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ReWYRE/sandbox
Season 1
Starring
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseJune 3 (2018-06-03) –
August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05)
List of episodes

Premise[edit]

Succession follows the Roy family, which owns the New York City-based global media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. Family patriarch Logan Roy announces on his 80th birthday that he is no longer planning to retire. As Logan's health declines, who will succeed him as Waystar RoyCo CEO becomes a question between his children—the power-hungry Kendall, politically savvy Shiv, and irreverent Roman.

Cast[edit]

Starring[edit]

  • Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy:
    Logan Roy's third and current wife. Born and raised in Beirut, she is often at odds with Logan's mistrustful children. She has a son, Amir, from her first marriage and a daughter from a previous relationship.
  • Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch:
    The bumbling yet opportunistic grandson of Logan's brother Ewan. Greg is unfamiliar with the rough terrain he must navigate to win Logan over, and finds himself indentured to Tom Wambsgans in his quest for a place at Waystar and with the family.
  • Brian Cox as Logan Roy:
    The Dundee-born self-made billionaire, founder of media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. He is a brash leader whose primary focus is his company, rather than his four children: Connor, from his first marriage, and Kendall, Roman and Siobhan, from his second marriage. He is married to Marcia, his third wife.
  • Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy:
    Half-brother to Connor and the middle child from Logan's second marriage. Roman is immature, does not take responsibilities seriously and often finds himself lacking the common sense his father requires of him. This is likely because, as evidenced in many episodes, his father's abuse targeted him. He is frequently at odds with his older brother Kendall and sometimes his sister Shiv, with whom he often vies for power and their father's attention.
  • Peter Friedman as Frank Vernon:
    COO and later vice-chairman of Waystar RoyCo, and longtime confidant of Logan. Frank is a member of Logan's old guard, on whom Kendall frequently relies to help win back Logan's favor. He is Kendall's mentor and godfather, and is disliked by Roman.
  • Natalie Gold as Rava Roy:
    Kendall's former wife and mother of his two children, Sophie and Iverson.
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans:
    Shiv's husband who is a Waystar executive running ATN, the company's global news outlet. He enjoys his proximity to the Roy family's power, but is frequently dismissed by the family's inner circle. He ingratiates himself with those more powerful than he, but torments his hapless subordinate Greg.
  • Alan Ruck as Connor Roy:
    The only child from Logan's first marriage. Mostly removed from corporate affairs, he defers to his half-siblings on most firm-related matters and resides at a ranch in New Mexico with his younger girlfriend Willa. He is prone to delusions of grandeur and "had an interest in politics from a young age." Similar to his half-siblings, Connor does not have the best recollections of his childhood, as he mentioned that he went three years without seeing Logan when he was a child.
  • Sarah Snook as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy:
    Logan's youngest child and only daughter. A left-leaning political fixer, she worked for a time for presidential candidate Gil Eavis, whose political views clash with Waystar. She eventually leaves politics to focus on building a future at Waystar. She is engaged to and then marries Tom, but their relationship is undermined by Shiv's infidelity.
  • Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy:
    Half-brother to Connor and the eldest child from Logan's second marriage. As Logan's heir apparent, Kendall struggles to prove his worth to his father after battling substance abuse and bungling major deals. He toils to maintain a relationship with his siblings, ex-wife Rava, and their children.
  • Rob Yang as Lawrence Yee:
    The founder of the media website Vaulter that is acquired by Waystar RoyCo. He holds great contempt for Waystar and Kendall in particular, with whom he is often at odds.

Guest starring[edit]

