Tom Wambsgans and the End of Succession - Video Essay
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- Trying to fill the void of no more Succession Sunday's after the finale? do I have the video for you! Talking about T Tommy Wambs, controversial opinions for the season, and a fun journey I went on for the finale. Thank you to everyone who left nice comments on the last video! I am hoping to get out another video about Succession this week, but knowing my schedule who knows, for now enjoy this one :)
• Why everyone says Succ... - @ov3rthinkingit video
Link to the Patreon, a dollar a day makes a less stressed Hay:
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Thank you Mom, Dad, Max, and Will
Time Codes
00:00 - T to the OM
02:03 - Intro
04:56 - The Fall of Tom
05:56 - The Scorpion and the Frog
08:10 - Finale Thoughts
13:33 - Get Him to the Greek
A Thank You to @TheNukes for vocals, MinionBaby for somehow salvaging this script into being remotely coherenet, and Red Falcon for rap suggestions.
Film Footage from Succession, Half Baked, Zoolander, Spider-Man 3, The Last Dance
Music From the Soundtrack of Succession - บันเทิง
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It must have taken alot out of you to do that intro
Funnily enough that was the easiest part haha. I had the rap written on Monday, the rest of the video is what took a bulk of it. Now finding all the clips for the montage took much longer!
was really good tbh. it has exactly the same cringy but also kinda good vibe as the original.
@@cardoso1313 had the same thought, it's as cringe as Kendall xD Brilliant homage
lmao
@@HizzyHay That was so much harder to listen to than L to the OG.🤣🤮🤣
I hate it when a show is so good, now I feel empty and don't know what else to watch after it ends 😭
Only felt that way about this show and breaking bad. Shows with a predetermined ending FTW
I binged Mr Inbetween. It's really good! Otherwise yeah it's hard to find a replacement.
@@lexi6081 thanks, I've been lost since this ended as well, guys
Yeah I’m gonna have something to replace it. Right now I’m watching Jury Duty, really funny, but might need to finally watch Mad Men or Sopranos
@@HizzyHay do yourself a favor and watch thr sopranos. Succession and sopranos hold the positions of some of the best television shoes that have ever come out.
As a huge fan of the Kendall rap this was just ….. genius !
Im Honored!
Agreed..brill!
Tom was the best written and acted character of the series and I will die on this hill. I’m tired of all the Shiv stans ignoring how bad she treated him because he chose Logan. He picked Logan so she would see him as an equal and not just her little play thing.
Definitely interested to see what Mcfadeyan does after this. I hope he gets a chance at a big film.
I agree. I’d much rather my kid bring home a Tom, than my kid bring home a Shiv.
@@RealLifeRodger I can’t imagine being Tom’s mom lol, but I guess she likes her!
I don’t understand Shiv stans, I love her but she’s such a toxic partner
And she fucked him over so many times before he FINALLY chose Logan over her. Like how people don't understand that is nuts to me.
"Nero of Rome. Taker of Chicken." is Tom's Mother of Dragons and Breaker of Chains.
My reaction after finishing the show was "that's a Greek tragedy, baby." Loved it.
1:13 just realised that chicken grab - taking from Logan what was Logan's - was a portent of what transpires in the end. Logan even replied like the rest of us by exclaiming "WTF"?!
Tremendously disappointed that this wasn’t 15 uninterrupted minutes of Hay rapping
T to the OM [extended edition]
That intro makes sense dramaturgically
Tom and Shiv aren’t actually happy in the car…it’s Tom showing he has all the power and she has none
She chose to give him that power tho she got what she wanted
She still super wealthy at the end of the day.
The episode where they declare Mencken as the winner in ATN showed us how competent Tom actually is (even tho he just follows oders). He takes his job seriously, something the kids never did. And I think that whole episode was to show us and set it up he was going to win and why.
Yeah even though he’s making some terrible followed orders he does a good job handling the chaos even while on cocaine. I can’t wait to give that one a rewatch
The guy is a solider, but he's very calculated and does things for his own benefit. He follows orders because it brings him close to his endgame, which actually makes him the most ruthless out of everybody. He plays the part of somebody who follows orders, but don't let that fool you
The first thing I said after the episode ended was “… Tom ate that.”💀💀 but that was genuinely a good twist I actually didn’t see coming as I thought Mattson hated him.
