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Succession – Season 4, Episode 8 America Decides

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On election night, Tom tries to manage an increasingly chaotic newsroom while Kendall, Shiv and Roman spar over the consequences for themselves, the company and the country.
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Succession — Season 4, Episode 8

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A nightmare countdown filled with so much dread that wasabi in the eyes proves welcome comedic relief, "America Decides" lays bare how poison can drip through a family and onto an entire nation.

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Jesse Armstrong

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Nicholas Braun

Greg Hirsch

Brian Cox

Logan Roy

Kieran Culkin

Roman Roy

Dagmara Domińczyk

Karolina

Peter Friedman

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Judy Berman TIME Magazine 05/18/2023
“America Decides” reckons with the broadest possible consequences of the bitter inter-corporate and intrafamilial power struggles that have made the show so entertaining. Go to Full Review Susie Goldsbrough The Times (UK) 05/16/2023
In some ways this was the episode Succession has always been building up to. Go to Full Review Melanie McFarland Salon.com 05/15/2023
Jesse Armstrong writes Greg in such a way that he becomes a concept as well as a character, an inanimate noun and a verb. Go to Full Review Mary Siroky Consequence 05/19/2023
Somehow, it never becomes easier to watch these siblings fall apart — every moment of stability and care is undercut by episodes like “America Decides." Go to Full Review Miles Surrey The Ringer 05/18/2023
...one can also argue that Greg was a genuine influence throughout “America Decides” in his own unique, bizarre, and incredibly idiotic fashion... Go to Full Review Kaleena Rivera Pajiba 05/17/2023
The push/pull of power, undergirded by their childhood grudges and trauma, reaches its full anxiety-inducing peak. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis On election night, Tom tries to manage an increasingly chaotic newsroom while Kendall, Shiv and Roman spar over the consequences for themselves, the company and the country.
Creator
Jesse Armstrong
Executive Producer
Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 14, 2023