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@savosavic1222

11 ай бұрын

when across the spiderverse

One key detail Jesse Armstrong offered is that Logan does genuinely love his children, but he cannot communicate that love whatsoever. So he can't deal with those emotions, but he does feel them. The closing shot of "Safe Room" implies this inadequacy masterfully: Logan likely pieces together that Kendall is entertaining suicidal ideas on the rooftop, so his solution is to install a glass barrier. He builds Kendall a cage instead of being emotionally available for his clearly ailing son.

Great video Kendall is such a depressing character. Strong played him so well. His 40th birthday party was one of the most miserable viewing experiences I’ve had in years

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And agreed

@andrewstephens5885

11 ай бұрын

For real that episode is haunting, almost every character spirals out and the presence of the fucked up parameters Logan set up are felt the whole way. The last shot with Kendall in his blanket was just unreal, another moment I knew this show was something else [ L-OG ]

@Madanth0ny

9 ай бұрын

@@andrewstephens5885I noticed that to I felt that …they are all children missed out on their childhood and happiness ..

@jobkimani3517

4 ай бұрын

"I want to go home..." Funny thing is he finds the most amazing women who love him and take care of him throughout the series.

I once worked for an heiress who ran an NGO related to a family-led conglomerate. She was a third-generation rich and at all times she would try to prove her competence to her grandfather who founded the company. Every week, she would come up with a 'viral' idea to boost her NGO and won't see it through, delegating the execution to some managers who were not experts. She would again have another idea and want everyone to focus on the new one. Then everything would fail because there is difference between having ideas and executing them. Also she tend to forget things take time and would throw a tantrum for instant results. She would call people 'substandard' staff and incompetent and cuss at them. Her team's task became to just manage her mood and do whatever she said while hoping not to get fired. Her grandpa knew that she was no good and thus stuck her to CSR ngo. She is also married to an actor and would constantly be on diets and be insecure despite being pretty. Not serious people indeed!

I think this might be the most complete, focused and comprehensive video essay about a story I've ever seen.

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@senister14

11 ай бұрын

@@OneTakeVids please do american psycho at some point.

@DemetriusGresham

9 ай бұрын

AGREED!

@maxpower4868

7 ай бұрын

It's up there but "twin peaks actually explained" definitely takes the cake

I worked in a private equity firm which was like living in an episode of succession, you guys should know that these type of people are out there and are running the world with large amounts of capitral to play with.

@anasofiatorres4357

6 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@divyangvaidya9675

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, we know.

@deardaughter

27 күн бұрын

Which one and when?

I like to think that "Succession" is a snobbier and lighter version of "Its always sunny in Philadelphia". It is the same case of a gang of horrible people detached from reality and jealous of each other who refuse to grow up, but with real power to carry out their plans and schemes.

@rizwanrazakh749

9 ай бұрын

I found more similarity with Arrested Development

@jonathanneal1319

8 ай бұрын

​@@rizwanrazakh749I knew if I opened up the replies, I would find a "wel, actually...AD" comment. And lo and behold, you're the only one. 😂

@MeatCatCheesyBlaster

6 ай бұрын

Seinfeld did it first

@littleoldmanboy

4 ай бұрын

How is succession “light” lol especially compared to a sitcom

It took me until around episode 4-5 to get into it, but Damn this show had me belly laughing at moments. Greg and Toms chemistry is absolutely gold.

@JordanGurney

10 ай бұрын

Tom's a bully, and those interactions make me want to punch him out

@bonivermectin4087

9 ай бұрын

The disgustiiiiing brothers 😅

@Wretbornify

7 ай бұрын

You can't make a Tomelette without breaking a few Greggs

@2DOLLARRIP

7 ай бұрын

Greg is hilarious!

I'm a simple man. I see an hour and a half long video about Succession, I click.

@castlemappe22

11 ай бұрын

I like how original your comment is 😒

“Trained at a young age not to accomplish something, or to be great at something they love. But instead, to become the top dog. It’s not about bettering yourself; it’s about outdoing everyone else.” - does not lead to success.

kendall's L -to-the-OG rap is a total earworm

Succession taught me to be careful of this so-called polite people. The Pierces are a great example of that. It was so believable.