  • Dagmara Domińczyk as Karolina Novotney: the head of public relations for Waystar RoyCo and a member of the company's legal team.
  • Justine Lupe as Willa Ferreyra: Connor's younger girlfriend who is a former call girl and an aspiring playwright.[1]
  • David Rasche as Karl Muller: Waystar RoyCo's CFO and member of the company's legal team.[1]
  • J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman: the general counsel to Waystar RoyCo, who is also godmother to Shiv. She becomes a mentor figure to Roman, with whom she also shares a secret sexual connection.
  • Arian Moayed as Stewy Hosseini: Kendall's friend from the Buckley School and Harvard who is now a private-equity investor with a seat on Waystar's board. He is covertly in partnership with Logan's rival Sandy Furness.
  • Larry Pine as Sandy Furness: the owner of a rival media conglomerate and a longtime enemy of Logan. He is in partnership with Stewy and backs his private-equity fund, Maesbury Capital.
  • James Cromwell as Ewan Roy: brother of Logan Roy and grandfather of Greg Hirsch.
  • Eric Bogosian as Gil Eavis: a Democratic Party presidential candidate who is U.S. senator for the state of Pennsylvania. Eavis has a longtime vendetta against Logan Roy and Waystar for their media ownership consolidation and takeovers of local news networks.
  • Ashley Zukerman as Nate Sofrelli: political strategist and aide to Gil Eavis.
  • Caitlin FitzGerald as Tabitha Hayes
  • Harriet Walter as Lady Caroline Collingwood: Logan Roy's second wife and mother to Kendall, Shiv and Roman. Collingwood is a Waystar RoyCo shareholder.
  • Molly Griggs as Grace: Roman's girlfriend

Co-starring[edit]

  • Swayam Bhatia as Sophie Roy: Kendall Roy's daughter
  • Quentin Morales as Iverson Roy: Kendall Roy's son
  • Juliana Canfield as Jess Jordan: Kendall's assistant.
  • Scott Nicholson as Colin Stiles: Logan's body man

Episodes[edit]

