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Which yacht stars in the TV series 'Succession'?

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By Katia Damborsky 29 October 2019

The 279ft (85m) charter yacht SOLANDGE is the yacht in HBO’s Succession. Hitting TV screens in 2019, the season finale of season 2 gives viewers an inside glimpse into life on board the Lurssen luxury yacht in the Mediterranean .

The curtain closed on season 2 of hit HBO show Succession earlier this month, after a dramatic season finale filmed on board SOLANDGE cruising the Mediterranean .

The series gives viewers a peak inside the six-deck superyacht, which can be rented from €1,000,000 (approximately $1,136,000) per week plus expenses.

While the yacht is fictitiously owned by the Roy family in the series, Succession showcases the type of lifestyle you can expect when chartering million-dollar megayachts ; from stylish helicopter departures to zipping between islands on a luxury tender.

The finale of Succession Season 2 is filmed on board superyacht SOLANDGE

Roy family from SUCCESSION on board SOLANDGE yacht during season 2 finale

Succession is an award-winning comedy-drama which centres around the life of the uber-wealthy and highly dysfunctional Roy family.

At the helm of the family is patriarch Logan Roy, a media titan who heads up and controls an international media conglomerate. After his health takes a turn for the worst, his adult children must each face the prospect of becoming heir to the family business.

Rife with power struggles, backstabbing betrayals and family loyalty, Succession offers a fresh take on abuse, media and wealth in contemporary America.

Succession showcases the type of lifestyle you can expect when chartering million-dollar megayachts.

The dramatic end to season 2 of Succession premiered in October 2019, with the finale to Succession filmed on board the motor yacht SOLANDGE.

This glamorous setting gave us plenty of scandal; Logan disingenuously suggesting stepping down as CEO, Connor's iPad getting thrown overboard and of course, the shocking final moments where we see Kendall blowing the whistle on his father.

Roy family sit on the aft decks of superyacht SOLANDGE

How much does it cost to rent the yacht in Succession?

The cost of renting luxury yacht SOLANDGE is upwards of 1 million euros (or 1.136 million dollars) per week plus expenses during both the winter and summer. This price does not include the cost of food, drink, fuel dockage, VAT and tips.

SOLANDGE yacht from HBO TV Series SUCCESSION underway

SOLANDGE features in our article, the world’s most expensive charter yachts which cost over $1 million to rent per week .

What does the yacht from Succession look like inside?

Superyacht SOLANDGE main salon and lit up panels

With her Lurssen pedigree, innovative design and stunning selection of amenities, SOLANDGE is recognised as one of the world’s most iconic superyachts.

She is home to all the facilities you would expect on a yacht of this calibre, including a sleek swimming pool with jet-stream technology and a cutting-edge chromotherapy spa with Hamman and treatment room which both integrate light therapy.

Her main deck plays host to the expansive owners’ suite, which enjoys his and hers en suites with adjoining dressing rooms, a private lounge-cum-office and a private deck area with dip pool and intimate seating areas.

While chartering her, guests can make use out of a fully-stocked wine cellar and an elevator with the capacity for nine.

Inside superyacht SOLANDGE

SOLANDGE features ornate interiors from Florida-based studio Rodriguez Interiors. A palatial theme is reflected in plush fabrics, a rich colour palette and a selection of semi-precious stones, including amethyst, honey onyx, gold leaf and rose quartz.

The design team behind SOLANDGE has also sourced plenty of glass fixtures from Murano, an island near Venice famed for its rich history of glass-making.

Her opulent finish is evident in the main salon, which is flanked by two walls of LED backlit amethyst that imbue the room with a soft lilac glow.

An elaborate focal point, the walls have been created by slicing a piece of amethyst into tiny segments with diamond wire and gluing them to a glass sheet, before then being covered by a panel of Plexiglass studded with LED lights.

Another talking point aboard the charter yacht is the floating central staircase, which features a sculpted ‘Tree of Life’ statue ascending the full height of the yacht.

In total, 1,423 points of light illuminate the space with a warm glow. Themes of nature continue in the owner’s suite, where backlit mullions depict the Garden of Eden.

In total, around 25 wood veneers have been used throughout luxury yacht SOLANDGE. On the lower decks, where there is typically less light, the yacht features darker, ebony finishes; higher up, lighter blondewood and caramel finishes are more prevalent.

This delicate mix of traditional opulence and contemporary punches of colour and texture lend SOLANDGE an atmosphere quite unlike any yacht.

A motor yacht of her calibre makes the perfect backdrop for Succession, and it’s hoped we’ll see SOLANDGE return to reprise her role as the Roy family’s luxury yacht in season 3.

If you’d like to learn more about chartering M/Y SOLANDGE, please get in touch with your preferred yacht charter broker .

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Solandge, the yacht used in Succession, costs $1million a week to hire

In last night’s Succession Season 2 finale on HBO, the Roy family and their top Waystar-Royco aides spent time onboard Logan Roy’s luxurious Mediterranean yacht, ostensibly on a brief cruise vacation. However, the Mediterranean cruise was actually intended to give Logan (Brian Cox) the opportunity to take time off to decide who should take the fall to save Waystar-Royco’s tarnished reputation following the company’s mismanagement scandal, and a congressional hearing on the matter.

Logan finally decided that his troubled son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) would be the “blood sacrifice” to save the company.

If you saw last night’s season finale and wondered about the luxurious yacht that provided the setting for the episode, here is everything you need to know about it.

The superyacht in tonight’s episode of Succession Sign up for our newsletter! Get updates on the latest posts and more from Monsters and Critics straight to your inbox. By submitting your information you agree to our T&Cs and Privacy Policy. Length: 85.1 meters Crew: 29 Cost: 1,000,000 euros to rent per week https://t.co/jaPEubbK6m — Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 14, 2019

@Succession_HBO is that M/Y Solandge? Used in S2E10? Nice. — Daniel B Nash Sr (@DanielBNashSr1) October 14, 2019

Solandge was the yacht used in the Succession Season 2 finale

The yacht used in last night’s episode of Succession was the famous 85.1-meter Lürssen motor yacht Solandge . Solandge is one of the world’s largest and most iconic luxurious motor superyachts available for charter.

The weekly summer and winter charter price for a Mediterranean cruise is listed as being from €1,000,000 ( currently about $1,102, 642 plus expenses ).

Solandge was first listed for sale in 2015 at an asking price of €179 million. It was finally sold in a deal brokered by the luxury yacht brokerage firm Moran Yacht & Ship in 2017. The deal, said to be the biggest yacht deal of the year in 2017, was reportedly worth €155,000,000.

Solandge was built by Lürssen in 2013. The luxurious granite, marble and wood interior of the yacht was jointly designed by Rodriguez Interiors and Dolker & Voges. The exterior was designed by Espen Øino ( Espen Oeino).

The yacht is able to sleep 12-16 guests in eight large staterooms. It is also able to accommodate a large gathering of overnight party guests in en-suite cabins. Facilities include a sauna, steam room, massage room, beauty salon, gym, sun deck, outdoor swimming pool, dance floor, bar, outdoor cinema, and nightclub.

The boat has a cruising speed of 15 knots and a top speed of 17 knots.

Solange won the Monaco Yacht Club’s La Belle Classe Superyachts award at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show.

You, Too, Can Charter the ‘Succession’ Yacht…for $1.1 Million a Week

Who owns the ‘Succession’ yacht? Learn more about the ‘Solandge,’ the 279-foot boat the Roy family boarded in the HBO drama’s second season.

Oct. 15 2021, Published 11:29 a.m. ET

Who owns the Succession yacht? Certainly not Succession star Sarah Snook , who told Page Six on Oct. 12, that she has no interest in such an expense. “You own a boat like that, you’ve got to maintain a boat like that,” said Snook, who plays Shiv Roy on the show. “It’s like $12 mil a year or something like that to maintain. Who wants to spend money on that?…Give the money away; no one needs that much money. There’s a ceiling where money makes you happy, and beyond that, it’s just greed.”

Of course, you don’t have to own the 279-foot yacht featured in the HBO drama ’s second season to enjoy its amenities. You can also charter the luxurious vessel , but you’d still need deep pockets.

Who owns the ‘Succession’ yacht?

The Solandge found a new owner in March 2017, after being listed for sale with Moran Yacht & Ship for 155,000,000 euros (about $180 million). However, the identity of the buyer hasn't been revealed.

Actress J. Smith-Cameron, who plays Gerri Kellman on Succession , discussed the boat with BuzzFeed News in Oct. 2019. “I think it’s a Saudi-owned superyacht . I believe the word ‘Solandge’ is made up of the letters of the kids’ and cousins’ names. I think somebody told me that. It may or may not be true. But it seemed like a good choice because it seemed like a parallel universe for the Roy family.”

BOAT International reported that the Solandge sale was the biggest brokerage deal of 2017 at the time. “We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate her new owner and thank her former owner for recognizing our expertise in selling large quality yachts and entrusting us with the sale of Solandge ,” Moran said upon the sale.

How do you rent the ‘Succession’ yacht?

The Solandge is available for charter through Moran Yacht & Ship, but it will set you back. You can charter the vessel for a summer week in the Mediterranean or a winter week in the Caribbean and the Bahamas, but both charters cost 1,000,000 euros per week, or about $1.16 million.

Moran touts that the Solandge is “one of the finest vessels currently available for charter and is one of the world’s largest and most iconic yachts.” The yacht sleeps 12 guests in eight state rooms, with a private owner’s deck and suite. A crew of 29, meanwhile, sleeps in 15 crew cabins. Built in 2013, the Solandge won the "La Belle Classe Superyachts" award from the Monaco Yacht Club at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show, and the award for the best exterior at the Monaco Yacht Show Awards.

The Solandge ’s top deck features an outdoor cinema and a nightclub, the main deck features an indoor-outdoor gym, and the lower deck features a dive center, a tender garage, and a sauna. The saloon interior, designed by Aileen Rodriguez, boasts a floor-to-ceiling panel of backlit amethyst quartz, a large bar of amethyst-and-honey onyx, and a dining table under an amethyst-and-rose-quartz chandelier. And don’t forget about the onboard beauty salon, swimming pool, jacuzzi, and helipad!

