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Succession – Season 2, Episode 4 Safe Room

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Succession – Season 2, Episode 4

Safe Room

Aired Sep 1, 2019

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Roman begins a six-week management training program; Connor and Willa attend the funeral of a family friend with a complicated past; Logan and Kendall arrange a covert meeting with PGM CEO Rhea Jarrell; controversy surrounds a star anchor.

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Emotions run high as the Roy family hides from a suspected active shooter in the positively riveting, wickedly funny, and unfortunately relevant "Safe Room."

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Sean T. Collins

Decider

09/03/2019

It really does feel like Twitter: The Television Show, because in the end, Succession doesn't have anything interesting to say about any of these phenomena other than "Look, these phenomena exist."

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Brendan Klinkenberg

Rolling Stone

09/03/2019

in "Safe Room," the entirety of Waystar Royco is confined to company headquarters for fear of an active shooter, sparks began flying quickly -- confirmation that the series does its best work in close quarters.

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Karen Han

Polygon

09/03/2019

Jeremy Strong is arguably playing the least showy character in the series, but his performance may just be the most impressive; I actually did cry watching his talk with Shiv, especially as he breaks into tears when asking her for a hug.

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Andrew Husband

Den of Geek

09/09/2019

This "bottle episode" framing actually proved quite useful, as it not only forced the ever-squabbling Roy siblings to confront one another over their various demons, but it also introduced viewers to Rhea Jarrell.

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Carissa Pavlica

TV Fanatic

09/03/2019

"Safe Room" delivered laugh-out-loud comedy and then turned around and offered incredibly tense emotional moments.

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Kevin Lever

Tell-Tale TV

09/03/2019

4.5/5

The active shooter scare is something unfortunately relevant in today's America, .... But it wouldn't be Succession if there's not a few jabs at premium safe rooms versus grunt safe rooms, elitism worming its way into protection just like anything else.

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Synopsis

Roman begins a six-week management training program; Connor and Willa attend the funeral of a family friend with a complicated past; Logan and Kendall arrange a covert meeting with PGM CEO Rhea Jarrell; controversy surrounds a star anchor.

Director: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
Creator: Jesse Armstrong
Executive Producer: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod
Screenwriter: Georgia Pritchett
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Sep 1, 2019