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‘Succession’ and ‘Barry’: A Tale of Two HBO Finales

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The Adventures of a Businessman

The show has always understood that when we talk about humanizing figures or types of people, it doesn't mean making them good. It means making them relatable. To humanize something is to create empathy and understanding. The inevitable loss in this episode just resonate because you understand why they are so broken. And you just have to watch it happen. There's a super cut to be made and probably, you know, we're recording this Monday. But if you just took the faces that other business characters make when the kids enter or leave the room, it's telling you the story of the show. You know what I mean? It's really kind of an interesting rope-a-d

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