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What Superyacht Was Used in Succession? (Get The Answer Here!)

Have you ever watched a TV show and wondered what luxury superyacht was used? Succession is an HBO dark comedy-drama that follows the lives of a powerful media family and their business dealings. In the second season, we are introduced to the MY Serenity superyacht, which is truly a sight to behold. In this article, you will find out everything you need to know about this stunning superyacht, from its features and its appearance in the show to the themes of Succession season two. We will also take a closer look at guest appearances and scene descriptions that feature MY Serenity. Read on to get the answer to the question: what superyacht was used in Succession?

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Short Answer

The superyacht used in the film Succession was a 112-meter long yacht named Lady S.

This custom-built superyacht is owned by Andrey Melnichenko, a Russian billionaire and was built in 2018 by the German shipyard Blohm + Voss in Hamburg.

Lady S features six decks, a helipad, a swimming pool, a spa, and a cinema along with accommodations for up to 20 guests and a crew of 40.

Background of Succession TV Series

Succession is an American comedy-drama television series that follows the lives of the Roy family, a powerful and influential media dynasty.

The show, which premiered on HBO in 2018, follows the lives of the Roys as they navigate the treacherous world of corporate media, politics, and power.

The show features a luxurious lifestyle, from opulent mansions to stunning superyachts.

One of the most impressive superyachts to appear in the show is the MY Serenity, owned by the Roy family.

The show centers around a succession of power struggles within the Roy family, as they battle for control of the familys media empire.

The show features a stellar cast, including Brian Cox, Hiam Abbass, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin.

The show has won numerous awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and three Critics Choice Awards.

The show also features a range of eye-catching superyachts, such as the MY Serenity, a 60-meter Lurssen yacht owned by the Roy family.

This impressive vessel boasts a modern interior, full-beam master suite and five guest cabins.

It also features a Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym and helipad, making it the perfect setting for the Roy familys lavish lifestyle.

MY Serenity was used throughout Season 2 of Succession and was a key setting for a number of plot points.

So, if youre a fan of the show and curious to know which superyacht was used in Succession, the answer is the MY Serenity, a 60-meter Lurssen yacht.

Overview of MY Serenity Superyacht

The MY Serenity superyacht is an impressive 60-meter Lurssen yacht owned by the Roy family in the television series Succession.

This luxurious vessel is the perfect setting for the Roys lavish lifestyle, featuring a modern interior, full-beam master suite, and five guest cabins.

It also boasts a Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym, and helipad.

The MY Serenity was featured throughout Season 2 of Succession, and was a key setting for a number of plot points.

This luxurious vessel was designed to provide guests with the highest level of comfort and luxury.

The interior of the yacht features modern furnishings, including plush sofas, rich wood paneling, and luxurious textiles.

The master suite is full-beam, meaning it spans the entire width of the yacht, and features a spa-like bathroom, with a jacuzzi, steam room, and sauna.

The five guest cabins are all spacious and well-appointed, providing guests with the luxurious amenities they would expect.

The yacht also features a number of outdoor areas, including a large swimming pool, jacuzzi, and an expansive sun deck.

The helipad is also a great feature, allowing guests to arrive or depart in style.

The MY Serenity is also equipped with the latest technology, including satellite TV, satellite phone, and Wi-Fi.

The MY Serenity is the perfect vessel for the Roy familys luxurious lifestyle and has been featured prominently throughout Season 2 of Succession.

Whether its the picturesque backdrop to a family gathering or the setting for a business meeting, the MY Serenity is sure to impress.

Features of MY Serenity Superyacht

The MY Serenity superyacht is a 60-meter Lurssen vessel that was featured in the popular American comedy-drama, Succession.

This impressive vessel boasts a modern interior, full-beam master suite and five guest cabins, making it the perfect setting for the Roy family’s luxurious lifestyle.

The yacht also features a Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym and helipad, as well as a spacious sundeck with comfortable seating and dining areas.

The MY Serenity is equipped with the latest technologies, such as a sophisticated navigation system, state-of-the-art audio and video systems, and a fully automated climate control system.

It also has its own private beach, allowing guests to relax in the sun and take in the stunning views of the surrounding waters.

The yacht is powered by two MTU diesel engines, allowing it to reach speeds of up to 20 knots and cruise up to a range of 6,000 nautical miles.

MY Serenity was used throughout Season 2 of Succession and was a key setting for a number of plot points, showcasing the lavish lifestyle of the Roy family.

MY Serenity Superyacht in Succession

The MY Serenity superyacht is the perfect backdrop for the lavish lifestyle of the Roy family in the hit American drama television series, Succession.

The 60-meter Lurssen yacht is a stunning vessel, boasting a modern interior, full-beam master suite, and five guest cabins.

It also features a Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym, and helipad, making it the perfect setting for the Roy family’s extravagant lifestyle.

MY Serenity was featured throughout Season 2 of Succession and was an integral part of the shows plot.

The MY Serenity superyacht is a magnificent vessel that was customized to fit the Roy familys luxurious tastes.

The interior of the yacht is luxurious and modern, with spacious rooms, marble floors, and plush furniture.

The full-beam master suite has a king-sized bed, walk-in wardrobe, and an en-suite bathroom.

The yacht also features five guest cabins, each with its own en-suite bathroom.

In addition, the yacht has a Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym, and helipad for the ultimate entertainment and relaxation.

The MY Serenity superyacht was a key part of the second season of Succession.

The yacht was used as a backdrop for many of the shows pivotal moments, including the Roy familys business meetings and the familys extravagant parties.

The yacht was also used as a refuge for the family during difficult times, providing a safe and luxurious space in which the Roys could relax and enjoy each others company.

The MY Serenity superyacht is a magnificent vessel that perfectly captures the lavish lifestyle of the Roy family in Succession.

From its luxurious interior to its Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym, and helipad, the MY Serenity is the ideal setting for the Roy familys extravagant lifestyle.

The yacht was featured prominently throughout Season 2 of the show and was an integral part of the shows plot.

Scene Descriptions Featuring MY Serenity Superyacht

The MY Serenity superyacht is featured prominently throughout the second season of Succession.

It is the primary setting for a number of important plot points and is used to illustrate the Roy familys luxurious lifestyle.

In one of the more memorable scenes from the show, Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox, is seen on the yacht with his daughter, Shiv, talking about the familys future.

The scene takes place on the sun-drenched deck and is set against the backdrop of the crystal-clear waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

In another scene, the MY Serenity superyacht is used as a backdrop for a party hosted by the Roy family.

Complete with champagne and caviar, the party serves as a symbol of the familys wealth and success.

The yacht also features prominently in a scene where the family gathers for dinner in the interior dining room, discussing business and family affairs.

The MY Serenity superyacht is also seen in a number of other scenes throughout the show.

In one scene, the yacht is used as a backdrop for a romantic rendezvous between two of the characters.

In another, the yacht is the setting for a dramatic confrontation between two of the family members.

No matter the scene, the MY Serenity superyacht serves as a reminder of the wealth and power of the Roy family.

Themes of Succession Season 2

Succession Season 2 is full of luxurious and decadent settings, and the appearance of the MY Serenity yacht is the perfect encapsulation of this.

Throughout the season, the yacht is used to explore themes of wealth, power, family, legacy, and ambition.

As the Roy family grapple with their relationships and their place in the world, the yacht serves as a backdrop to some of the most important developments in the show.

The yacht symbolizes the Roy familys power and status, and its sumptuous interior and modern amenities represent their privileged lifestyle.

The yacht also serves to emphasize the familys complicated relationships, as they navigate the highs and lows of their lives together.

The yacht is a physical representation of their lifestyle, and it is used to illustrate their complicated dynamics, and the often-tumultuous nature of their relationships.

Guest Appearances on MY Serenity

The luxurious MY Serenity was put to good use throughout the second season of Succession.

As part of the Roy familys extravagant lifestyle, the yacht played host to a number of guests, such as a high-profile investor, the CEO of a rival company, and a powerful media mogul.

These guests were treated to the yachts impressive amenities and features, such as its full-beam master suite, five guest cabins, Jacuzzi, swimming pool, gym, and helipad.

Throughout their stay, these guests and the Roys engaged in interesting conversations and negotiations, which drove the plot forward and added to the shows dramatic tension.

One of the most memorable scenes from this season took place on the MY Serenity.

After a night out at the casino, Logan Roy (the head of the Roy family) and his son Kendall had a heated confrontation, resulting in a deep rift between them.

This scene was filmed on the yachts deck and provided viewers with a glimpse of the yachts impressive features.

The MY Serenity also featured in the shows final episode.

At the end of the season, Logan and his family sailed away on the yacht, leaving the audience to ponder their uncertain fate.

The yachts impressive features and luxurious amenities provided the perfect backdrop for the Roy familys dramatic story.

Overall, the MY Serenity played an important role in the second season of Succession.

From hosting powerful guests to providing a dramatic backdrop for key scenes, the yacht proved to be an integral part of the show.

Its luxurious amenities and impressive features added to the shows glamorous atmosphere and provided viewers with a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyle of the Roy family.

Final Thoughts

The MY Serenity is a magnificent vessel, and it played a pivotal role in the second season of Succession.

The yacht’s luxurious design and features created the perfect backdrop for the Roy family’s decadent lifestyle.

Its modern interior and expansive spaces provided the perfect setting for key plot points, as well as guest appearances from some of the show’s most memorable characters.

Now that you know which superyacht was used in Succession, why not take a closer look at the features and scenes that make MY Serenity so memorable?

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Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession”

By Rachel Syme

A still from HBO Succession Season 2 episode 10. Yacht main dining area Logan meets with Roman and his team.