It has the awkward humor and similar camera work as The Office... but it's not a sitcom. And at times, it has similar intensity to that of Breaking Bad when shit goes wrong. But it's not Breaking Bad either. It's really hard to put a label on this show. And I don't know how to sell this to my friend. But it certainly is entertaining.

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

💯

I could watch a 10 hours long essay about this series. It's a gem and this video is really good!

@OneTakeVids

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! 🙏

I was a little unsure what Succession was actually about at the end of season 1. But by season 2- episode 2, it became clear to me. The story is funny and the awkwardness is realistic. But behind the comedy are tragic, damaged characters. Which really daws you into wanting more. Well done! 👏

My psychiatrist was actually the one to recommend Succession to me 😂

@donalvarez4006

11 ай бұрын

I can see why

@littleoldmanboy

4 ай бұрын

Psychologically it’s a pretty interesting show. Everything the kids do relates back to their upbringing.

Great analysis! I love how the show runners took painstaking measures to distance the viewers from the characters and create this clinical perspective with the "office style" story telling. You supposed to understand their trauma and motivations without identifying with them, the explanation is not an excuse, empathy without sympathy. And I hate the fact that despite their masterful efforts they couldn't stear completely clear of the breaking bad effect and a whole lot of ppl fall in love with these monsters and romanticized them!

@DBBravo

9 ай бұрын

Yes! Although I've seen some of the audience not get the point and actually root for awful characters, I believe that most of the chatter was more of a seeing 2 rats fight for a hotdog on the subway floor which is good; people get to pick a favorite while not forgetting that it is a dirty shitshow and they shouldnt get close to that IRL so at the end i think the show runners did an awesome job (yes, awesome Kendall). But yeah, of course with everyshow there's a loud sector that is unbelievably dumb + supporting any character non-ironically in Succession makes you a whole new level of dumb because they show is constantly showing you that they're anything but good

'He doesn't know how to want anything else.' I don't think a better summation, of all these people, has been put so succinctly. They have no idea of who they are, so they're incapable of knowing what to want. This utter lack of self-awareness is only pierced by Roman's last words to Kendall. Well-done review. :)

You think Shiv is more well-adjusted than her brothers? I think she is the most like Logan, deeply broken , but functional and brazen enough to convince people she knows what she's doing. She has no confidence, and neither does Logan.

@jessjess23brooks89

8 ай бұрын

I honestly thing Roman is the most well adjusted, simply for the fact that he can derive shreds of joy outside of a boardroom or by winning. At the end of the series, he is the only sibling I'm not overly worried can move on smoothly. Shiv and Ken are fucked lol.

@pratzkaa

5 ай бұрын

How can logan be not confident?

@GDSprodify

4 ай бұрын

Shiv is unaware of how much she doesn’t know and has a huge chip on her shoulder which is her biggest weakness

@recoveringintrovert717

4 ай бұрын

@@pratzkaa he's deeply insecure, which is why he needs to always feel in control and needs to be the loudest in the room. It's why he strikes both his grandson and Roman. It's why he can't retire and let someone else take over. It's why he can't handle not having the love of his kids even when he pushes them away

@onewinter9411

4 ай бұрын

@@recoveringintrovert717 yes, thank you! I noticed even since the first episode he's an old man who talks like he's gonna live forever. FFS his character is like what? 70? 80? He sometimes lost his mind he's basically dying. But you're right. He's insecure but also a control freak. He never properly primed any of his children to be his heir, never wanted to see any new ideas or strategies they have. Ngl, Kendall got the idea but his problem is execution. But still, if Logan actually wants to keep his legacy, he would've properly teach his children & actually made peace with the fact that he's getting old and it's time to leave it to capable hands (if he bothered to train anyone). But judging from the way all of his kids fumble during the shareholders meeting, it's obvious it is a mix of they're just not ready & fear over his approval (or lack thereof).

It's about me. I am the succession. Or maybe the real succession was the friends made along the way.

1:09:10 weirdly your point about connor is an exact parallel with another Jesse Armstrong character, Mark Corrigan (one of the odd couple in Peep Show). Mark is obsessed with history, and often ruminates vainly about historical analogies for his current situation. However he explicitly mentions that although he desired to do history in university, his fear of his father's potential disapproval - believing his father would want him in a practical field - led him into a business degree that has led him to an unfulfilled life.

