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Its fitting that the first power rankings ofSuccessions final season involve an actual power struggle.
Its an episode full of maneuvering among both the characters and abstract concepts like time.
So, lets see who came out on top inThe Munsters.
1.Shiv Roy, professional edition
1.
She has sinceseason twos Tern Haven,when she attempted to corner Logan into naming Shiv his successor.
Plus, our favorite hippie turned capitalist has been getting some entreaties from the possibly-soon-to-be-victorious Jimenez campaign.
(Whoever the newly mentioned Jimenez is, they seem to be the Democratic nominee for president.
)Andthe idea the Siblings Roy abandoned in favor of purchasing Pierce was originally hers.
Everythings coming up Shiv!
Thus, her starting the final season ofSuccessionon such a high seems guaranteed to end in disaster.
2.Kendall and Roman, bros for life
2.
We now have a partial answer.
Despite considerable squabbling, this alliance has held for at least one more episode.
They did it, everybody!
The Roys have learned to love!
Whats most striking is how good Kendall is at making sure Roman feels emotionally cared for.
Does Kendall press the point when its time to propose numbers?
And does Roman restrain the worst of his sarcasm?
But mostly, they let Shiv do her thing.
For maybe five seconds, this almost seems like a functional family unit.
And spite your legacy medialoving father in the process?
Print media: an industry even Roman Roy can belatedly get excited about!
4.Greg, disgusting, but in kind of a saucy way?
(See, the creature is the planet, and Im going to stop this metaphor immediately.)
Patients zero for disgusting seem to be Greg and Tom, a.k.a.
Yes, Bridget asks leading personal questions of the guests and gets a selfie with Logan.
Does has a sexual encounter with his datereallymerit coming in fourth on the power rankings?
Maybe, if everybody else is having a down week, and Gregs having fun!
5.Tom, disgusting, but in a very sad way
5.
Its a smooth move for old Wambsgans!
Alas, the maneuver seems mostly to have led to Tom being sadder than ever.
Every so often, Matthew Macfadyen lets you see just how deeply Tom loved Shiv at one point.
Yet inside, hes the saddest boy in the world.
Judging from the mirroring this episode does withthe seriess pilot(a classic final-season-premiere move!
That seemed wrong to me, until I realized its still technically March and not, like, May.
Time is broken, onSuccessionand in my brain.
7.Nan Pierces headaches
7.
I have a case of the vapors!
8.Connor, Willa, and tasteful weddings
8.
A sense of apocalyptic dread has come to hang overSuccession.
In The Munsters, perhaps surprisingly, that sense of impending doom hangsmostheavily over Connor and Willa.
(What party is he running as in this wack-ass election?
The world is ending, and Connor and Willa just found out.
9.Death, the great equalizer
9.
(He doesnt think so.)
Some of this is just normal final-season-premiere business.
Itsreally commonfor a show like this to begin its final year contemplating the ultimate end we all meet.
(The Sopranosremainsthe very bestto ever have pulled this trick.)
And some of it is just mirroring a pilot that featured Logan nearly dying.
Regardless, its all a little spooky and grim.
10.The Waystar board members
10.
It adds to the feel of a production ofKing Learthats both funnier and more horrible than you expected.
11.Kerry
11.
Shes the real power behind the scenes, even though only the Siblings Roy seem to realize this.
Kerry is the only person on this list I anticipate rising precipitously throughout the season.
12.Logan: sad!
Logan has lost before.
(Truly functional family.)
Never count Logan out, I know.
But hes at averylow ebb this episode.
13.The global rise of fascism
13.
And weve got a potential third-party spoiler in Connor.
And the episode brings it up enough times to remind you the election is imminent.
Im sure this will resolve in as normal a fashion as possible.
14.Shiv Roy, personal edition
14.
In a lesser show, this would be some maybe women cant have it all!
15.The Hundred
15.
Pour one out for what sounds like, truly, the worst website/app/interconnected online experience of all time.
Substack meets MasterClass meetsThe EconomistmeetsThe New Yorker?
Closing the rankings here so I can ensure this never becomes a reality.