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Celebration"Adam McKayJesse ArmstrongJune 3, 2018 (2018-06-03)0.582[2]
The Roy family prepare to celebrate the 80th birthday of Logan Roy, CEO of the family-owned media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. Logan's second-oldest son Kendall believes he will be the company heir following his father's retirement, but Logan announces that he will not be stepping down as CEO. He presents his children with papers giving his third wife, Marcia, two votes on the trust to decide his successor upon his death. During the family's traditional softball game, Logan fires his longtime COO Frank Vernon, and agrees to give a new position to his estranged great-nephew Greg Hirsch, who was fired from his job at one of Waystar's parks. Kendall leaves the game to secure Waystar's acquisition of the media startup Vaulter. On the helicopter ride back to New York City, Logan and his children Roman, Shiv, and Connor argue over the terms of the agreement, but Logan suddenly collapses from a hemorrhagic stroke and is rushed to the hospital. Kendall receives word of Logan's stroke from Lawrence Yee, Vaulter's CEO and Kendall's rival, immediately after securing the acquisition deal, and rushes to the hospital.
22"Shit Show at the Fuck Factory"Mark MylodTony RocheJune 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)0.491[3]
The Roy children are in disagreement over who should take control of Waystar in the wake of Logan's incapacitation: Roman and Connor want to sign the papers out of respect for their father's wishes, whereas Kendall believes he should become CEO, and Shiv is opposed based on doubts about Marcia's role in the company. Marcia sends Greg to retrieve Logan's items from his apartment. Roman asks Greg to bring the trust change papers, but Shiv instructs the opposite; Greg ultimately decides not to bring the papers. Shiv's boyfriend Tom Wambsgans proposes to her at the hospital, and she accepts. It is eventually agreed that Kendall should become acting CEO of Waystar with Roman as COO. Waystar's general counsel, Gerri Kellman, informs Kendall that Logan is $3 billion in debt due to his expansion into parks. Logan wakes up in his hospital bed.
33"Lifeboats"Mark MylodJonathan GlatzerJune 17, 2018 (2018-06-17)0.605[4]
Kendall learns that one of the creditors to Waystar's family holding company is entitled to demand full repayment for Logan's $3 billion debt if Waystar's stock falls below $130 per share. After a failed attempt to negotiate with the bank, Kendall enlists the aid of Stewy Hosseini, his friend from college who is now a private equity investor. Stewy agrees to inject $4 billion into Waystar in return for stock and a seat on the company's board. However, Greg later spots Stewy meeting with Sandy Furness, Logan's enemy who wants to take control of Waystar. Kendall is also trying to repair his marriage with his estranged wife Rava, but after a night together, she confirms she has already hired a divorce lawyer. Shiv asks Nate Sofrelli, a fellow political fixer and former boyfriend, to run a background check on Marcia. Kendall visits a recovering Logan to inform him that Waystar's stock has fallen below $130, but that his efforts have staved off a greater financial decline. Logan nonetheless disapproves.
44"Sad Sack Wasp Trap"Adam ArkinAnna JordanJune 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)0.543[5]
The Roys prepare for the company's annual foundation gala. Frank is rehired to mentor Roman in his position as COO. Upon starting his new role as the head of the Waystar's Parks and Cruises division, Tom is given secret documents confirming a massive cover-up of crimes committed on the company's cruises, including sexual assault and potential murder. Panicked, he confides this information to Greg. At the charity gala, Connor notices changes in the transcript of Kendall's speech, leading him to mistakenly believe that Kendall plans to announce Logan's retirement. He tells Logan, who opts to make a speech in Kendall's place announcing that he is returning to his role as CEO. Tom plans to go public about the cruises scandal, but Gerri advises against it during the gala. Tom angrily accuses Greg of snitching to Gerri about the scandal, which Greg denies. However, Gerri later thanks Greg in private, confirming that he did disclose the information to her.
55"I Went to Market"Adam ArkinGeorgia PritchettJuly 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)0.583[6]
Marcia invites Logan's estranged brother Ewan to Thanksgiving, and Greg travels to Canada to pick Ewan up. Logan wants to aggressively acquire more local news stations for Waystar, against the advice of his children and counsel. Kendall plots to hold a vote of no confidence against his father amidst his erratic behavior. Tom sends Greg to shred company documents pertaining to the cruises scandal, but Greg secretly makes copies. During dinner, an argument erupts between Logan and Ewan over the company and family's values, and Ewan storms out, warning Greg not to trust the Roys. As he leaves, Kendall suggests the possibility of a company takeover to Ewan – who is on Waystar's board – but Ewan refuses to conspire against his own brother. The dinner falls apart after Logan strikes Kendall's son Iverson during a game. Logan's behavior convinces Gerri to support Kendall in his vote of no confidence.
66"Which Side Are You On?"Andrij ParekhSusan Soon He StantonJuly 8, 2018 (2018-07-08)0.673[7]
Kendall, Roman, Frank and Gerri work together to amass a majority vote in favor of removing Logan from his position as CEO. Roman is able to sway Lawrence to their side. Logan travels to Washington, D.C. for a meeting with the President, but the meeting is cancelled last-minute amid concerns regarding a terror threat. Greg is advised by Ewan to stay out of the no-confidence vote, but Greg later discloses his knowledge of the vote to Tom. On the day of the vote, Kendall flies to Long Island to visit an ailing board member at her home to convince her to vote with him, but is unable to take a helicopter back to Manhattan due to a lockdown over the terror threat. He is thereby delayed in his arrival to the vote while stuck in traffic, and Frank begins the vote without him. However, a furious Logan refuses to leave the room during the vote and instead berates several board members (including Roman) to side with him, and fires everyone who voted against him, including Kendall and Frank.
77"Austerlitz"Miguel ArtetaLucy PrebbleJuly 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)0.626[8]
Kendall has cut off communications with his family and is suing Logan for firing him from Waystar. Tabloids falsely suggest that Kendall, a recovering addict, has relapsed. Logan attempts to repair his public image by holding a weekend family therapy session at Austerlitz, Connor's ranch in New Mexico, which Kendall chooses not to attend. After a fruitless initial session, Shiv leaves to meet with Senator Gil Eavis, a Democratic presidential candidate and Logan's public rival, after Nate persuades her to join him in working on Gil's campaign. Afterwards, she and Nate have a sexual encounter in her car. Kendall eventually does arrive in New Mexico, but chooses to join some locals on a cocaine and methamphetamine binge. Roman brings him back to the ranch, where an argument erupts between Logan and the rest of the family. Logan insults Tom and berates Shiv for meeting with Gil, causing her to leave crying. He also admits to planting the tabloid allegations about Kendall's drug use prior to his actual relapse. The argument nearly turns violent when Kendall dismisses Logan's stories of the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his uncle. The next morning, Logan is seen privately swimming with visible scars on his back, attesting to his abuse.
88"Prague"S. J. ClarksonJon BrownJuly 22, 2018 (2018-07-22)0.637[9]
Roman is put in charge of planning Tom's bachelor party. Though he initially wants to host it in Prague, Stewy invites him to a secret underground party held inside an abandoned New York railway station where powerful business and media figures mingle. Logan tasks Greg with ensuring Kendall's safety amid his renewed drug abuse. Tom is initially drawn to the party's unhinged, sexual atmosphere, but he becomes doubtful about his relationship with Shiv, unaware of her ongoing affair with Nate. He is eventually goaded by Roman into having sex with a woman at the party. Shiv meets Logan for dinner, where he implies that he knows of her affair. Shiv, perceiving this as a veiled threat, refuses to stop working for Gil. Marcia later calls Shiv to say that Logan will not be attending Shiv and Tom's wedding. At the party, Kendall meets with Stewy and Sandy, who want to buy out his share in Waystar for half a billion dollars. A vengeful Kendall instead proposes a hostile takeover that will grant them a controlling interest in the company and name him CEO.
99"Pre-Nuptial"Mark MylodJesse ArmstrongJuly 29, 2018 (2018-07-29)0.558[10]
The Roys gather at an English castle in preparation for Shiv and Tom's wedding. Shiv believes Logan will not be present, but Logan chooses to attend to avoid bad publicity. Kendall, Roman and Shiv reunite with their mother Caroline, Logan's second wife. Tom is surprised to find that Tabitha, the woman who performed fellatio on him at his bachelor party, is now dating Roman. Nate meets Tom and tells him of his history with Shiv. Tom confronts Shiv about her infidelity, but she denies it and instead asks to know the details of the cruises scandal, hoping to use it as political ammunition for Gil. Greg later spots Shiv and Nate together, but when he attempts to relay his suspicions to Tom the following morning, Tom attacks him. Shiv tells Gerri that she will let the cruises scandal remain secret as long as ATN – Waystar's right-leaning news network — stops slandering Gil over his wife's suicide. Gil and Logan agree to a truce on these terms. Kendall is told by Stewy and Sandy that their takeover of Waystar has been moved up to the day of Shiv's wedding, as they would have more leverage over Logan while he is out of the country.
1010"Nobody Is Ever Missing"Mark MylodJesse ArmstrongAugust 5, 2018 (2018-08-05)0.730[11]
Kendall serves Logan with his planned takeover bid. A furious Logan kicks him out, but begins scrambling to get ahead of the situation with his lawyers immediately afterwards. During the wedding, the siblings are infuriated to learn from Logan about Kendall's takeover plans. Shiv admits her infidelity to Tom and suggests that she is better suited for a non-monogamous relationship. Tom forgives her and later ejects Nate from the wedding. Outside the castle, Kendall does drugs with Andrew Dodds, a young waiter whom Logan had fired from the staff, and the two drive off in search of cocaine. They swerve to avoid a deer, and the car lands in the water. Unable to save Dodds, Kendall flees the scene and returns to the wedding in shock. The police investigate the following morning, and Logan tells Kendall that he will make the case go away if Kendall calls off the takeover and attends rehab. Kendall obliges and breaks down crying in his father's arms.


Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Adam McKay directed the series pilot and served as an executive producer

On June 6, 2016, it was announced that HBO had given the production a pilot order. The table read with the cast for the series pilot took place in Manhattan on November 8, 2016, the day of the U.S. presidential election in which Donald Trump won.[12][13] The series pilot, which was directed by Adam McKay and written by Jesse Armstrong, was filmed in fall 2016.

On February 8, 2017, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes.[14] The previously announced creative team continued their involvement as the series entered into production.[15] A writers' room was assembled in Brixton, London after the series order was given which included Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche and Jon Brown who had worked with creator Jesse Armstrong on satirical comedies Veep and The Thick of It.[13] The writers conversed wealth consultants to factcheck their portrayal of the ultra-wealthy Roy family. One thing that was changed in the scripts as a result was that Logan Roy's wife Marcia would no longer cook a turkey herself during Thanksgiving.[13]

On April 26, 2018, the series premiere date was offically set for June 3, 2018.[16]

Writing[edit]

The characterisation of Roman Roy underwent changes throughout the series pilot and first season. In the pilot of Succession, Roman was portrayed as having a wife and child and actor Kieran Culkin was wearing his actual wedding ring in the pilot.[17] That changed after the show was picked up by HBO where Roman would now have a girlfriend and his girlfriend had a child from a previous relationship. Grace, the character played by Molly Griggs, was originally listed as "Grace Roy".[18] Before shooting the pilot, Culkin was also informed that his character's possible sexual orientation may not be entirely heterosexual or monogamous. Allusions to Roman's sexual orientation remained in the series with references to his personal trainer.[18]

Casting[edit]