I’m so impressed by this. These are things I think I realized subconsciously that you have now help me fully process. Great job!

Having seen dozens of analysis vids on this series, this one has to be one of THE best. Bravo!

Money buys happiness if in that it removes the stress of financial struggle. Once that is reached, adding more money does not translate to adding more happiness.

The finale bewildered me at first, but this really made clear how great it was. Very well done. Thumbed and subbed. 👍

Regarding Roman’s lack of experience, while he obviously was clueless in the beginning after Gerri takes him under her arm roman learns to use his “killer” instincts and he was gaining more and more favor through a series of small victories up until he sent a dick pic to his own dad. Whoops!

@GDSprodify

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, Roman could’ve been a very shrewd businessman but he is a deviant so he would’ve crashed out eventually like Epstein.

@User-1683x2

4 ай бұрын

That look of guilt in the conference room was so funny!

This deserves more than an all the hard work you put into it, which I’m sure was a whole lot.

Thank you for the brilliant, insightful analysis!

@OneTakeVids

24 күн бұрын

Whoa!! I'm sorry I missed this comment when you left it a month ago. Thank you so much for this incredibly generous gift 🙏

This is the best Succession analysis I've seen - very thorough and well articulated.

Thank you for a wonderful ride through this show… i am obsessed with it

"I'm just wondering if I can hit you for like like uh a little 100 Mill" classic

Logan didn't work his way from humble beginnings. I don't know why people believe this. Because he lies about it? He had benefactors who paid for him to go to fancy private schools. His brother said so in the eulogy. Either way they were raised by uncles who were not poor. Working class is the same as middle class. It just means you have to work and earn money instead of live off investments like a rich capitalist. Logan wants everyone to believe he came from poverty and built an empire on his own, but it isn't true. Yet, most fans of the show actually believe Logan on this. A known liar.

@jessjess23brooks89

8 ай бұрын

I love it when a character fools a fandom.

@LuEdPaDo

8 ай бұрын

Middle class to multi-billionaire with enough power to influence presidents is a pretty impressive journey, which only a handful of people could pull off. He obviously didn't do it alone, because nobody does it alone, but it's clear anyone else in his shoes would have probably failed. It's a sharp contrast with the lives his kids had in the show.

@pratzkaa

5 ай бұрын

​@@LuEdPaDotom did it too xd

Thank you, that was really interesting. I might have to rewatch the series now!

This channel is the best. We wish them the best of luck.

What a complete discourse, would love to have the transcript of this video!! Makes for a comprehensive read anytime!👍👍✅✅

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I'll think about sharing a transcript, just gotta figure out where I'd post it to be shared

I think you have a great understanding of what this story, humans in general and life are really about. Amazing video!!

Fantastic video. Thorough, well-put, and your incisive, insightful conclusions you drew jive well with my own interpretation of the intention of the writers and showrunners. I can tell you put a lot of work into this, and enjoyed it thoroughly!

Finally you upload about Succesion 😆. Been watching you since the Dark Netflix series came out. Happy to see where you are now :)

I appreciate your thorough analysis. It opened to me couple of points that I missed. I love that show.

Romans 9B joke will always make me laugh @ 4:40

@OneTakeVids

7 ай бұрын

That joke killed me haha, one of my favorite Roman moments

one of the few essays i've seen that actually gets it

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Brilliant and comprehensive, amazing video!

top notch analysis man!!

Excellent analysis - What a show, I don't think we'll see another one like it again

@lorrenaelliott161

6 ай бұрын

Until Jesse Armstrong strikes again…. Of course 😉

Great video essay! Thank you sir

Wow! Amazing video man, congrats, what a incredible tribute to this master piece of television!!

@OneTakeVids

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! 🙏

Although lengthy it's very concise. Great job!

Great video man, amazing stuff

Learned a lot about myself from this damn video. Great job. Great show. 👍👍👍

this is extremely comprehensive, almost a second masterpiece, like a annotated version of the original.

How Logan made his money is left unexplained purposely. We are sort of told he just built it himself with hard work, but c'mon.....are you really that naive? He had some massive help, and he will never tell the truth about the past.

@SENTl

2 күн бұрын

Only his brother knows thats why he has some hatred towards him

Brilliant analysis

I was rooting for Tom the whole time

Thank you, very interesting.

