The 62-minute episode has an unquestionably unnerving quality. It provides an artistic and accurate depiction of the breakdown of democracy and the lurch toward fascism by the American ruling elite.
It’s election night, and while America is casting its votes for a right wing populist with fascist tendencies, a run-of-the-mill establishment Democrat or a delusional independent whose slogan is simply “Enough Already!”, ATN is making calls in the newsroom that challenge the very notion of democracy.
This election night “America Decides” is an ironic misnomer: the Roys are in the driver’s seat, and the results are disputable. Narrowing in on the “Succession” series finale, the eighth episode is a harrowing hour-long partisan dogfight, with Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) locked in a tug of war and a conspicuously directionless Kendall (Jeremy Strong) in the middle.