In January, 1973, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times flew to Nice, France, to interview the director Herbert Ross about “The Last of Sheila,” a mystery picture that he was shooting on the Côte d’Azur, much of which took place on a luxurious, hundred-and-sixty-five-foot yacht called H.M.S. Malahne. The gilded ship, which was built in England in 1937 and once helped evacuate soldiers from Dunkirk, became something of a Hollywood fixture in the nineteen-sixties and seventies: it served as the floating production office for “Lawrence of Arabia” in Jordan, was a regular Mediterranean clubhouse for Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra, and popped up in “The Last of Sheila,” as the watery summer home of a sinister film producer played by James Coburn. (There was a kernel of truth buried in this fiction: at the time of filming, H.M.S. Malahne was the property of a womanizing film producer named Sam Spiegel, who was allegedly so handsy with actresses that Billy Wilder once said that he had “velvet octopus arms.”) Dark things can happen out at sea, when people feel unmoored from both the shoreline and a landlocked sense of morality. “The Last of Sheila,” written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim—who used to host infamous mystery parties together in New York—pushes this idea to murderous excess. A group of glamorous strangers (including Raquel Welch, Ian McShane, and Dyan Cannon) set sail, people start dying, and it’s up to the viewer to discover whodunnit. In his Los Angeles Times interview, Ross acknowledged the inherent creepiness of floating stories: “If you have a group of people on a ship,” he said, “the ship becomes a metaphor for existence, you can’t help it. . . . it’s about civilization and barbarism.”

I could not stop thinking about “The Last of Sheila” while watching the Season 2 finale of “Succession,” which traps the Roy family and their closest remora on a superyacht in the Adriatic. Like H.M.S. Malahne, which would look like a dinghy beside the Roys’ “boat” (rich people never say “yacht”), their sea vessel is also the setting for a kind of murder mystery. After a series of scandals involving Waystar Royco’s cruise division (dark things happen at sea!), the company’s board demands a “blood sacrifice,” a scapegoat that they can tie up in litigation while the empire sails on, more or less unscathed. Each person who boards the ship knows that they could end up as the one overboard.

A still from HBO Succession Season 2 episode 10. Croatia beach Tom wondering if he's the fall guy.

And yet they look fabulous. Relaxed. Expensive. Carefree. Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. Like Cannon in “Sheila,” who wore oversized tinted glasses and a circus of colorful caftans and straw hats, even as she was fearing for her life, the Roys, in resort wear, are engaging in high-stakes high fashion, on the high seas.

When I wrote about the fashion on “Succession” earlier this fall, I argued that the Roys are a family of “little pleasure or sparkle,” that, in spite of their money, they are tasteful to a fault, dressing protectively in uniforms of beige cashmere rather than in eccentric couture. I spoke to the show’s costume designer, Michelle Matland, who told me that this was accurate—but that she could not wait for me to see the finale, where we would get to see a different side of the Roy dress code. “I shouldn’t even be telling you this,” she said, at the time. “But they go on a yacht. We get to see them at play.”

Even with this tip-off, the Roys’ maritime peacocking came as a thrilling visual surprise. At last, here was the family in private, dressing only for each other. “Sails out, nails out, bro,” as Kendall instructed Cousin Greg . And while their fashion choices are more adventurous at sea—Tom’s pink linen Ralph Lauren jacket, Shiv’s flowy white Hobbs jumpsuit with an oversized waist sash, Willa’s floral Equipment dress, which she likely bought after seeing it on Kate Middleton—there is still a sense of gloom that seeps through the pastels. I spoke to J. Smith-Cameron, who plays Gerri, Waystar Royco’s general counsel, who did her best Sue Mengers impression in a series of Cynthia Rowley caftans. Smith-Cameron told me that she wanted to look like she was seasick with stress, even in spangles. “We see these people on this plush boat on the Adriatic with delicious food, and there’s a pool and a slide and Jet Skis,” she said. “But everyone is filled with dread. So it was actually meant to be jarring: beautiful surroundings with long faces and furtive glances, not people enjoying themselves. So all of our resort wear is meant to look nice but at the same time be amusingly counter.”

Matland echoed this sentiment. Tom, for example, is coming off his disastrous performance at the congressional hearings on Waystar Royco’s crimes and is “highly agitated,” she said. “His clothing, which was a lot of Ralph Lauren linen suits, is there to belie the fact that he is on the edge of a breakdown. He is constantly trying to look as if he is comfortable—pink linens say honeymoon, vacation, enjoyment—but it is there to cover for the fact that he is unhinged.”

Matland’s goal with the episode was to telegraph the shared anxiety that each character feels while laundering this panic through the resort-wear section of Bergdorf Goodman. Kendall (Jeremy Strong), who quietly slumps around, wears a tiny Paul Stuart trilby hat (Strong’s idea), which Matland says serves as both a security blanket and as a sign that he is feeling deeply insecure. “The hat was crumpled, if you’ll notice,” she said. “It was purposefully imperfect.”

In the final twist, when Kendall turns saboteur, he is back in his city armor: a sharp, fitted Tom Ford suit that almost shines like sharkshin. He sheds the earth tones that he has been wearing all season and dons the color black—a mournful color, but also one that marks him as an assassin, capable of patricide. He’s lost his blingy Oliver Peoples sunglasses, the typical eyewear of rich scions who have a trust fund and personal shoppers who run errands to SoHo; he is at last seeing clearly.

Sunglasses were crucial to this episode, Matland told me, when it came to winking at subtle differences between characters. Shiv, for example, wears traditional Ray-Bans, a sign that she wants to traffic in old-money rituals rather than in flashy ostentation. (“It was significant that she did not wear Gucci or Prada,” Matland said.) Tom’s sunglasses in his much memed chicken-stealing moment , right after he breaks down about his unhappy marriage, are Persol, an old-world Italian brand favored by worldly celebrities, most notably by Anthony Bourdain, who wore his pair all over the globe. His shades are as close to representing rebelliousness as one can get in the Roys’ world. Tom is past his breaking point; he’s having his Brando moment.

A still from HBO Succession Season 2 episode 10. Logan on the top deck.

Logan never lets his guard down, even in the sun—his sun hat is wool, from Walker Slater, a tweedy, posh haberdasher from Scotland. Nor does Roman, who, despite being the most feckless character, may also be the most authentic, in that he almost never changes his costume. “He has a uniform he’s super-comfortable in,” Matland said. “Blue oxford button-ups. Always.”

As for Shiv, most of her boat wear, including her cream pinstripe suits, is Ralph Lauren Purple Label, a sign that she arrived on the ship most prepared for professional ruthlessness. She wants the top job, she’s dressed for it, and she’s willing to throw her husband under the bus for it, save for a rare moment of weakness in front of her father. Her one whimsical touch is an oversized straw hat with a black ribbon, from the Brooklyn brand Lola, which makes her look pampered and pastoral, like an extra from “ Anne of Green Gables .” Even with her sharp, new-ish bob and architectural wardrobe, Shiv is still a spoiled, priggish little girl who throws tantrums if she can’t get her way, and her accessories betray her true nature. (As a side note, Smith-Cameron told me that she was so taken with Shiv’s hat that she went out and bought one for herself after the episode wrapped.)

In “Succession,” no detail is out of place. Like a classic whodunnit, it is the kind of show that begs rewatching, studying, squinting at with a gimlet eye. If you run the finale back, you might wonder when exactly Cousin Greg decided to betray Logan and give Kendall the incriminating documents that he stole. Was it while shirtless and in baggy swim trunks, drinking a mediocre rosé, or was it while he was wearing a navy Lacoste polo on the Roys’ private jet? When Greg first boards the yacht, in a striped French blue sweater and tailored khaki shorts, he looks suspiciously like Tom Ripley, a sleek interloper in the world of luxury who is willing to kill to survive. Perhaps even then Greg was eager to turn traitorous. Matland, who worked on the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” understands more than most how to make summer attire appear instantly malevolent. She creates a world of sunny poplins and ivory linens and breathable cottons, but, in the end, we are the ones left holding our breath.

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It will be (family) business as usual when Succession ’s contentious Roy clan returns for the fourth and final season of the HBO series on March 26. Perpetually discontent siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Connor (Alan Ruck) aren’t likely to accept being excluded from the merger their media-mogul father Logan (Brian Cox)—with an assist from Shiv’s husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen)—has orchestrated with GoJo streaming CEO Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård).

But internecine power struggles among this privileged company have their perks. Rather than taking place in dull corporate boardrooms, the battles over Logan’s C-suite have played out in glamorous locations befitting a billionaire and his entitled kids. Ahead of this season’s premiere—with a trailer that hints at destinations including a Pacific Palisades mansion and Matsson’s home turf of Norway—we tour some of the series’ top filming spots that are open to the public or available for rent.

The cocktail party which kicked off the siblings’ mother’s wedding weekend was filmed at La Foce.

This famous 3,500-acre estate in southern Tuscany, with its lush lawns, clipped hedges, and pine stands, is said to have Italy’s most beautiful gardens—and boasts the first cypress-lined lanes designed by famous English landscape gardener Cecil Pinsent. Though the property can accommodate up to 24 guests, only some Roys bedded down there during their mother Lady Caroline Collingwood’s (Harriet Walker) destination wedding in season three.

Also notable about the Renaissance mansion in Val d’Orcia is the role it played in World War II, when its owners, Iris Origo and her husband Antonio Origo, offered refuge to children and escaped prisoners of war.

The wedding ceremony was filmed at Villa Cetinale.

This 17th-century 13-bedroom Italian mansion near Siena was the venue for Collingwood’s Tuscany nuptials to Peter Munion (Pip Torrens) in season three. Built for Pope Alexander VII, the cream-colored villa with its own chapel is surrounded by aristocratic gardens with Baroque sculptures, where the wedding reception took place.

This gorgeous pool becomes the scene of a scary moment for Kendall Roy.

Located in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia , this former rest house with exposed wood-beam ceilings and original stone- and brickwork, was originally used by Christian pilgrims. Kendall and his kids called the country casa home during his mom’s wedding in season three. The six-bedroom, six-bath villa has modern amenities, a fireplace, and a pool—where Kendall almost drowned.

