SERIES FINALES. “Succession.” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “Ted Lasso.”
No reason for me to crave for another Season of these binge-bait bothers, I am satisfied-cool although some of you may be hoping for a “Ted Lasso” return. Not for me. Done. So next! <>“Succession.” (HBO via Amazon) 4 Seasons. Although the demise of patriarch Logan Roy (always superb Brian Cox) was kind of unexpected, we knew there will be no successor to the throne of global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. All three catfighting siblings are not qualified at all: Bothered yet intent Kendall (icy as scotch on the rock J eremy Strong ) unreliable forever child Roman (playfully effective Kieran Culkin ) and confused Shiv (lookin’ good and convincing Sarah Snook ). And so the winner was Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård, uhh channeling Elon Musk?) of Swedish Gojo and power player albeit subtly, Tom Wambsgans (focused Matthew Macfadyen ). Greg ( Nicholas Braun , funny) stays because he is so cluelessly “effective,” and Connor (Alan Ruck, basically Mr Ruck