SPOILER ALERT:This post contains details of tonightsSuccessionseries finale.

I won and Im sorry for winning, but I did …I played it better.

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Not really, at least not in the way Snooks character thought.

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So, she poured gasoline on Kendalls already burning man in an act of fratricidal arson.

I just dont think youd be good at it.

Nine words that effectively cement the siblings fate and Logans legacy.

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Or, as Lou Reed once sang: Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall.

As with pastSuccessionseason finales, Armstrong teamed up with Mark Mylod as director to bring it all home.

Still, always more Tom StoppardsRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadthan the BardsHamletorKing Lear, ArmstrongsSuccessionwas singularly observant overall.

Sure the show could be merelyDynastywith better production value for particular scenes or even whole episodes.

Almost all of us know so many of these billionaires and CEOs are predatory buffoons.

Yet, we rarely say it comprehensively.