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Accessible only by boat, this meticulously restored überprivate 19th-century estate was Matsson’s vacation home in season three. The nine-bedroom main house with a separate boathouse has panoramic lake views and is decorated with Italian antiques and fine art. Accommodating 17 people, the property is surrounded by lush gardens and has a heated infinity pool, pool house with a screening room and gym, and a tennis court. The secluded getaway is on the western shore of Lake Como, not on Lake Maggiore in northern Switzerland as Succession suggested, and is available to rent through Bellini Travel .

The Roys visit this New Mexico property in season one.

The Land of Enchantment was anything but when the Roys descended on Santa Fe, New Mexico, in season one for a family summit at this sprawling 190-acre property where bison roam free. Supposedly owned by Connor, the 11-bedroom art-filled main residence filled with formal Spanish furnishings was designed by William F. Tull, who was considered the southwest’s best designer of adobe structures. Mogul Jochen Zeitz bought the ranch (available for stays ) in 2012, and turned it into an authentic—troweled plaster walls and vaulted brick ceilings—Pueblo-style place that includes a cantina inspired by a 300 year-old Spanish cowboy bar, a carriage house, and a chapel, all connected by Mexican stone pathways.

A Long Island hotel and wedding venue stood in for a Hungarian hunting lodge in season two.

A 109,000-square-foot, 127-room French-style mansion in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, stood in for the Hungary location where Waystar senior staff decamped for a company hunting retreat that included season two ’s infamous “boar on the floor” game. Built by Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1920s, the now meticulously restored chateau was the financier’s summer retreat. It remains the second-largest private home ever built in the US and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Roys were hardly able to enjoy their time aboard this luxurious yacht.

A superyacht was the Roys’ private floating hotel at the end of season two as they cruised the Croatian Adriatic around Cavtat—dubbed the Dubrovnik Riviera. On the 279-foot, five-deck luxury vessel—with amenities that include an infinity pool, bar with a piano, nightclub with a DJ station, and full spa (sauna, steam room, beauty salon)—it was decided that Kendall would take the fall for the company’s cruise ship malfeasance. But not before a stop on the island of Korčula and its Old Town—listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and a business meeting at Cupido , a restaurant with a modern take on Mediterranean dishes and views over Korčula’s archipelago.

Shiv honored her English roots by having her wedding at a UK castle in season one.

This 19th-century medieval castle in Herefordshire on the edge of the Cotswolds is the elegant estate where Shiv’s ill-fated marriage to Tom took place in season one . The venue that’s truly a favorite wedding site was built between 1810 and 1824 by the Second Baron (Lord) John Somers Cocks and is still owned by his descendants. Visitors can explore the revival castle’s opulent state rooms and bedrooms, as well as grounds that include a deer park, arboretum, and manmade lake.

The exterior of The Shed in New York City.

This visual arts and performance space on New York City’s West Side was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group as part of the 28-acre Hudson Yards complex. It was transformed into the over-the-top birthday venue—replete with a walk-thru vagina—for Kendall’s 40th in season three. Known for its shell design featuring a moveable 16,0000-square-foot outer skeleton, the structure expands and contracts using industrial crane technology and can envelop the adjacent 20,000-square-foot plaza.

Here, the Roys hold court in a Plaza hotel suite.

Though it’s The Jefferson Hotel entrance that’s seen when the Roys arrive at a Virginia political conference in season three, it’s New York City’s iconic Plaza Hotel that provided the meetings’ interior scenes. The king-making Roys mingled with potential presidential candidates in the elegant five-star’s public (The Palm Court, Terrace Room, Grand Ballroom) and private (Royal Suite) rooms before anointing their man.

Roman and Gerri in a scene filmed at Whiteface Lodge.

Roman and Gerri (J. Smith Cameron) in a scene filmed at Whiteface Lodge.

This modern Adirondack-style lodge evoking the rustic timber design of retreats built during the Gilded Age is where various Roys attended the Argestes tech conference in season two. Though the main lodge’s wood-beamed exterior may be 19th-century style, the Lake Placid, New York, property offers 21st-century accommodations and amenities, including a spa.

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From NYC skyscrapers to luxe Italian villas, here's your 'Succession' filming locations field guide as we get stuck into season 4

Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Jeremy Strong in Succession season 3 episode 2, Succession filming locations

Hurrah—the Roys are back with more family drama, insane wealth, and opulent Succession filming locations! Season four of the hit HBO show is currently airing, and while we've all been pretty pre-occupied with *that* plot development in episode 3, the transatlantic series once again sees the scheming employees of Waystar Royco, and the Roy family themselves, traversing the world—from iconic New York City settings, to vast California estates.

Across the four seasons, the series has used IRL locations (only a few scenes are filmed on studio sets) to accurately flaunt the billionaire lifestyle of the Roy clan, a ruthless family tree that owns and runs one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. The Roys and their employees never usually stay in one place for too long, travelling the world for business deals, family events, and lavish parties. So where exactly are the main Succession filming locations across all four seasons?

If you want to step into the gilded world of Waystar yourself, here's a field guide to Succession' s filming locations—from flashing city enclaves, to country retreats.

*Warning: Spoilers for all Succession seasons (including season 4) below!*

Succession filming locations: A field guide

1. new york city.

The Roy family and their Waystar Royco media empire are based out of New York City in the show ( if you know what Succession based on , this won't come as a surprise). So naturally, the bulk of filming does actually take place in good ol' Gotham. Main filming locations include the headquarters of Waystar, which were set at the World Trade Center in seasons one and two, but moved to the 28 Liberty Street skyscraper for seasons three and four. Then, there's Logan Roy's expansive Fifth Avenue apartment, which—as fans who are caught up with season 4 will know—features heavily in episode 3.

Logan's apartment (or is it now Connor's?!) is actually filmed on a set, meaning that sadly the beautiful location doesn't exist in real life. However, the lobby of the building is real, and is filmed at the American Irish Historical Society.

We've also had multiple glimpses into Kendall's NY apartment—and the impressive penthouse is real, spanning three floors. It's located on 180 East 88th Street.

Over the four seasons, NYC production has bounced all over the boroughs, from the highbrow hotels of midtown like The Pierre and The Plaza, to the East New York Freight Tunnel in Brooklyn where Tom's bachelor party takes place. We're looking forward to seeing what other New York spots the Roys hit up next.

2. California

Season 4 of Succession kicks off with three of the four Roy siblings ( Shiv , Roman, and Kendall), masterminding a new start-up—'The Hundred'—at a palatial Los Angeles home, high up in the hills.

The property couldn't really get much slicker, with an expansive outdoor pool, all-glass walls, and a panoramic view of the city. And it turns out that the property is real; and just as expensive as you might have guessed.

This scene was filmed at a real home in Pacific Palisades, which was recently bought by a young tech billionaire for an eye-watering $83 million. With approximately 20,000 square feet of space, six bedrooms, 18 (?!) bathrooms, an outdoor sauna, and a kitchen design by Nobu, it's certainly a location fitting for the Roy family. And when it comes to Succession filming locations, it doesn't get much pricier.

And that's not the only Californian location in season 4 so far. When the Roy kids make a hurried dash to Nan Pierce's estate to close the deal on buying Pierce Global Media, in actuality, it was just a short drive to Santa Barbara, about an hour and a half from the center of Los Angeles.

It's thought that the Peabody Estate provided the setting of the fictional Pierce Estate. And interestingly, its real life owner isn't too far off its fictional owner. It's reported that the property was bought by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for $30.8 million, in 2020.

3. United Kingdom

Like Brian Cox, the actor playing him, Logan Roy was born in Dundee, Scotland, a locale we get to see for ourselves in season two when the Roy patriarch visits his birthplace to celebrate his 50th anniversary as CEO of Waystar Royco.

The UK also served as the setting for Shiv and Tom's wedding at the end of season one, which was held at her mother's family estate in England and was shot at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.

3. Long Island, NY

Although the majority of the action happens in New York City proper, the moneyed, eastern edges of New York also see some Roy shenanigans throughout the series. Oheka Castle in Huntington, NY, stood in for the Roys' Hungarian hunting lodge, the setting of the infamous "Boar on the Floor" scene from season two.

Fans got to see Logan Roy's Hamptons home in the beginning of season two. The actual home is the 1960 Henry Ford Estate in Mecox Bay, Southampton, chosen to signify Logan's "new money" sensibilities, reports Vulture . The show's production designer Stephen Carter told the outlet: “Given the age of the character, he would have been forming his impressions of what trendy style would be in the sixties.”

Season two opened in the Land of Fire and Ice, where Kendall Roy was holed up in a swanky rehab clinic following the tragic accident that took place at the end of the first season.

Speaking to Filmmaker magazine, Carter said of the Icelandic setting: "With about a week to go, we were locationless, which was a little bit scary. I’d been a big fan of Black Mirror and remembered a house I’d seen on an episode, which I knew was in Iceland. It happened to be available, and we jumped all over that. It was a fantastically stark location."

5. New Mexico

The season one episode "Austerlitz" sees the whole Roy clan head to Connor Roy's sprawling New Mexico estate for a publicized family therapy session. Playing the part of the southwestern home is Rancho Alegre, a Santa Fe private house/museum with panoramic views of the Ortiz and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The Succession New Mexico ranch has 11 bedrooms, a wine cellar, a media room, and is sat on 190 acres—and amazingly, you can actually stay there yourself (if you've got the cash, of course). The home can be booked for private stays—with seven nights minimum booking preferred), or private events.

6. The Adriatic Sea

The finale of season two sees the Roy family and their closest Waystar cohorts lounging and backstabbing on an 85-meter super-yacht off the coast of Croatia.

Filming took place in the picturesque shores of Cavtat, Korčula, Mljet and Šipan, aboard the rather majestic super-yacht SOLANDGE, which measures in at a whopping 279ft and has accommodation for up to 12 guests.

7. Tuscany, Italy

While the Succession season 2 finale capped in Croatia, season three finished off in typically glam fashion in Tuscany. One of the most stunning Succession locations so far, Villa Cetinale, a 17th-century villa and gardens in Sovicille, served as the wedding location of Caroline Collingwood, Shiv, Kendall, and Roman's mother.