On October 6, 2016, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Nicholas Braun and Matthew Macfayden were announced to be cast as leads in the series pilot.[19] During the casting process, Kieran Culkin was originally sent to read for the role of Greg but he didn't feel it was the right fit for him and he instead requested to read for Roman. What grabbed Culkin about the "fun" character of Roman was his introduction in the script where he walks into the room and says "hey, hey motherfuckers".[17]

In season one, Justine Lupe was cast in a recurring guest role as Willa Ferreyra, the much younger girlfiend of Connor Roy. Lupe said that her character Willa was originally supposed to only appear in 3 episodes before she parts ways with Connor Roy in "Austerlitz". The scheduled breakup in "Austerlitz" was removed following script rewrites for the episode and the character continued to appear in subsequent episodes and seasons.[20]

Juliana Canfield originally auditioned for the role of Willa Ferreyra but the role ended up going to Lupe. A week after auditioning for Willa, Canfield was called back by casting directors to audition for a role named Jay who is a political aide to Shiv when she became involved in Democratic Party politics with Gil Eavis. The actress received a call that the role of Jay was cancelled, but she was requested to play a new character named Jess who would be the assistant to Kendall.[21] Canfield was cast as Jess Jordan in 2017 as she was graduating from the Yale School of Drama.[22]

Filming[edit]

The series pilot for Succession was filmed in fall 2016 with Adam McKay directing and Andrij Parekh as cinematographer. In defining the look of Succession, Parekh used Barry Ackroyd's work on McKay's The Big Short as a reference point. Succession was shot on 3-perf 35mm film using the Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 film stock which is optimized for both daylight and tungsten lighting.[23] McKay was "adamant from the start that Succession must be shot on film and pushed that through with the producers" according to cinematographer Andrij Parekh.[23] The reason McKay wanted to shoot on film rather than digital was to give the show a "dirter" and "more textured" look compared to the pristine images from photographing on a digital camera.[23] Parekh used Arri's Arriflex 35BL film cameras with Angenieux 24-290mm lenses that offer up to 12x zoom using an f/2.5–T2.8 aperture and Angenieux Optimo 45-120mm lenses with an f/2.6 aperture for fast zooms.[23]

Principal photography on the 10 episodes in the first season of Succession began in October 2017. Andrij Parek served as cinematographer on episodes 1-3. Patrick Capone took over from Parekh as cinematographer on episodes 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10, and Christopher Norr on episodes 6 and 8. Capone and Norr continued the visual language for Succession that was established by Parekh such as using the same Kodak 500T 5219 film stock. Succession is shot in a 1/43:1 aspect ratio using primarily handheld cameras and zooms, inspired by the Dogme 95 movement. Handheld camera movements are intended to imitate mockumentaries where the camera follows the characters rather than being stationary. The observational style of characters gives the audience a fly-on-the-wall perspective.[24] Patrick Capone characterized the series' camerawork as "voyeuristic" and "non-cinema[tic]", relying on natural light, close coverage and frequent zooms to evoke the feeling of "eavesdropping" upon the characters and their environments.[25] The fly-on-the-wall perspective allows the camera to react to what is happening in front of the lens.[26] In order to fully cover dialogue scenes with multiple cameras, a multiple-camera setup was used.

From left to right, the Bellevue Hospital and Cunard Building near New York City, locations where scenes from the first season were filmed.

The first season of Succession was primarily filmed in New York City locations with additional locations in New Jersey, New Mexico and the United Kingdom. In New York City, the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue served as the location for Logan Roy's apartment. The exterior of Waystar-RoyCo's headquarters was represented by 28 Liberty Street. Interiors for WayStar RoyCo were filmed at the World Trade Center towers 4 and 7.[27]

The second episode, titled "Shit Show at the Fuck Factory", was filmed at New York City's Bellevue Hospital.

Third episode, titled "Lifeboats", largely takes place inside Logan Roy's apartment and the Waystar-RoyCo office

Fourth episode "Sad Sack Wasp Trap" was filmed in Manhattan's Cunard Building on 25 Broadway, where Cipriani S.A. is housed which was the venue for the episode's gala.

Eighth episode "Prague" used the East New York Freight Tunnel as the entrance to the club where Tom Wambsgans' bachelor party takes place.