T to the mfing O M
All day everyday
When Tom flicked Shiv in the ear I knew it was going to be him.
the way no one has commented on the sheer beauty and creativity that IS the opening song? literally will haunt my dreams it's that ingrained in my brain - FANTASTIC! :)
One thought that I had was that every character got what they wanted in a perverse, monkey's paw way
* Shiv wanted Tom to be CEO in the beginning of the show. She abandoned that when she herself became a prospect, but that was her original position, even if she was not deeply committed to it. The price? Becoming a second Caroline, a woman with power squandered by social position as a CEO's wife. She regained her relationship with Tom, yes, but it was not the one she wanted: Tom is no longer "servile" (to her). She is not in control.
* Roman wants acceptance and deeply fears failure. His clownery is in part a bid to have a niche for himself because of his deeply felt inadequacy, a self-concept which he reaffirms through his masochism (sexual and otherwise). He embraces failure and torture on terms he can control because of the abuse he has endured. To my knowledge, he is the only Roy kid to have been physically abused by Logan. At the end of the show, he is right back where he started, having endured an extreme failure yet at the same time having asserted his own agency ( in going for the role in the first place). In doing so, he found self-acceptance or at least self-awareness. ("We're bullshit.")
* Kendall wanted to be his father. And he got that in every way except for the CEO role. In the funeral episode he was very obviously a Logan 2.0, terrorizing his own kids in the same way Logan did ("everything I did I did for my children"). Ewan says that Logan, at some point, decided to stop trying to be good. Kendall than stood up and more or less declared that he had made the same decision ("I hope it's in me"). Ultimately, he treated Shiv the same way Logan did, having gone from "Fuck the patriarchy" to "I am the eldest boy." He treated Roman the same way Logan did: with physical abuse, if not in his violent hug than at least in the boardroom confrontation when he grabs his face. Kendall wanted to be Logan. He got that. And it was hollow, because it turns out what he wanted was not to be Logan after all: he wanted Logan to accept him and love him. And now that he *is* Logan, and he *hates* himself, he has nothing.
* Tom wanted security under the protection of a powerfuk leader (initially, Logan) and a relationship with Shiv. He got both of those things in Mattson and in the Graduate-esque closing scene in which Shiv reluctantly takes his hand. Yet it is clear that now that he has those things, he has changed. He has a relationship with Shiv now, but does he want it anymore? "Honestly, Shiv, I don’t know." And Mattson's dynamic is much more malevolent than Logan's. If we want to build on the Greek/Oedipal thing, The patriarch is no longer a father-(in-law)-figure, he is now an overt sexual threat ("I want to fuck her.").
What power did Caroline have ? When did she have power over Logan and how did she squander it ?
I keep thinking about Tom and Shiv (and this goes to the arguments that with make the show live on) and I think there’s actually a good chance they might be in a good position. Mattson might be a powerful leader but he’s a psycho, they have all the ammo on that. Also he doesn’t even seem like he has a ton of ideas, he says he doesn’t need Shiv for politics because of how easy it is after one day of trying.
Great assessment of all their monkey’s paw arcs. I thought your but about Kendall the end was brilliant.
I was just asking the one question. Other than that I agree with the monkeys paw assessment too.
Disagree on the violence point, Roman said appuling thing to him about his kids which deserved a punch. Logan would destroy someone who said that
There was a psychologist who reviewed the last episode and said that Shiv became her mother, and she will probably f*ck Matsson💀💀💀hahaha and well Tom remained the same but instead of being docile to Logan he is docile to Matsson
A masterpiece.
That intro rap brought a tear to my eye 🥲
Thanks Zutto B)
That intro was Wambsgasmic
I feel like Shiv finding out Tom was going to be CEO also played a big role in her turning on Kendall.
I don’t think so. The moment Tom told her that it was going to be him, she started rallying the troops against him.
