![]() ![]() A show like Succession so easily uses up all of its oxygen if it’s breathing fire all the time it needs a chance to reposition the characters on the game board, remind us of their emotional states, and find ways to subtly twist the story in new directions. To be clear, an episode like this is necessary every now and then. ![]() Such an episode is “Return,” a highly entertaining, incredibly gut-wrenching hour of television that, nevertheless, feels like a deliberately scheduled pause in season two’s unrelenting series of twists and turns. Even the best TV shows have off episodes, and one nice thing about Succession is the way it seems adept at scheduling those off episodes so they don’t get in the way of all the drama in other installments. ![]()
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