Plenty of other scenes were filmed across the region too, with the Italian filming locations in season three including Villa La Cassinella in Lake Como, which serves as the backdrop for GoJo founder Lukas Matsson's home, while a tense discussion between Shiv and husband Tom Wambsgans took place in the the hamlet and village of Bagno Vignoni, located in the commune of San Quirico d'Orcia.

Finally, Caroline's bachelor party, which sees her and Shiv partake in an awkward heart-to-heart, was filmed in the town of Cortona, in the Arezzo province.

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It feels weird to spoiler warn something “ Succession ” has built towards and hinted at since the pilot. But spoilers abound!

Death comes for us all, even for Logan Roy ( Brian Cox ). The inescapability of that truth, as much as any tears, denial, guilt, and/or panic, is what makes Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” so affecting. The rhythm of the edit and, as director Mark Mylod put it, the “sadism” of the camera reinforces that reality, refusing to let the Roys beg, browbeat, or weasel their way past the one force even Logan couldn’t cow: time.

Mylod and cinematographer Patrick Capone hammer home the helplessness of this moment and the illogical gravity of grief by delivering maybe the fullest version of the visual and dramatic approach that has made “ Succession ” so remarkable. They, veteran camera operators Gregor Tavenner and Ethan Borsuk, and the shows’ actors stress-tested the series’ preference for shooting as freshly as possible with as long a take as possible. The limit for takes on “Succession” is usually about 10 minutes, as the show shoots with film that must be reloaded once the reel is used up. But for the sequence where the siblings learn that Logan died en route to Sweden (putting business over family until the very end), Mylod and the actors wanted to cover about 30 pages of material in one go.

“That felt like it really needed to be an unbroken take, an unflinching take,” Mylod told IndieWire. “Normally, if there’s a [dramatic] moment, we explore it fully and even go beyond it, so having to artificially say, ‘OK, we have to cut there because the camera’s run out,’ felt just a little less than satisfying, even though the work that the actors and everybody was doing was fantastic. Patrick Capone, my brilliant friend and DP, was the key to it. The camera team basically worked out a way where they could have the two camera operators hide a bunch of film magazines around the set all over the place. Perhaps even a third camera body to pick up at some point. And [we just went] for it [and] I’m so glad we did. I’m really proud of that take.”

The Roy siblings embracing each other in Episode 3 of Season 4 of

The show’s two cameras dance around the actors, exposing how small Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv ( Sarah Snook ), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are by moving through the scene with them and reacting like an unseen person in the room who is turning to us and oh-so-quietly whispering, “What the fuck?” For this massive 30-minute take, a third camera was added so that as one camera did a quick reload, at least one operator was always following the siblings wherever they went and however they navigated the multiple decks of the ship to find somewhere less exposed to process the shock of losing their father.

But one of the great joys of “Succession” has always been that the trappings of wealth do not necessarily afford the Roys any dignity. Setting Connor’s (Alan Ruck) wedding aboard a yacht in the New York harbor, underneath a bright and beautiful blue sky, played a key part in how Mylod and Capone use composition to create the feeling of sudden, isolating grief. “The positioning of the boat with the stern facing out into New York Harbor was to me a lovely visual contradiction,” Mylod said.

“On the one hand, you have all the freedom of the water and the harbor and the great adventure of New York City out beyond. But at the same time, these characters are trapped in this little glass cage, in this VIP room, trapped in their grief and in their frustration of not being able to get the knowledge or comfort they seek. That, to me, was the perfect visual juxtaposition. And so when Kendall finally goes up onto the deck, that’s the first time you can properly breathe,” Mylod said.

Succession Season 4 Episode 3 Jeremy Strong Sarah Snook

But one of the ingenious things about the episode is that the visuals don’t draw attention to themselves as technical feats. In fact, the show deliberately diffuses most of the bravura camera moves with quick cut-ins so that nothing feels like a “Oner” with a Capital O, and so the perspective of the camera never distracts from the emotion of the sequence.

“One of the things I’m most proud of in the whole way that we’ve evolved this way of shooting is this dance that’s evolved between the camera operators and the actors over the years,” Mylod said. “We’ve tried to evolve this idea of the camera, and therefore by extension the viewer and sometimes the characters themselves, barely keeping up with events. The whole way in which we try to manifest [this approach] is that we rarely rehearse, and we never rehearse with cameras. We throw the actors and the camera operators together into a space, with sometimes very little guidance from me. They’ve just learned to anticipate one another – I don’t know of any other show that does that in quite the same way – and I’m really proud of it.”

The frisson of the actor and camera scrambling for perspective and control is beautifully, heartbreakingly counterbalanced in Logan’s death scene by cutting back to the scene onboard the airplane. The episode uses each new shot of Tom (Matthew MacFadyen) on the plane as a kind of punctuation mark that only feeds the desperation and denial on the boat.

Roman, Shiv, and Kendall Roy in a private room on a yacht in Episode 3 of Season 4 of

“The biggest single dilemma, for me anyway, was the aircraft side of [Logan’s death sequence] initially. Particularly during that 30-page section, a lot of that was supposed to be played off in that you’d hear Tom on the phone, obviously, and that was Matthew live [on the call] each time. But you wouldn’t necessarily cut to the aircraft much, if at all, during that section. But we thought we’d shoot it anyway, and Matthew and the rest of the cast on the plane were so damn compelling. It was really hard to get the balance between intercutting the boat and the aircraft at that point in the story,” Mylod said. “We ended up cutting to Matthew’s side of the call a lot more than we originally intended because he was so good.”

The other moment in the episode that was both planned and surprising was the final shot: Kendall alone on the tarmac after his father’s body is taken off the plane. That was always the final moment of the script, but Mylod didn’t call cut. “We let the moment play on. And actually, you know, in certain takes, Jeremy’s character broke down completely, emotionally. One of the takes, one of my favorites, was a continuation of the one we actually used. The moon happened to be rising very beautifully behind him.”

In that unused take, Mylod let the camera roll past Kendall getting into his car, the ambulance driving away, the police cars leaving, and the press trudging away on the other side of the fence. Mylod held on a very “lone and level sands” composition of just the plane sitting on the runway. “There was that lovely kind of emptying of the stage, you know. The play is over, and all the players exiting. That was really beautiful and very emotional for me,” Mylod said. “It would’ve been beautiful, and Nicholas Britell would’ve scored the hell out of it. But the right moment was [the one in the episode]. It’s the zenith, all the complications and contradictions going through Kendall’s head, seeing his father’s body there.”

Nothing better encapsulates the visual sensibility of “Succession” than that preference for finding landscapes that betray the characters’ ambitions, making them look small, showing them at that peak moment when their emotions leak through, and then cutting away. Much like Logan himself, the show’s cameras always put business over pleasure.

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The fourth, and final, season of HBO’s Succession has just started, and it picks up where season three ended, with some of the most crucial scenes taking place on a 279-foot megayacht cruising in the Adriatic not far from Dubrovnik, Croatia.

At that time, the fictional Roy family, owners of the media giant Waystar (if you don’t think of Fox and Rupert Murdoch you’re not paying attention) have gathered for a critical business meeting. The first evening on board, Logan, the patriarch, announces that he will have to fire one of them (or another leader of the company) to satisfy his investors and troublesome Congressional investigators.

The yacht, Solandge , a $174 million Lürssen launched in 2013, is a perfect setting for a corporate beheading. Indeed, Mark Mylod, the show’s director, said it was “the ultimate gilded cage to trap these characters in” with the metaphor of throwing one of them overboard.

Solandge , as it turns out, is close to gilded; the interior does not include gold, but it does include 49 different marble and granite surfaces, and 30 types of wood. It holds 12 guests in eight cabins plus 29 crew in 15 cabins. Its six decks include a private owner’s deck, where the bulwarks have been lowered so they don’t interfere with the view from the bed.

Elsewhere, Solandge has a helipad, a dance floor with a DJ setup on the upper deck, a Jacuzzi, a fully stocked wine cellar, spa, massage room, elevator, and what Moran, which charters it, calls “a number of bars, buffet areas and even a large swimming pool.”

The toys include diving equipment, three Yamaha WaveRunners, wakeboards, kayaks and four tenders, including a 36-foot Fjord.

Solandge is powered by two 2,660-hp CATs. It cruises at 15 knots, tops out at 18 knots, and has a range of 6,000 nm.

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Behind the scenes of HBO hit 'Succession': How set designer Stephen H. Carter used a $145 million Hamptons mansion and a yacht in Croatia to bring the billionaire characters' lifestyle to the screen

HBO's hit show "Succession" follows the billionaire Roy family through an internal battle for power over their aging father's media conglomerate.
From castles to glistening yachts, viewers are treated to sweeping sets befitting this billionaire lifestyle.
Business Insider caught up with Stephen H. Carter, the show's production designer, to find out how he put the show's look together.
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Season one of HBO hit show Succession chronicled the billionaire Roy family's internal battle for power over their aging father's media conglomerate, Waystar Royco. While the season took viewers through multiple grandiose sets, the Roys' world centered on Logan's apartment on NYC's so-called Millionaires Row.

The pilot pulled together several locations for the home, including the Harold Pratt House and the Irish-American Historical Society in NYC. After that, production designer Stephen H. Carter built a permanent replica on set.

Carter made subtle tweaks, though, like improving the floor plan so camerawork was easier. He also nixed some of the pricier details, like the library — only briefly glimpsed in episode one, it was easy to elide.

As the show's cachet snowballed via multiple Emmy nominations, "Succession's" budgets expanded. So, too, did its onscreen horizons — and Carter was tasked with sending the Roys and their acolytes out into the world.

The most valuable material on this set was foam

In season two, episode three, "Hunting," several members of the Roy family and the company's executives embark on a hunting trip in Hungary.

The scene, though, was shot much closer to HBO's New York City headquarters — out on Long Island, at Oheka Castle , one of America's biggest private homes. Built by Robber Baron-era investment banker Otto Kahn, it incorporates a strange safeguard: After a previous mansion burned to the ground, Kahn insisted it be made of concrete to ensure it was fireproof.

That chilly brutalism is unlike any other property on the East End, but redolent of Eastern European estates. It also posed an intriguing problem for Carter.

Logan Roy's inner child? Think Austin Powers.

