If “Succession” has taught us something, it’s that no Greek or Roman delusion is off-limits for comparisons. Within the case of the Roy siblings and their Hundred challenge, it is already wanting like their journey will parallel that of the ill-fated Icarus. As beforehand talked about, the core concept of The Hundred isn’t inherently dangerous, however its inevitable downfall might be brought on by the truth that it’s being began for all of the mistaken causes.

Kendall, Shiv, and Roman all undergo from the similar deadly flaw: the necessity for dominance. Not simply towards their father, however towards one another. There’ll come a time when their unity is damaged resulting from their very own uniquely egocentric pursuits, carved from many years of serving below their father’s abusive rule. They may activate one another not out of real need, however intuition. Exterior of its faux-intellectual standing and imprecise self-explanations, this might be what finally kills The Hundred earlier than we all know what it was set as much as do. It is unhappy, positive, however such is the Roy curse. The disruptors turn out to be the very factor they intend to disrupt, they usually do it with a smile.

“Succession” airs on HBO and streams on HBO Max each Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.