Synopses

October 14, 2021

Succession | Season 3 Synopses

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Succession

Episode 1: “Secession”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Season premiere. Following his bombshell presser, a righteous Kendall (Jeremy Strong) scrambles to find a base of operations, while Logan’s (Brian Cox) team searches for safe harbor.

Written by Jesse Armstrong; Directed by Mark Mylod.

 

Episode 2: “Mass in Time of War”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Kendall (Jeremy Strong) tries to get his siblings, as well as Stewy (Arian Moayed) and Sandi (Hope Davis), on his side. Fearing his legal situation, Greg (Nicholas Braun) asks Ewan (James Cromwell) for help.

Written by Jesse Armstrong; Directed by Mark Mylod.

 

Episode 3: “The Disruption”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

With the DOJ at the door, Logan (Brian Cox) summons his arsenal, while Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) makes a potentially life changing offer. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) becomes obsessed with his own takedown.

Written by Ted Cohen & Georgia Pritchett; Directed by Cathy Yan.

 

Episode 4: “Lion in the Meadow” 

Debut Date: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Logan (Brian Cox) and Kendall (Jeremy Strong) have their first meeting together with Josh (Adrien Brody), a major investor worried about their family feud. 

Written by Jon Brown; Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini.

 

Episode 5: “Retired Janitors of Idaho” 

Debut Date: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and the Waystar team find themselves working together at the annual shareholders’ meeting, where Logan’s (Brian Cox) health takes a turn.

Written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton; Directed by Kevin Bray.

 

Episode 6: “What it Takes” 

Debut Date: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Logan (Brian Cox) and team head to Virginia for a conservative political conference, where Roman (Kieran Culkin) finds out surprising news about his mother. 

Written by Will Tracy; Directed by Andrij Parekh.

 

Episode 7: “Too Much Birthday” 

Debut Date: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

At Kendall’s (Jeremy Strong) lavish birthday bash, Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) try to arrange a meeting with Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård), a tech mogul who recently snubbed Logan (Brian Cox).

Written by Tony Roche & Georgia Pritchett; Directed by Lorene Scafaria.

 

Episode 8: “Chiantishire”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

At a luxe family wedding in Italy, Roman (Kieran Culkin) airs suspicions, Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron) draws a line, and the Waystar team grows concerned about rogue tweets.

Written by Jesse Armstrong; Directed by Mark Mylod.

 

Episode 9: “All the Bells Say”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 (9:00 - 10:05 p.m. ET/PT), please note episode 9 run time is 65 minutes, 32 seconds.

Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) vision for the GoJo-Waystar relationship leads Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) to manage the fallout, while Logan (Brian Cox) weighs his options.

Written by Jesse Armstrong; Directed by Mark Mylod.