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11: Succession: Oedipus and Failsons

Ordinary Unhappiness

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Naomi Pierce's Sobriety

I think Naomi Pierce is the person earlier in the series who has, she actually like, she's a fail daughter. She struggles with her sobriety and wants to see her parents killed. But when she first shows up, she's just kind of pieced out from her family. So it's still a little bit of like she's gotten out. And that is the central, you know, like that's the central part of this show: why on earth would people with every opportunity organize themselves around this task that seems thankless?

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