Incredible analysis, well done!|

@OneTakeVids

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Great video. So well put together. What happened with that Pearson deal did it fall thru as the offshoot company with the Roy’s never went forward.

This the best video about Succession.

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

🙏

18:14 bro he was an emperor not just a military commander

Great insight. Tom was my favorite

It has the same appeal as a car accident or a train wreck. Mayhem and chaos are fun to watch but not to participate. That’s why you watch it.

That was a fantastic video! I knew I had heard your voice from somewhere... You did a podcast with your brother for Better Call Saul right?

i really loved this analysis! not sure why some here are so negative about it (and then don’t explain why…)

You got it wrong! Tom doesn't 'ostensibly win!' Mattson does. CEO is nothing if you aren't the Owner. Everyone gets this wrong. Logan picked Mattson as his Successor and the deal went through.

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

Ostensibly means “apparently but not actually” so we’re in agreement!

Wow this was such an incredible deep dive on my fourth favorite show Please do one on Attack on Titan

Great video

Just finished the finale an hr ago and now im sad and lost about what to watch. I think i had watched sopranos at least 5 times to completion in the last 2 years. I couldn't find another show worth getting into that i hadnt already watched or still watch. This show was the best I've watched in years

I did quite enjoy in the new season how Carries outer appearance was farrr more in line with the person she really is on the inside : D

@kevinl.942

10 ай бұрын

You mean pregnant?

@AllboroLCD

10 ай бұрын

@@kevinl.942 If thats what theyre callin it these days, surrre!

Thanks!

@OneTakeVids

3 ай бұрын

Wow thank you for the support!!

This was such a weird show to get into. The setting and plot of a serious prestige drama with the idiocy and farce of veep or arrested development. I get it, the satire , dark humour, absurdity, but its hard to care about a show when there are no protaganists. The only times i genuinely cared was the glimpses of possible redemption for kendal, and his eventual failures. The series last 4 episodes in particular were probably the best, because genuine change was possible. Genuine character development was possible.

Every billionaire likes to lie about how poor they were growing up. Logan Roy is the same. Think who paid for him to go to good private schools?

Please I would like you to do a video on Predestination...

Thank you for acknowledging that the waiter crashed the car, not Ken. So sick of people sincerely believing Kendall KILLED someone. He did not

@user-fv8so4nr2t

9 ай бұрын

Kendall was to a great part responsible for that Childs death. We forget that Kendall was in his late 30s and the waiter maybe 18. It was Kendalls decision to get into the car and drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and he even pressured the kid, because he was looking for coke. Also how he completely gets away with everything and doesn't face any consequences at all is incredibly fucked up and we should be sensitive to such injustices. I'm so done with people defending Kendall for what he did in this episode.

@M3plusYOU

9 ай бұрын

@@user-fv8so4nr2t The kid grabbed the wheel from the driver and crashed the car. Keep coping and seething in the face of reality

@user-fv8so4nr2t

9 ай бұрын

@@M3plusYOU Kendall got behind the wheel even though he was in no condition to drive, so he put them in that position. But I think it isn't even a question who is at fault, the important thing is that Kendall never faced any consequences, that's like the whole point of the show. The Roys are acting recklessly over and over, and it's always other people who have to pay for it, in this case the waiter with his life.

@M3plusYOU

9 ай бұрын

@@user-fv8so4nr2t don't grab the wheel from the driver if you want to live

@prizmajeno

9 ай бұрын

@@M3plusYOU dude, if you think Kendal has zero responsibility in that situation you should seek therapy! "don't grab the wheel from the driver if you want to live", because hitting a dear has never killed anyone and otherwise everything would have been fine? That was the only error made that night and it makes the kid solely responsible? Legally the driver is responsible, grabing the wheel might be a mitigating circumstance at the most, but they were already in an accident created by Kendall. Also the kid actually died bc Kendall left him there. He was responsible for the kid's death, it is fair to say he killed him.

I really loved Roman. He’s unhinged but there’s something there. There’s pain and love and insecurity. Ultimately, in the end, Kendall never became “king”. So many times he’d been promised the CEO title then it was taken away. He almost had it, then he didn’t. And sadly for him, his own sister never had faith in him to vote for him.

