TX04Aggie said:

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I was thinking about this too. Because Shiv uses "yeah" every scene. I think, two fold: 1) it is a subtle poke at "banker bro/tech bro/wheeler and dealer" culture in some respect. But 2) that it just highlights the complete insecurity they have on every decision they make, they literally are winging it and the "yeah?" Is such an insecure way for validation.

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deer corn said:

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A Greg/Tom spinoff would be awesome.

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Prosperdick said:

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TCTTS said:

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Definitely a bit of a stretch, but I also kind of love it…

This theory about Tom in Succession is wild. 👀 pic.twitter.com/xoOXJV90iF

— Christina Garnett (@ThatChristinaG) May 25, 2023

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I like it too but have a hard time believing a Brit would be that into baseball and know something that obscure. I love baseball and have been following the sport since I was 6 or 7 years old (since the mid 70's) and I've never heard of that guy.

Then again, that's a VERY unique name and maybe Jesse was googling taking 3 people out unassisted and happened to stumble upon that ballplayer and liked it and thought the name was funny, which it is.

If this turns out to be true, tip of the cap to you Armstrong, that's amazing.

ETA - Now if this guy was a cricket player who performed an unassisted triple play (don't know if that's even possible as I don't know the rules) then I would be TOTALLY on board.

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"I hate to spoil the internet's fun, but it's false," Frank Rich, an executive producer of Succession, told me in an email. "Tom's family name was picked before we had shot a first season"the Succession pilot was made in 2016"let alone mapped out precise story twists that would culminate 39 episodes later! Not to mention that many of the key writers on the show, starting with its creator, Jesse [Armstrong], are British, live in London, and are devoted to British football."

Rich, a New York magazine writer-at-large and former New York Times columnist, added that the source for Tom's last name is a typical one in screenwriting: A Succession staff member had a relative named Wambsgans. "If memory serves," Rich said, "we were looking for something off-key that would be awkward to say/pronounce, befitting a character who arrives as an outsider in the Roys' world."

So no baseball history connection, Succession fans. Though in the series' very first episode, in 2018, Tom Wambsgans did tag out at home a boy whom Roman Roy offered to pay a million dollars for hitting a home run during the Roy family softball game. "Bad luck, kid," Tom said. Makes you wonder.

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JDUB08AG said:

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Shivs turn back was too abrupt for me at the end. Honestly though, I like the ending. Had me all in on the Roy family only to have them **** it up one last time. It's appropriate.

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Shiv decided being married to the CEO was better for her. Simple selfish decision.

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Tailgate88 said:

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deer corn said:

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A Greg/Tom spinoff would be awesome.

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"Greging".

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bullard21k said:

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I'm not arguing the deal should or should not happen.

I'm saying it was a focal point for a large portion of the season and then no one from pierce was involved in any capacity at any point for the rest of the series just find odd. Might have been fun to add another layer of chaos the last 2 episodes getting that whole pierce bunch back in the fray wanting to know what's happening with gojo deal and how that would impact them

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Captain Winky said:

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Why does everyone think there is some deeper meaning with the bodyguard being with Kendall at the end? Kendall literally hires him just an episode or two ago to be his bodyguard. This was a very meh ending. Lots of circle jerking with everyone trying to make this show the greatest piece of entertainment ever made.

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