@@biggyls4297 yes, I think that makes sense as her knee jerk reaction, but you can see her opinion on Kendall start to sour when they get to the office. In the end, she’s put in the position of choosing Ken or Tom as CEO at the board meeting. I think she comes to the conclusion that Tom is the better option for her (especially considering the baby). She and Tom spent the whole season building up their relationship
I think that’s a possibility, but I really think her logic at the day of the vote was “I can’t let Kendall win”
Yep. She was disgusted at the idea of kendall taking their father's spot because he didnt deserve it. But if the alternative CEO had been anyone else, she would have bit the bullet and voted for Kendall and kept the business in the family. With Tom being CEO, it just added the extra layer of "at least it still keeps Waystar close to the family this way" and has her future kids in a symbolic line of succession (only symbolic since the family doesnt own it anymore). And I love how miserable that makes her cuz she'll never be free from the idea that she'll never get what she deserves and will have to remain underneath people she believes herself superior to (while also being an inevitably horrible mother). So poetic.
@@HizzyHaypersonally I think it was because she wanted the convenience of scheduling once their child is born.. 😂 the only way for her to get that was to vote no for Kendall.
Shiv is right that Kendall could not do the job, but that is not the reason she betrays him. She might be fooling herself that that is the reason she changes sides, but in reality she just can't bring herself to let Kendall "win".
However, I don't see a great future for Waystar/ATN. Mattson will make his money, but his shenanigans will catch up with him
Definitely, this season made it very clear Mattson is nowhere as together as Logan was.
This commentary was very insightful...I loved your view of the scorpion gift
Thank you for the compliment!
I sincerely think succession is one of the greatest television series ever made. That is my hill to die on.
This had me in TEARS! Brilliant! And great commentary. One of the things I will miss most about this show is how much it made me think.
It definitely created for a lot of great discussion
This is a work of art. T TO THE OM
CEO IS HIM
🎶:T to the
Me dying in my room: O M !
Great video man 👍🏾
Thanks 😎
Keep coming back to that intro
"Bro Don't get it twisted he is not doing well" LMAAOOOO
My man's been put through the ringer
Incredible intro! Love the video and your take 👍🏻
Bro that intro had me howling hahahahahaha you even sang in the same rhythm as Kendall at Logan's bday
Kendall Roy is my muse musically
The intro is awesome dude !! Loved it
I love the intro songgggg I've always been a tom/Gregg fan and wanted to see them win
He had just enough capital!!!
T to the O M > L to the O G
I’ve seen many succession reviews & video essays, but this intro has already made it one of the best I’ve seen 🤣
The intro was simply awesome... you gained a new sub...
Big big vids coming on the ol salami line, thank you!
@@HizzyHay Can't wait!
Brilliant!
For the record, Shiv was definitely flirting with Tom when she called him a spelunker
Weirdest flirting strategy ever, but both we're flirting so hard in Norway
She missed neggin Tom
Your content is amazing. All I came to say. Keep the husttle going
Great video, i have nothing to add but commenting for algorithm
bro that intro hard as hell good shit
Glad you took this route w/character analysis-yeah Tom has some bandwidth and the ending is apropos- thanks
Thank you!
vibing so hard to the intro 😂😂 well done
Thanks!
One of the greatest tv characters I’ve ever seen. Well done!
I think the scene between Tom and Matsson in Sweden wasn't actually a strike... though it may seem so at first glance, when you rewatch it, you realize that Tom's answer wasn't some bullshit suck up answer, of him trying to act all fake insightful by trying to bring up some The Economist article about France like Greg did. His answer was actually insightful. It was a commentary on the American "post imperial" mindset. It showed that Tom understood the American public as head of ATN, and that someone with such an American perspective, which Matsson was lacking, would be useful to keep around if Matsson was going to be buying Waystar. You can see on Matsson's expression that he was actually somewhat impressed by Tom's response, while he did not care for Greg's fake wittiness at all. It's those brilliant scenes with their little nuances that make the show so good and worth rewatching.
I loved both barry and succession but I have to say even though both ending were really great I'm still thinking about successions ending and barry is just kinda like yeah its over and done lol
Barry’s final season could’ve been so much better, still enjoyed it but yeah same here still thinking about succession
@@Nottubyna I did not like that massive time jump. Really hurt the show.
That’s an interesting point. I think they are too different shows and endings. Succession ends while the world is still very much in entropy. Barry’s ending ends when there is not much else to tell in the story (imo).
You’re right though, I loved Barry’s finale but I have not thought about it much since last Monday.
