“Thank You For Your Service” Feels Cheap Celeste Headlee
Serving your country doesn’t mean you’re a hero who needs worship.
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Serving your country doesn’t mean you’re a hero who needs worship.
Why worry about “legitimacy” if no one holds you accountable?
The bottom line: The president’s forgiveness plan is still on the table.
Fans think the show’s ending was foreshadowed by Tom Wambsgans’ name. Here’s the real story. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/a37507dc-dc89-4850-b974-5a0d80322148.jpeg?crop=1932,1288,x0,y92" title="That Viral Theory About the Succession Finale? It’s All Wrong.” />
David Folkenflik joins to discuss the series finale of Succession.
The characters stay the same, while the show’s universe undergoes a gradual and total transformation. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/7fd234d9-2183-4374-a45a-aedcaf1cd92f.jpeg?crop=1920,1280,x0,y0" title="Bill Hader Took Barry’s Premise to Its Inevitable Conclusion” />
The Succession finale was no betrayal.
The Roy siblings may have failed, but succeeding would have been far worse. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/ca13ff5a-6523-44fa-8e98-cbbb87e0c0ff.jpeg?crop=1920,1280,x0,y0" title="Succession Had a Happy Ending” />
You can easily cut out random strangers with a click, but you’re losing something amazing in the process.
I don’t have a lot of success.