Why Succession’s Greg and Jess election scene was more important than you think
, America decided – or so the episode title told us. In reality, the election was decided in a corporate boardroom by three despots nurturing major father issues.
She has always been on the edge of the Waystar Royco executive inner circle, parsing Kendall's bro speak, while her eyes alone communicate frantic harried confusion. Yet in this moment with Greg we finally see her in a context separate from Kendall and get a glimpse behind her long-held poker face.Greg tells her he's the missive of Mencken's win and Jess gasps, with a look of frightened disbelief. "It’s not really my choice.
Mencken is the sleeker and more articulate model of the bombastic oafishness of Donald Trump, but the echoes of the 2016 election hover over the entire episode. By the end, Mencken is already grinning on TV screens as he delivers an acceptance speech filled with racist overtones. Then in the final scene of the episode, Kendall leaves the Waystar offices and says to his driver, "Some people just can't cut a deal, Fikret," pointing to another member of the support staff who has flitted on and off screen and who will be affected by this rhetoric from the highest office.Jess's poker face cracks in this episode. We've never seen her calling friends to offload the latest shambles Kendall has tripped into – although I'm sure she does so, regularly.
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