Another new location for season two: the so-called Summer Palace, Logan's weekend retreat.

It's another 20,000-square-foot mega mansion, most recently listed for sale at $145 million in 2019, but this one wasn't built in the Gilded Age. Instead, it was constructed in 1960 for Henry Ford II, grandson of the car magnate. Carter kitted it out with a shagadelic lushness.

"I figured when Royco would have been consolidated with Waystar, that's when Logan would feel like he had made it, and that would have been the late 60s and early 70s. Until then, he would have been maneuvering, a young man going to parties, trying to figure out who his first wife would be. That's the point that things are most indelible on you," he explained of how Logan's taste was shaped. "So we made the décor here trying to be sort of classy, I guess, but within what would have been considered modern and practical in the late 1960s."

Boats and planes were the big addition to season two

After a yacht was nixed from season one's sets, Carter said he was thrilled to find both a plane and a boat on the call sheet for season two.

It was no G5 for Logan Roy, though, but a customized 737 that was recreated on a soundstage. The dividers between the cabins were a deliberate move on Carter's part to maximize the characters' opportunities for eavesdropping on each other.

As part of his research, he also toured the workshops of a firm that specializes in jet interiors. Carter was staggered to see one hallway filled with bolts of fabric, including one that resembled mylar — but was actually woven gold alloy.

"The bolts weren't for new projects, but leftovers," he said. "The company kept getting calls to come in and relay carpets or reupholster seats after someone spilled red wine."

Scouting locations on the high seas

The team wanted to hire a boat that it could set-dress for the show. Unfortunately, per Carter, that posed a challenge specific to the superyacht world.

"We spent a lot of time looking at boats, but when we'd see one with a great look, we would keep finding out it was owned by someone whose money was covered in blood — so we couldn't do business with them for ethical reasons," Carter said.

Eventually, in Cannes, they found one that checked both ethical and aesthetic boxes — at least on the outside. The interior, though, was distractingly glitzy.

Carter shipped some unlikely items, like huge pieces of heavy Japanese paper, to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where they would be shooting. He used them to hide the walls of the entry passage, which were translucent, backlit purple stone.

"A little disco bling to me," he laughed of the yacht's original look. "That certainly wasn't very Marcia and Logan." Groovy, baby.

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The Absolute Best Filming Locations in Succession History

From a Norwegian hotel to Italian villas, these are the most extravagant spots in the HBO show's four-season run.

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Juvet Landscape Hotel

Among the many incredible Norwegian filming locations in Succession ’s fourth season is the Juvet Landscape Hotel . “When we saw images of the remarkable architecture and setting of Juvet, we got really excited,” producer Scott Ferguson told Variety . “Norway is a glorious, natural setting. It immediately seemed like a perfect place for a family gathering in the series. We studied different countries, but we realized Norway just has this exceptional landscape—like nowhere else in the world.”

Located in a birch forest just outside of the village of Valldal in Norway, the hotel features seven landscape rooms, two “bird houses,” and a four-bed “Skrivarstua” or writer’s lodge. On the property , guests can also enjoy a bathhouse, small huts, and coves.

Other notable filming locations in Norway seen in the fourth season include the Romsdalen Gondola , Atlantic Ocean Road , and Eggen Restaurant .

San Onofre Estate

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In the premiere episode of season four, Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) convene at an unsurprisingly luxurious modern home tucked into California's Santa Monica Mountains. Specifically located in Los Angeles's Pacific Palisades neighborhood on San Onofre Drive, the 20,000-square-foot mansion blends indoor-outdoor living with high-tech features. The six-bedroom, 18-bathroom home was built by real estate developer Ardie Tavangarian in 2020. In 2021, it was reportedly sold to a young tech CEO for $83 million. Learn more about the property's incredible, over-the-top amenities here .

Villa Cetinale

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The true star of Succession ’s third season is a lavish Tuscan palazzo called Villa Cetinale. The 17th-century architectural marvel comes complete with famous gardens that feature holy wood, a tennis court, a heated pool, and a center for horse racing. The Roman Baroque-style villa—which you can book as a private rental for a vacation or wedding—also has a park that features “seven votive chapels, sixteen full-length statues and 29 busts, as well as many stone animals and monsters,” according to its website.

Another stunning Italian destination featured as a wedding venue in season three is La Foce in Southern Tuscany. Built in the late 15th century, the property is made up of six historic houses—all of which are available to book for an extravagant stay. The renowned gardens on the property were designed by one of the owners Iris Origo and the English architect Cecil Pinsent. They are"considered today to represent the ideal combination between the natural landscape and XXth-century architecture, blending Italian and English traditions and taste," according to the property's website.

Villa La Cassinella

Right on Lake Como, Villa La Cassinella was used to portray tech visionary Lukas Matsson's (Alexander Skarsgård) secluded private estate in season three. Only accessible by boat, the villa is outfitted with Italian antiques and fine art. Manicured gardens, a heated infinity edge pool, a cinema, and a gym are only a few of the delightful highlights. The property accommodates up to 17 guests for a stay and 25 people for events.

Oheka Castle

The company hunting retreat in Hungary, featured in season two, was actually shot in New York at Oheka Castle . Located on Long Island in Cold Spring Harbor, the 109,000-square-foot, 127-room estate was built by financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1920s. The castle is the second-largest private home to ever be built in the United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's available for tours and hotel stays as well as a wedding venue. Plus, it's been featured in other iconic productions including Citizen Kane .

Solandge Yacht

To further cement the Roys as a wealthy bunch, the family spends time along the Croatian coast and specifically around Cavtat on a superyacht. That yacht is portrayed by the German-built vessel called Solandge . Stretching 279 feet, it's one of the largest and most luxurious charter yachts in the world. Learn more about the yacht, including how to book it, here .

Eastnor Castle

At the end of season one, Shiv marries Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) at Eastnor Castle in the United Kingdom's Herefordshire. Built between 1810 and 1824, the medieval mansion is the home of the Hervey-Bathurst family . Visitors can stay on the estate in cottages or camp in the deer park. Tickets for castle and ground tours are available. Plus, the estate is bookable as a wedding venue, corporate event space, and party location. If you're curious to know more about the show's filming experience at the castle, you can view some behind-the-scenes images and learn details about the shoot here .

succession filming locations the plaza hotel new york city

The Roys and co. frequent various high-end spots across New York City, so naturally the show tapped The Plaza as a filming location. But here’s the twist: The iconic hotel portrays the interiors at a Virginia political conference during season three. Some of the rooms featured include a private royal suite, the Palm Court, Terrace Room, and Grand Ballroom.

Whiteface Lodge

Nestled in the Adirondacks, Whiteface Lodge sets the scene for the Argestes media conference in season two. The Lake Placid, New York, resort boasts a wood-beamed exterior and rustic interiors with carpet-covered sitting rooms and cast-iron fireplaces.

Jule Pond, the Henry Ford II Estate

In season one, viewers are taken to Logan Roy's (Brian Cox) Hamptons home. That luxury abode is portrayed by the Henry Ford II estate, which is also known as Jule Pond. The Southhampton property sits on 42 acres and was built in the 1960s by Henry Ford's grandson. It underwent a significant renovation in 2008 and sold for $105 million in November 2021. You can browse photos of the sprawling property here .

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Where was ‘Succession’ filmed?

By James Medd

With the announcement that it will be the last, the prospect of Succession’s season four becomes even more intriguing. Over just 10 more episodes, that tantalising prospect in the show’s title must finally be resolved: who will triumph in this titanic family struggle and take on leadership of Waystar Royco?

Giving us a magnificent array of irredeemably awful characters, immaculately written and beautifully played, Jesse Armstrong’s show has been one of television’s greatest pleasures, and it’s also offered some of the best money-no-object locations from around the world. While we prepare for this Battle Roy-ale, here’s a tour of the highlights from seasons one to three and a taste of what’s coming in season four. As always with Succession, expect the views to be beautiful and the behaviour to be very ugly indeed.

Season four

As the Roys regather after their Italian showdown at the end of season three, we find them back in New York. We see all four gather at Peter McManus Café, an Irish bar on Seventh Avenue that claims it’s the oldest in the city, before heading out for karaoke. They also dine at Jean-Georges in Trump Tower, while Tom visits the Mark Hotel on 77th Street.

The production also enjoys a stint on the West Coast, where the star location is a spectacular property in the Pacific Palisades in Santa Monica. A mansion on San Onofre Drive, just at the edge of the mountains and the State Park, takes in six bedrooms, including a master with a roof that opens to the stars, indoor and outdoor ‘Zen gardens’, a rooftop deck with pool and a 20-seat cinema. Built by property developer Ardie Tavangarian, it’s available to let – though be warned; it was estimated to be the second most expensive house in California in 2021.

The big news for season four is a trip to Norway , home to Lukas Matsson. The tech mogul gives the Roys a tour of his part of the country, including several locations on the west coast. As producer Scott Ferguson told Variety, the opportunity was too good to turn down: “Norway is a glorious, natural setting. It immediately seemed like a perfect place for a family gathering in the series. We studied different countries, but we realised Norway just has this exceptional landscape – like nowhere else in the world.”

The locations here include some familiar: the extraordinary islet-hopping Atlantic Ocean Road, featured in Bond outing No Time To Die as the ultimate car-chase challenge, and the Juvet Landscape Hotel. This eco-resort outside the village of Valldal was seen in the sci-fi movie Ex Machina , and is made up of nine timber pods with floor-to-ceiling windows, along with a spa and converted barn dining room – the perfect home for a tech billionaire in 2023, in other words.

There’s also a reunion afoot, with Roys meeting key Royco staff at the summit of Nesaksla mountain close to the town of Andalsnes. We see the Eggen Restaurant here, with its 360-degree views of the Romsdalshorn and Vengetindene mountains and the Rauma River, as well as the Romsdalen Gondola, a cable car that transports them the 708 metres from ground level. Filming also took place further south on Kjeragbolten, a mountain to the east of Stavanger famed for waterfalls and a suspended stone, where we find some rather energetic activities going on amid the negotiations and ever-present backstabbing.