@donalvarez4006

11 ай бұрын

What's there to love? Seemed just like a nihilist, fascicist in the making to me

@Bklyncarroll

9 ай бұрын

Did Siv turn on him because she suddenly had insight that she would have a "richer" life with her husband Tom as CEO? Was is self (selfish) preservation?

@jessjess23brooks89

8 ай бұрын

​@@BklyncarrollThis and because her unborn child would have a better chance at inheriting with Tom in his position. But mostly, that final conversation between the siblings showed Kendall to be the person their father always wanted him to be: Logan. Shiv did not want the company run by another Logan.

BEST ONE

Bro psychoanalysed me during the using dark humour to not have a real conversation bit.

Since guardians three is out now, you should do a ‘Guardians of the galaxy timeline!’ (You do the best timelines)

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

First - thank you for the kinds words! Second - I did actually put together a Guardians timelines before Vol. 3. I don't think I would do another stand-alone Guardians timeline BUT, right after Secret Invasion, I will be updating my MCU Timeline to include Guardians 3, Quantumania, and Invasion so the entire Guardians timeline will at least be contained in that video! Third - Though... You're now giving me the idea of splitting out each character/team into solo timeline videos (i.e., splicing together their sequences form the big timeline + maybe adding some details...). I don't think I'd put that on the main channel because I don't want to bog it down in MCU recaps BUT... Maybe on the OneTake Clips channel, I can put the solo timelines. We'll see!

Excellent

You summed it up perfectly. Basically this is the entire series. As much as I enjoyed it, I can’t deny that it was the same episode week after week, season after season. A 90 minute series summary is all you need to know.

i was surprised i got so into this show, but then i've always been drawn to character driven stories -- the characters, though static, are very compelling in a horrible kind of way

“Life is a number on a piece of paper. It’s a fight for a knife in the mud”

Great video, but one nitpick, it’s never confirmed that Menken supporters started the fire in Milwaukee, that’s what was coming from Jimenez’ camp. The opposite came from Mencken’s.

I think we all are waiting for an in depth video of what fucking happened to the touch screen.

Secession scanners that I can see the same thing on days of our lives every week, but still a good season finale series finale

Succession is like entrouge the world is there playground

@OneTakeVids

11 ай бұрын

It is sort of like Entourage with a more tragic/dramatic element added

That was surprisingly short 1,5 hours. Great job.

The show is about how hot Kendall Roy is and it’s concerning I find him so attractive

@danettewelborn5577

2 ай бұрын

Same here! Hot!

Bravo

Succession is show where you hope that clinical depression or drug addiction wins and Kendall dies.

Is it the best argument for eating the rich❤

This analysis was so good, it was actually better than Succession

But what is happiness? There are moments of joy in life but no chronic state of bliss. And if you go out and live life and take chances there are always ups and downs. But at least there is some growth when you put yourself out there. My problem with any of these characters is that they hardly ever learn from their mistakes. There is no introspection or management of their decisions. It's this lack of self-awareness and inability to learn from their mistakes that detracts from Succession.

The best way to pitch Succession is: "Its an exploration of the darker and toxic side of human nature and how its always molded and doesn't just "exist". This is showcased through some absolute asshole characters who are all messed up, and their "messer" (Logan) always sits on the throne, because he made these kids who they are. Its like an emotional and mental heirarchy of sorts. And if you're not into that stuff... its pretty f##king funny!"

I absolutely fucking HATE Greg. Watching the first episode I thought he was going to be there for that one then gone. To my shock and disgust, not only did he stay, but he won in the end

My 2 cents - this video started good but felt like it recited too many beats from the show in a play by play rather than making point, giving examples, then relying on your analysis or moving on

For me the show is mostly about narcissism, especially narcissistic parents and how it wounds children forever, not matter your social status or wealth. It is a tragedy, as suggested by Jeremy Strong

The three kids lack gratitude towards everything their father provided and who he is.

That rap and that bowtie with him looking like Peewee f****ng Herman was the lowest point of Kendall in the whole show.And he f*****g killed someone...

I don't think Roman has written a screenplay. I think you've just maybe misunderstood the line, Roman is the one saying "written a screenplay" about Willa because she is a prostitute and maybe he thinks her saying that she's a playwright is a cover up or something.

What FROM Is really about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's about the Murdock family.

@tedtalksrock

2 ай бұрын

Murdoch, but yes. Loosely.