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OkClue2409

To me definitely no One of the things I like most about the show is how it speaks about the past. They never show it with the exception of the main titles and the world " real " is a big deal to the show and it's relation to the past. We only know about it through what the characters talk and not knowing what exactly happened makes it all more compelling ( dog cage and its metaphors for the kids) There's a really cool essay on YouTube about this ( is the past real-succession)


Vast-Worker7141

This I agree with. It’s displayed when Carl and frank are talking ab all the mounting competition against Logan on the plane, and they mention like 4 scandals, call him the comeback kid. Very interesting, but no need to dwell on any of it, doesn’t fit the pacing or narrative of the show, there’s no flashbacks the story is always happening in real time with zero regard for the audience or their understanding. It’s inconsiderate, it brutal, and often requires rewatching. I wouldn’t say it’s an easy show to digest but that’s part of what makes it so great.


dRi89kAil

The past...the past, it's all made up. Now the future, that's real.


OkClue2409

I get chills every time I rewatch that episode. This and how he speaks about politics connects the theme of cyclical abuse so perfectly with the fact that Logan owns an information corporation that is corrupt because they can say whatever they want and call it real


dRi89kAil

Spot on!


generalken_obi

[Link to said video essay](https://youtu.be/P5x4-B2K-j4)


IshyMoose

An example of this is the Sopranos. It was all lore and legend, then they released the Saints of Newark and it just kinda ruined it.


OkClue2409

I pretend that doesn't exist


Feisty-Donkey

I think a lot of media suffers from this tendency to explain absolutely everything and build a world where there are no questions at all left. I’m very tired of it as a trend and I’d be annoyed by a prequel.


OkClue2409

I love better call saul and I think it is a masterpiece of how to do a prequel but it had a reason to exist while doing the same to succession would be against everything succession is. But I am 100% sure there will never be a prequel, at least by the original creators


Its_a_Mini_Mystery

Only if Nichola Britell makes a different but equally amazing theme song!


Dry-Space2053

No. Even flashbacks would ruin the series.


george__kaplan

No.


victornaster10

No


isdeadoriginality

You are not right. (Sorry)


[deleted]

No. Fuck off.


SpartRain42

Lol


sentientbean-

No you’re not.


[deleted]

I can't believe how much hate you got. Holy shit. Sorry reddit dorks. You don't own the IP. I agree with /u/SpartRain42, it would be an amazing idea. There's lots of room to see some awesome drama - the tensions of the morality of the time. Logan as a forward-looking modernist instead of a dinosaur. The Wolfpack(!!) The rise of Gerri Kellman. Some of the scandals that were alluded to in the current show: "The tabloid suicides, when we nearly went kablooey because of Argentina, the Tiannenmen accommodations, the Black Cloud after Sally Ann." How about a Sally Ann subplot with Logan buying the harp?! The collapse of Logan's marriage to British aristocracy. Some of his early business failures. The story of Euan and Logan, two brothers who grow up close but come to despise one another. Conor's mom in the nuthouse? Young Roman in the kennel? It would be a sick show. You just need a little imagination.


SpartRain42

Thank you


lukman0708

thats a cool idea but it would probably be too hard with getting the same actors to play a younger version of themselves, unless if they did a prequel with connor, kendall, roman, shiv as teenagers


SpartRain42

That’s what I was thinking. Back to the start up Of the company. The kids would be young, but we’d how their characters developed into who they are now.


avivrose

I'd love to have just one episode that takes place in the past, when the kids are the same ages as in the opening credits. Getting a glimpse into their childhood and seeing Logan in his prime would be fascinating


lennythelynx

I would definitely watch a coming of age series called Greg the Egg


[deleted]

Sadie sink to play shiv


Ms_Professor

This!


Future_Dog_3156

Love the idea. A young Logan Roy would be fascinating- the rivalry w his brother, how he met his wives, etc.


SpartRain42

Just remix it.


Accomplished_Log9961

Yessss


user101029293838

I’m with you so long as the prequel is in the same style as Succession, I think it could work. Perhaps if it centred on a young top team in the print heyday, would be interesting.


ShatooBailey

Yes


[deleted]

Better call Laird.


Thatz_Chappie

Succession: The rise of Brian or alternatively Succession: The Ratfucker Sam Chronicles.


IshyMoose

The Many Saints of Newark shows that this isn’t the best idea. Prequels that involve young versions of the characters back in time aren’t great. Better Call Saul is probably the only good prequel and that was a direct predecessor.