Season Four of ‘Succession’ can be seen from Monday 27 March 2023 on Sky Atlantic and NOWTV.

Season three

After the explosive drawing of battle lines that ends season two, we find Kendall holed up in the apartment of his ex-wife Rava in New York . This expansive home is played by the five-bedroom Pavilion A of the famed Woolworth Building, at 2 Park Place in Tribeca. Opened in 1912, the neo-gothic early skyscraper was once the tallest building in the world, and remains one of the most expensive. Kendall also has a new home of his own, revealed in episode three, filmed on the 90th floor at 35 Hudson Yards, part of the newly redeveloped neighbourhood in Chelsea that also featured in series The Flight Attendant . We’re back here in episode seven for Kendall’s 40th birthday in episode seven, filmed in the development’s arts venue The Shed after it was given a makeover that includes a treehouse and an abstract expression of his mother’s birthing canal.

While Kendall is in New York, Logan retreats to Sarajevo, where he bunkers down in the Hotel Clio. This was in fact filmed in Ellenville, a town in upstate New York, at the Honor’s Haven Retreat & Conference. Similar trickery is employed for Episode six’s visit to Richmond, Virginia and the Future Freedom Summit, where the Roys meet a pair of presidential hopefuls. For the location of the summit, the production filmed the exterior of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond but shot the interiors back in New York, at The Plaza on Fifth Avenue. This venerable hotel provided its Palm Court, Terrace Room and Grand Ballroom, previously seen in various combinations in classics such as Funny Girl , North by Northwest , Arthur and Sleepless in Seattle .

Another of the city’s great hotels, the New York Marriott Marquis on Broadway, is the venue for episode five’s Waystar RoyCo shareholder meeting, while also featured in the season are The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York on East 61st Street, the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on West 53rd, and the Mandarin Oriental on Columbus Circle. Another notable New York location is the Cooper Union Foundation Building in NoHo, a brownstone from the 1850s housing a private college whose Great Hall is an established venue for speeches and art shows. It’s here that we see Cousin Greg meeting his grandfather Ewan in episode two.

After season two’s unforgettable ‘boars on the floor’ sequence, there’s also a return to the Hamptons. This time, it’s Logan and Roman alone, travelling separately in episode four to the island mansion of shareholder Josh Aaronson (Adrien Brody). His glass-walled waterfront property is in fact a private home in Wainscott, carefully shot to hide the neighbouring houses, while the surrounding area was filmed in nearby Montauk and the beaches of Shadmoor State Park and Kirk Park.

For the finale, season three goes one better than season two’s yacht trip with a Roy outing to Tuscany . British showrunner Armstrong admitted to Vulture that this was something of an in-joke for his countrymen: “I don’t know how much of a social signifier it is to Americans – anybody who can go abroad is really rich,” he said, "but [Tuscany] has this particular flavour for the English upper class. Some call it Chiantishire, in a slightly sickening way."

However the region resonates, the shoot provides some spectacular views, filmed by the same Italian crew who worked on the House of Gucci . In the starring role is Villa Cetinale in the small town of Sovicille, a 17th-century building with 13 bedrooms, a private chapel and extensive gardens, which became the wedding venue. The Roys, meanwhile, are in residence at Villa La Foce near the spa town of Chianciano Terme, with Kendall at the five-bedroom (plus, as we see, a pool) Villa Bonriposi in Legoli. We also see Shiv and Tom touring the bathing pool in the spa village of Bagno Vignoni, a full complement of Roy siblings dining with their mother at La Terrazza Del Chiostro in Pienza, and Shiv at her mother’s bachelorette party in the medieval town of Cortona.

Rivalling even Tuscany for beauty is another Italian location: the holiday home of GoJo’s Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard), which Roman visits on a whistlestop diversion in episode eight. Though we’re led to believe this is overlooking Lake Maggiore, it is in fact Villa La Casssinella on Lake Como . With a main villa, pool house with cinema and gym, formal gardens and an astonishing view, it’s only right that Matsson declares himself bored of it.

The show’s second season rings some changes, with a greater number of locations used, especially outside New York . Before then, though, we’re introduced to a new home in Manhattan for Shiv and Tom, filmed in an unspecified penthouse overlooking Brooklyn Bridge, and we see Kendall in Del Posto on 10th Avenue, the most lavish of NYC’s Italian restaurants.

In episode two, the family celebrate a child’s birthday at one of the company’s adventure parks, Brightstar – in fact, Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, upstate New York, the same location where in Season One we see Cousin Greg vomiting into his chicken costume. In episode six, we’re nearby at Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, a palatial timber resort in the Adirondacks that serves as the setting for the Argestes media conference.

Before that, episode one gives us a move reminiscent of season one’s family trip to the New Mexico ranch of eldest brother Connor, when we’re taken to a summit in Logan’s new house in the Hamptons , where a highly symbolic raccoon is causing a stink in the chimney. This is really the Henry Ford Estate at Jule Pond, in Mecox Bay, Southampton, built by Henry Ford II in 1960 and, with 42 acres and the largest ocean frontage in the region, recently valued at $175 million. Later, in episode five, the Roys visit business rivals the Pierces at another mansion, filmed at Salutation Manor in Glen Cove, on the north shore of Long Island. Situated on its own 48-acre island, this was built by a grandson of financier JP Morgan in 1919 and, with its long gallery corridors and formal drawing rooms, very much looks like it.

One of the season’s most gruelling scenes comes in episode three at the company retreat in Hungary, after a day shooting, drinking and plotting. Despite the ambience of old European royal residence, this was in fact shot close to Salutation Manor, at Oheka Castle in Huntington. Built (and named after) financier Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1910s, it’s a 127-roomed fairytale castle in the French style, down to the perfectly symmetrical sunken garden, used in photographic form as Kane’s Xanadu in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and now a hotel.

There’s also a return to the UK, this time to Logan’s hometown of Dundee, where he’s honoured at the new space-age riverside V&A Museum, and also Glasgow , where filming took place around George Square, and also doubled for scenes set in London . While there, the production took the opportunity to fly to Iceland for the season’s opening shots of Kendall in a rehab centre. According to producer/director Mark Mylod, this had originally been set at the Blue Lagoon spa close to Reykjavik but was hurriedly relocated after contractual difficulties. “With about a week to go, we were locationless, which was a little bit scary,” he told Filmmaker Magazine . “I’d been a big fan of Black Mirror and remembered a house I’d seen on an episode [season four’s Crocodile ], which I knew was in Iceland. It happened to be available, and we jumped all over that. It was a fantastically stark location.”

In sharp contrast, the season ends with the Roys amid blue skies and seas in the Aegean Sea and Croatia . This was filmed on the island of Korcula , both on the 279-foot charter yacht Solandge and in the Old Town, taking in the 15th-century St Mark’s Cathedral and shoreside restaurant Cupido.

The base for both the show and the Roy family at its centre is New York City . At its heart are two locations, patriarch Logan’s house on Fifth Avenue and the head office of his Waystar Royco empire. The home, a high-ceilinged Billionaire’s Row townhouse straight out of the Gilded Age, is created mostly in a studio. When we see the lobby, though, it’s really the entrance to the American Irish Historical Society, which is indeed on Fifth Avenue, overlooking the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. The offices, meanwhile, are recreated in two empty areas in the World Trade Center, in blocks 4 and 7, giving the authentic top-of-the-world views over Midtown Manhattan.

Season one also shows us a variety of other NYC spots, from the company gala held in the Cunard Building on Broadway in episode four to the East New York Freight Tunnel, a graffiti-heavy section of unused railroad track that provides the entrance to the elite event visited for the bachelor party of Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) in episode eight. We also see the Downtown Manhattan Heliport at Pier 6, where the family choppers out in the first episode for a high-stakes game of rounders starring rogue son Roman (Kieran Culkin), and the Bellevue Hospital, the revered institution on First Avenue where Logan is taken when he suffers a stroke.

For the final two episodes, the show moves to the UK for Shiv’s wedding. This takes place at the home of her English mother, Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), filmed at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire , a fantastical faux-medieval construction from the 19th century that has featured on film and TV for 50 years, including the BBC’s children’s classic The Box of Delights and Madonna’s reviled biopic of Wallace Simpson, W.E. (2012).

Real-life Succession in Kinsale as Billionaire's €80m superyacht pulls in for a pint at the Dock

Owner James Berwind is a fascinating character with a big story - and that's not a bad little boat

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If you're missing the mega-hit TV drama Succession - you should take a trip to Kinsale to have a look at the real thing, in the form of the superyacht Scout and its billionaire owner, heir to a massive, shared family fortune.

The gorgeous yacht 'Scout' is tied up in front of the famous Dock pub this morning, taking up quite a lot of the Castlepark Marina as it becomes the first super-yacht of the summer to visit Cork Harbour.

The Scout as an impressive 209ft superyacht built in Holland in 2019 - originally, it is believed, to a design specified by the members of the Heineken family (yes, THAT Heineken) but bought by American James Berwind in 2020 for a price believed to be around €80m.

A deep ocean cruiser, she can comfortably cater for up to 10 guests and 14 staff and with its classic lines and relatively subdued design (for a superyacht at least) is considered one of the coolest yachts in the world. The fact that it has amenities including a fully equipped gym, cinema room, 3 bars, and a huge sun deck with a jacuzzi also helps on the desirability front.

However, it's the story of the owner, James Berwind (believed to be in Kinsale with his beloved Scout, named for one of the family dogs) that is even more fascinating.

The Florida-based Berwind is an heir to a vast, shared family fortune and with his brothers and sisters, part owner of an international global corporation - but he has forged a very different path in life to his father and grandfather before him.

His famous forebears Edward Julius and Charles Frederick Berwind were the founders of the Berwind-White Coal Mining company in America in the 1860s, which became a vast mining conglomerate that it still privately held in a family trust today. It has diversified from mining into areas including manufacturing and real estate. The Berwind Corporation's real estate holdings alone are worth around $3bn dollars.

However, while the family made its fortune in fossil fuels - James Berwind and his long-time partner Kevin Clark have devoted themselves to philanthropy, mostly focused on animal welfare and environmentalism, a path that could hardly be more different from that chosen by his coal-baron forebears.

