The season premiere of "Succession" lays the stage for the next clashes

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Beginning the last run of episodes for the two-time Emmy-winning HBO series "Succession" a lot transpired in the season opener.

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includes the continuous conflict among three of Logan Roys four children: Shiv (Sarah Snook) Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Brian Cox) a media billionaire (Kieran Culkin).

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Beginning with the first episode of the season things are so tense that Logans assistant and newly emerged girlfriend

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When Kerry (Zoe Winters) tried to set up a birthday call between the kids and their father it only led to a tense discussion over whether

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his texting them to express interest in talking to them would be adequate.

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Nevertheless Shiv and her husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) made the majority of the headlines from the episode

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after engaging in extramarital liaisons and discussing an open marriage.

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A decision was made to end the relationship due to these factors as well as the little matter of his betraying her to win over Logan.

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Shiv revealed that things were over in her eyes and Tom responded in an almost infantile way "That makes me sad.

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Inquiring with his boss about whether things would still be "fine" if he were to stop being his son-in-law was prompted by the thought that had earlier occurred to Tom.

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"If were good then were good" The two significant acquisitions that were hanging over Logan and his firm Waystar Royco caused him to answer cryptically:

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The media giants total sale to tech tycoon Lukas Matsson along with Matssons long-simmering desire to purchase Pierce Global Media a company that is quite similar to Dow Jones

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It plainly refers to Rupert Murdochs actual pursuit and final acquisition of the parent company of the Wall Street Journal in 2007

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placing a vicious tabloid pirate in charge of a prestigious institution.

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Logan left his own birthday celebration early and spent the whole of the show roaming about like a caged animal.

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