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A Requiem for Logan Roy
Logan Roy's entrance into the second episode of "Succession" begins with a question: "Why does everybody ask how I'm doing?"
It now looks like a signal to the audience of what's to come. Of course, the question hovering over all four seasons of "Succession" is the mortality of Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and which of his children will succeed him at the head of his companies. Or, perhaps, none of th
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