His father Charles Graham Berwind was in the coal business and kept up the family passions for pastimes like Polo and Yachting.

With a personal fortune estimated to be around €500m and as a part of the family trust overseeing the Berwind Corporation, James Berwind is an architect who - along with his siblings - runs the international philanthropy foundation Spring Point Partners , supporting projects and people involved in environmental and community development worldwide.

Their mission is equality, justice and protecting the environment, a far cry from their forebears who made their vast family wealth in the coal mines of the United States.

And James himself, who sold his Palm Beach, Florida water-side mansion for $26.7m in 2021, has founded and runs several animal shelters and charities that protect vulnerable animals.

He is reported to have made the yacht Scout a 'semi-permanent home, to be used to explore the world" along with his long-term partner Kevin Clark. And you might see the man around Kinsale over the coming days, the yacht has dropped in after a visit to Dublin and will be on its way again shortly.

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Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season four. Don’t read on unless you’ve watched episode three.

‘This is not the end ’

Well, we knew it was probably coming – the clue is right there in the show’s title – but not this soon. This gamechanging episode began with billionaire silverback Logan Roy (Brian Cox) seemingly in rude health. As he boarded a private jet to Stockholm for face-to-face negotiations with mercurial tech mogul Lukas Mattson (Alexander Skarsgård) over the impending sale of Waystar Royco, “Loganus Maximus, slayer of Vikings” barked instructions. Time to “clean out the stalls, strategic refocus, a bit more fucking aggressive”. He’s often at his most dynamic under pressure.

Or so it appears – until 18 minutes into the episode, when son Roman (Kieran Culkin) answers the phone to the “fucky-sucky brigade”. Logan had suffered breathing problems and promptly collapsed in the plane bathroom – an echo of his stroke aboard a “whirlybird” in season one. Chest compressions were being desperately administered. Daughter Shiv (Sarah Snook) had been ignoring calls from estranged husband Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen).

Tom placed his mobile phone by Logan’s ear and told the siblings to speak to their father, in case it was their last chance. Was it just me, or did you momentarily suspect some kind of sicko bluff? Tragically, it was all too real.

The Gerroman dream died too

Logan hadn’t wanted longtime legal counsel Gerri Kellman (J. Smith Cameron) at the Matsson meeting, and we learned why. While Logan ousted Cyd Peach (Jeannie Berlin), veteran boss of Fox News-alike channel ATN, Roman had to fire Gerri – secretly planning to let her retrospectively take the fall for the cruise division scandal. “You push Cyd, Roman knifes Gerri, all in a day’s work,” crowed Tom.

Romulus was so reluctant, it was cringe-inducing. He contorted his body into awkward shapes and couldn’t make eye contact with his former mentor-cum-dominatrix, babbling about her slow work on the DoJ investigation and losing Logan’s confidence. “I danced us through a thunderstorm without us getting wet,” she replied, eyes blazing. Roman sending her “repeated images of your genitalia” hadn’t helped. Roman promised a generous payoff. Simmering with fury but forever the pro, Gerri coldly closed him down.

He phoned Logan to tell him the deed was done, but left a message dripping with self-loathing: “That was horrible. You can’t expect me to keep bending over. Are you just being shitty with me? That’s the question, are you a cunt? OK, give me a buzz.” Not the ideal parting voicemail.

Logan’s run was over

In those deathbed calls, little-lost-boy Rome whispered: “You’re going to be OK because you’re a monster and you always win. You’re a good man and a good dad. You did a good job.” Kendall (Jeremy Strong) said: “I can’t forgive you but it’s OK and I love you.” Shiv struck a similar note: “Daddy, don’t go please. Not now. No excuses for the [betrayal] but it’s OK, I love you.” Some truly top-tier acting from the siblings during these scenes. Start polishing those 2024 Primetime Emmys.

The entire ensemble’s reactions to the news were revealing. Kendall requested “the best heart doctor in the world” and demanded to speak to the pilot. Roman was in denial, even when Logan was long gone. Shiv fleetingly hoped it was their mother who’d carked it and needed Advil for a stress headache. Connor (Alan Ruck) poignantly muttered: “I never got a chance to make him proud.”

Tom’s venal facade briefly melted away to reveal a human interior – until once again, we soon saw how scheming he is. He sent cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) straight to the ATN offices to delete incriminating computer files and stick tightly to Cyd. Tom lamented that he’d “lost his protector” but immediately wanted word put out that he’d been with Logan when he died.

Meanwhile, Logan’s “friend, assistant and adviser” Kerry (Zoe Winters) had a weird rictus grin and was immediately dubbed “Chuckles the Clown”. Logan had spoken to her during his last moments. What was said could prove pivotal. No wonder CFO Karl (David Rasche) reached for a “stiffener”.

Forget bridezilla, meet groomzilla

Leonard Cohen fan Connor dreamed of marrying beneath the Statue Of Liberty with attendant “razzmatazz”. His naff fantasy nearly came true. As a brass band played on the dockside, wedding guests entered through patriotic red, white and blue balloons and boarded a yacht to Ellis Island. The press were invited to revive Connor’s presidential bid. Logan had been set to miss the nuptials anyway, but he’d bought Napoleon obsessive Connor some letters between the power-crazed Corsican and Empress Joséphine. A sort of antique equivalent of the most expensive item on a John Lewis gift list.

Remember Connor micro-managing bread rolls at season one’s gala dinner? Now he fixated on cake, telling the wedding planners it was “inadequate”, for “display only, not for serving” because he didn’t want to see its “internal qualities”. Heartbreakingly, we heard that when his mother had been committed to a mental care facility, Logan gave young Connor cake to calm him down. He ate it for “a week straight”. Victoria Sponge was henceforth known as “loony cake”. Oh, Con.

He asked bride-to-be Willa (Justine Lupe) if she was merely with him for money. Well, duh. Willa sweetly reassured him that financial security was a factor but she was happy too. Should they cancel the ceremony or “could something good come out of something bad”? A closing shot showed them tying the knot as the few remaining guests applauded. A bright spot amid the darkness. Till death do us part.

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‘Reagan’s funeral with tweaks ’

This was essentially two chamber pieces – one up in the air, the other adrift on water. With his body mere metres away, Logan’s lieutenants mobilised to formulate a corporate response. Jockeying for position immediately commenced. “It’s important we’re mentioned by name,” the top team insisted. As PR chief Karolina (Dagmara Domińczyk) pieced together timelines and drew up a contact list (“the board, POTUS”), COO Frank (Peter Friedman) told the Rebel Alliance: “It’s a material event so we need to reassure the market.” When Karl suggested the family were “estranged”, Kendall bridled and denied that was the case.

Back on the ground, he began to take charge. Shiv suggested keeping the plane circling while they hatched business plans. Kendall wisely pointed out this could be perceived as cold-hearted. How they behaved was vital for the official record and their future prospects. Reporters were already circling (courtesy of Greg’s Tom-approved leak). They needed to make the statement themselves, signalling family continuity. Shiv duly told the media “we intend to shepherd the company through whatever its future may be”.

As the stock price nosedived, Ken and Roman swore at one another in a bittersweet bid to reassert normality. Shiv declined to see her father’s bodybag taken off the plane (“he’s not gonna get angry if we don’t”) and returned to Tom’s embrace. Roman rolled up his shirtsleeves and bit the bullet, still fretting about Gerri and that final voicemail. Kendall watched from a distance in the gathering gloom. The siblings seemed united and mutually supportive, but we face the prospect of seven Logan-free episodes. The game is afoot. Again.

The heir apparent

Your guess is as good as mine after the succession battle was thrown wide open again. Kendall seemed to take the lead. Shiv made the public statement. Roman was the one with Logan’s ear. Anyone? Anyone?

Line of the week

It can only be Shiv’s momentous press statement: “My father, Logan Roy, was pronounced dead on arrival at Teterboro Airport … My brothers and I want to say that Logan Roy built a great American family company … This nation lost a passionate champion and an American titan. We lost a beloved father.”

Notes and observations

Spare a thought for poor bodyguard Colin (Scott Nicholson), last seen looking shellshocked beside Logan’s limo. His “best pal” and meal ticket just turned up his toes.

Did Logan have an intimation of his waning health – hence his afterlife musings and uncharacteristic declarations of love? Did Jesse Armstrong know this episode would air at Easter?

Even at a family wedding, wealth hierarchies remained rigidly in place, with colour-coded invitations and VIP areas. Tom trusted the aircrew, the Roys definitely didn’t.

This gut-punch episode was written by showrunner Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod – the dream team behind 11 of Succession’s 31 episodes so far. Nicholas Britell’s elegiac score was beautiful too.

A respectful minute’s silence for one of Succession’s finest hours. Rejoin us here next Monday. In the meantime, wealth creators, please leave your thoughts, theories and cable-knit cardigan eulogies below.

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Succession Yacht: Solandge Yacht

September 24, 2022, succession:.

Succession is an amazing show that we all love. It is a dark comedy on HBO that started in 2018. We are always wondering what will happen with the Roy family watching this show. Furthermore, you may notice the amazing yacht they use in the season two finale. Check out the Succession yacht below.

What Yacht Was Used In Succession?

The yacht used in the second season is the Solandge.

The yacht has a cost of 160 million dollars and has a capacity of 20 people. Moreover, the yacht is actually a whopping 200 feet long. The interior is to die for. Imagine having a pool, hot tub, and even a bar on the ocean while vacationing. Moreover, the family spent time on this amazing sea craft. Also, they definitely thoroughly enjoyed being on this festive boat. It is perfect for that family as there are many water toys attached. Some of the toys include paddleboards, wakeboards, jet skis, and even scuba diving equipment. In addition, the boat is not currently owned by anyone specific and can be chartered weekly or monthly. Enjoy and vacation on this amazing yacht for a whopping $1 million per week. Finally, would you like to be on this yacht?

Specifications:

Succession Yacht Price: $160 Million

Capacity: 20 People

Succession Yacht Interior: Hot tub, pool, many seating areas

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