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December 31, 2009

Episode 112: The Sweet Smell of Succession

Michael and Jessica talked a bit about HBO’s Succession during its first season, and this week, they return for a closer look. Michael and Jessica talk through each member of the Roy family, who represent a typology of bad clients, from idealistic, petty Connor to impotent Cousin Greg. Of the profane, patriarch Logan Roy, Michael says,

You’re going to do his bidding. It could be for good, it’s likely for evil, and you may or may not get paid by him — or any of these other people — but he’s the one who can actually make something happen.

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By Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer and a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Communications Arts and Eye magazines. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame, Helfand received her B.A. and her M.F.A. from Yale University where she has taught since 1994.

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