In January 2018, production for the seventh episode "Austerlitz" moved from New York to New Mexico. Filming primarily took place at the 190-acre Rancho Alegre in Santa Fe.[28] On February 22, 2018, filming took place in New Jersey, which required the closing of the Atlantic City-Brigantine tunnel.[29][30]

Production on the final two episodes of season one moved to the United Kingdom. On February 25, 2018, filming for Shiv and Tom's wedding took place at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, England.[31] Eastnor Castle is often used as a real-life wedding locale. The final episode's underwater lake scene following the car crash, in which Kendall escapes from the car wreckage, was filmed in a giant water tank at Pinewood Studios.[32] Prior to filming, actor Jeremy Strong had never taken part in a significant on-screen stunt before.[32] According to Capone, some members of the crew wanted to shoot the underwater sequences digitally with the assumption that the process would be quicker.[23] A second camera was ready but was never used and instead the underwater sequences were entrely shot on film.[23] Filming for the exterior shots of the lake was done at the Victoria Lake near Pinewood Studios.[23]

Post-production[edit]

The post-production processing of the film stock for the series pilot was done by the FotoKem film laboratory in Los Angeles. By the time the full series had gone into production, film was processed and developed at the newly-launched Kodak Film Lab in New York City. Scenes shot for the final two episodes in the UK were processed at the British lab Cinelab.[23] The captured 35mm film stock was scanned at 4K resolution for post-production editing.[33]

Music[edit]

Composition[edit]

On November 17, 2017, it was reported that Nicholas Britell would serve as the series' composer.[34] Britell had previously collaborated with McKay on The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018), though Succession was the first television series that he had composed a score for.[35] Britell visited the set where the pilot was filming in 2016. Watching the filming of a fight scene between the family patriarch Logan Roy and his son Kendall enabled Britell to experience "subconsciously kind of taking things in about the frequency of the show".[35] McKay and Armstrong were invited to Britell's studio where they were played a chord progression that Britell said "felt very, very 1700s" and it was this chord progression that would eventually become the Succession main theme.[35] In composing the score for the first season, Britell wanted the show's dark classical music to reflect a "mixture of absurdity and seriousness" where the show addresses the subject of increased concentrations of wealth and power among fewer people while also acknowledging the delusions of grandeur held by members of the Roy family.[36]

At the 2019 Emmy Awards, Britell won the award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his Succession main theme.[37]

Soundtrack[edit]

Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedAugust 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
Genre
Length37:43
LabelMilan Records
Succession soundtrack chronology
Succession: Season 1
(2019)
Succession: Season 2
(2020)
Singles from Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)
  1. "Succession (Main Title Theme)"
    Released: July 20, 2018

Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the first season of the television series, released on August 9, 2019 by Milan Records.[38] The album was preceded by the single—the main title theme, released earlier on July 2018.[39]

No.TitleLength
1."Succession – Main Title Theme"1:42
2."Adagio in C Minor"1:30
3."Minuet in B Minor"1:37
4."Andante in C Minor"1:57
5."Strings Con Fuoco"1:12
6."Clarinets and Strings"1:07
7."Serenade in E-Flat Major"0:50
8."Bell Atmospheres"1:42
9."Waystar Royco Corporate Identity – "Feel It!""0:44
10."Strings + 808 + Beat"1:11
11."Theme Variation – Piano, Orchestra, 808"0:52
12."Allegro in C Minor"0:57
13."Dark Minuet"1:05
14."Andante Con Moto – Strings in E-flat Minor"2:14
15."Andante in C Minor – Solo Piano"1:45
16."Succession – End Title Theme" (Strings and Winds Variation)1:26
17."Andantino for Brass and Orchestra in B Minor"1:51
18."A Piacere" (Orchestra)1:52
19."Bell and Pizzicato Fantasia" (1:23) 
20."Power" (Instrumental)1:35
21."Succession – End Title Theme" (Brass Quintet Variation)1:24
22."Mysterium – Strings"1:56
23."Austerlitz – Allegro Moderato"1:15
24."Austerlitz – Allegretto"1:37
25."Million Dollar Home Run"1:30
26."Succession – End Title Theme" (Piano and Cello Variation)1:29
Total length:37:43

Release[edit]

The complete first season of Succession was released on DVD by Warner Bros. on August 6, 2018, which included special features.[40] A Blu-ray release was made available on November 6 of the same year.[41] The Blu-ray release came on November 6, 2018.[42] To date, it is the only season of Succession to be released on Blu-ray. Season 1 was included as part of the Succession: The Complete Series DVD boxset, released on September 12, 2023.[43]



Reception[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

Audience reception[edit]

References[edit]

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