I really dug the time shift. Barry’s life change is some incredibly funny writing. I do get how it took a lot of people out of the series a bit because it’s so removed from the rest of the seasons (kinda)
@@HizzyHaythere's a video talking about them both and how they make such a nice pairing
th-cam.com/video/rX1gHYcrNN0/w-d-xo.html
(There's also another video that includes ted lasso for some inexplicable reason)
dude this video is amazingggggg - 4 min mark has me rolling maybe even harder than the intro
I got so many of those comments, joke what you know I guess lol
Thanks for the comment!
9:38 good commentary and that’s why it’s art, the paradox of POV, identity and the vicarious attempt to live in a character or moment.
Right, trying to chase a POV that he could never reach
Unlike the siblings, Tom knew when to speak and when it keep his mouth shut.
Keep making vids u are doing really good
Bro, you gotta be kidding me. This is Fantastic!
Thanks a ton!
I think Succession is a combo of Shakespearean comedy and tragedy. Armstrong cares deeply about these follies and romances and shit that characters find themselves in. He structures them very intentionally. Greg with Dasha Nekrasova’s character, whoever Logan is dating at a given time, Conwilla of course. The show is obviously more tragedy, but I appreciate the implementation of these very polygamous love stories (Gerri and Rome, Greg and the two different ladies at the end of s3, Shiv and the Jake gyllenhaal guy; Tom, the prostituite girl and Rome, etc.). I always think of Smiles of a Summer Night by Bergman as much as I think of the Seventh Seal or something with this show.
Bro earned the like within first 15 seconds 🔥🔥🔥
Subscribed just for the rap. Absolutely GOATed
Welcome Aboard!
"taker of chicken" sent me away
Dude you’re hilarious! Subbed!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed
This intro needs to be added to the official soundtrack idc 🤣💯
Let me get Warner Media on the phone haha
Thanks!
It's S3 E4 - "Lion in the Meadow" the episode with Adrien Brody, when they're eating lunch by the sea. You can see a lot of analogous shots of Logan and Kendall framed by the ocean at around 46:00. They are facing the camera, however, so it's a fun inversion.
T to the O M the ceo is him 🕺
For the intro alone I'm subscribing
Thanks Ash!
Lol Jesus Christ 😂 I've was not prepared. I'm sitting here with Greg face after that intro lol
Intro GOLD!!
Thanks Jen 😎
Holy shit that intro was amazing
ROFL, dat rap!
Well played, sir.
The intro is lit
omg the intro was gold
Only the best for Tom!
I'm a Stewy fan and you've captured us so well. I also love his actor expressing disdain for Tom lol, Stewy bet on Kendall and doesn't like Tom but in the end, money is money so he's shaking his hand and congratulating him. Spiritually and emotionally behind whoever wins
i thoroughly enjoyed this
Thank you!
I typically watch stuff at 1.5x at least... that song in the beginning was so fire, go off
How was it sped up lol
I get why a lot of women fans rooted for Shiv, she screamed underdog woman in a male dominant enviroment during a time that we hope someday women have equal footing in business, but the brilliance was Shiv was fake. She used that to further her selfish desires and got fans to ignore her really ugly treatment of the man she just married. Instead they backed her and thought Tom weak... That always upset me cause the truth I felt was right there in plain sight... Tom, at least knows how to love and wants to love. (as corny as that sounds)
I heard two very good female reviwer podcasters talking crap about Tom after Connors Wedding, cause he makes that bad joke to greg, and they said oh hes just worried about himself.... Like, the man let the kids all say goodbye, he was a good man. He's sad too. Like, lay off the guy lol.
Just wierd how we all have slightly different perspectives...
Show is modern day drama masterpiece that will be watched 100 years from now.
Amazing intro ❤
never skipped an intro so fast
CURSE YOU MAN!!!! I watched this darn video hours ago!!! I can’t stop saying T to the O.M.!! 🤦🏼♀️😂
Good job sir, good job! I salute 🫡 you 😂
(That was a fun episode when Kendall sang it too)
Thank you haha if it helps I had to listen to this dozens of times while editing. It’s permanently in my brain at the moment
@@HizzyHay it really is a catchy song. You did a FANTASTIC job with your rendition of it!! It was completely worth your mental sacrifice 🤪😂
Great intro man lol
T to the OM ‼️‼️‼️‼️
CEO is HIM!!!
