire, and while the future looks increasingly uncertain, it is the past that threatens to ultimately destroy them.

Number of episodes 10

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Season 3

Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy begins Season 3 in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.

Number of episodes 9

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Season 4

In season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.

Number of episodes 10