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What to make of Logan trying to start a new Roy dynasty by impregnating his young assistant Kerry (a superb Zoe Winters)? I'll never tell, but it's hardly the strangest thing in a show famed for throwing curveballs. Cox has expressed his exasperation about co-star Strong's annoying method acting, but their scenes together and apart define electrifying.

This might be a good time to point out that you won't find a better acted, written and directed series anywhere about a dysfunctional American family of one-percenters at each other's throats. And the emergence out of the shadows of the terrific Alan Ruck as Logan's neglected eldest son Connor is cause for celebration.

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Connor wants to be POTUS, but his DOA campaign draws only contempt from his father, who also seems on the fence about attending Connor's shipboard wedding to escort-for-hire Willa (Justine Lupe). It's their nuptials that kick off season 4 with a bang that keeps reverberating.

Or have I said too much? There is no reason to be hush-hush about declaring that \"Succession\" season 4, which ends just in time for 2023 Emmy consideration, deserves all the awards in the book. Cox is long overdue for a gold statuette for the Shakespearean grandeur and strafing wit he brings to his portrait of power abusing its privileges. Get busy, academy.

Four unmissable and unforgettable episodes into its last hurrah, \"Succession\" stakes it claim on entertainment immortality. Astounding, all of it. TV doesn't get better than this.

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