Not me absolutely jamming to T tot the O M
Excruciatingly painful watch, liked
He’s a corn fed basic from hockey town
It depends on what you mean by "won". Ebba's fate revealed how it is to work for a thin skin tyrant such as Matsson and his close hatamoto such as Oskar, Ebba is already his compatriot let alone all American subordinates he and Oskar despise (refer to their conversations in Swedish).
I think at the end of the day Tom wanted to be recognized. So it is a win to him despite the obvious baggage he took on with it.
Here to “like” for the thumbnail.
I was rooting for Kendall at first but to be honest seeing Tom win was more satisfying; it just never felt like it could become a reality, especially with the way the plot was pointing.
He was always what Kendall should’ve been. At the beginning Kendall was a serious businessman and had his own important role in the company. If he had just stuck to his role then he would still have the trust of the company and his family. He then could’ve worked on a more long term plan to influence the company and perhaps become CEO. Instead he had this delusion of quickly turning the company around and becoming known as some kind of visionary. In trying to usurp the company he betrayed everyone he worked with and ended up losing by trying to succeed on his own terms. So it is very much so his hubris that cost him what he wanted so dearly.
Tom on the other hand humbly accepted his position in the company and that’s why Logan and eventually Matsson respected him and elevated him. It was finally good to see him earn the top spot as he was the only one who actually seemed to be actively involved and productive for the company (like Kendall was at the beginning). He deserved it more than the siblings because he prioritized executing his job and keeping it above all else. The siblings weren’t serious enough about their jobs and they knew it themselves.
king im WAITING for the barry and succession comparison 🤲🤲🤲
I'm trying! Hopefully should be out soon
I like how different people like/dislike different parts of the show (except everybody hates Shivy, what a shame)
I love the entery
Om
Yeah to. Got it all 😅
Someone please send this to Matthew Macfadyen for the intro song alone 😂
That rap earned you a new subscriber 🔥🔥😂
Ayee thank you!
I’ve never clicked into something and then clicked out of it so fast
When I say T you say OM
T to the
T to the
Roman: You need to stop this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was trying to figure out how to edit it in there lol
that intro thooo 🔥
Superfun take, hail to the Hayll Yeah
intro could have gone left but it was so pitch perfect props on that shit number one
It absolutely could not have been Kendall I'm sorry. The ending is fucking brilliant. There isn't really a winner even though it's "Tom," anyway - Mattson takes over their company and they completely lose control aside from Tom, who is essentially a puppet for Mattson now anyway. Perfect ending
A Jess-less Ken is a winless Ken.
For me, Tom's name was only chosen to make that "Tom and Gerri" joke. I don't have any proof tho.
That intro 😫
Waaambsgans as they say in the video…
Love the video and the last one about Tom, but you gotta say the man’s last name right!!! It’s not Whams-Gams, it’s Woms-Gams, like Wombat
Incredible rap
I knew Tom is gonna be the winner because dude has W on his last name Wambsgans along with his Sporus, Greg the G. Meanwhile, Kendall deserved the lost the most because he has double L on his name.
Double U (W) vs Double L.
I dont understand how people can’t see that Shiv betrayed Kendall because she is jealous of him
Team Wambsgans forever.
1. Isn't kendall the frog? That's him who is stung by shiv and they but drown. Also, kendall element is water, but it's always unclear if it's peaceful or dangerous for him.
2. I think the end is a good ending for every characters. Logan was a monster. It was stated by Ewan during his funeral, and even by shiv and kendall. It's not his fault, he had his own traumas, but that's how it is. Now that he is dead and his promised empire gone forever, all kids can finally grown up in their own way. Roman doesn't have to keep acting like a damaged kid anymore. Kendall is looking at the water, death, but he isn't inside it, which means that he is free to do on his own. Shiv and Tom accepted their flaws and can get rid of their negative dynamic. There will be no power fighting anymore since he is in control now, she can't even sting him anymore. Maybe she could even overpass her own trauma and become the mother she never had, because she can't play the game anymore.
Sure it is an open ending and I don't think there is good answer. But I see possibilities offered to characters trapped from the beginning to their father evil influence. None of them could have win as they were kids and kids can't run an empire. It's a journey about kids, not serious people, becoming adults.
Ps: Also there is Connor Roy but he was interested in politics from a very young age.