Logan meets an existential threat as the cruise scandal unravels and faces tough questions in D.C as the various Roy children rise to their family's defense. The Fly Guys are joined by Brandon Nowalk to discuss the episode's deft writing and parallels to previous inquiry episodes in the extended Armstrong-Iannucci universe.

Brandon Nowalk is a freelance critic and can be found on Twitter at @bnowalk.

Logan is visited by old ghosts in his hometown of Dundee, Scotland, as Succession lays the ground for the season's endgame. Brendan and Gabi were joined by Alex Heeney to discuss one of the season's funniest episodes, plus King Lear, death, history, and Ken.W.A.

Alex Heeney is the Editor-in-Chief of Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com), an online film criticism publication and publishing house that publishes an ebook every two months. Their most recent is the 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook, available at canadiancinemabook.com. Alex is also the host of 21st Folio and the Seventh Row podcast. Follow Alex on Twitter at @bwestcineaste.

It's a family affair as Succession revisits the emotional terrain of season one for a visit to Lady Caroline, a return to the scene of Ken's crime, and a spiritual sequel to "Austerlitz". We brought the RoyCast family together with producer Dan Black hopping on the mic to discuss this episode's subdued tone and its theme of irresolution.

The bomb planted all the way back in season one finally goes off in "Argestes" as the Roys deal with the fallout from a damaging article about "the death pit" and attempt to salvage the Pierce deal. Nick Usen joins the Fly Guys to talk the staging and direction of one of Succession's busiest hours yet.

Find Nick on Twitter at @nickusen.

Everyone shits the bed in "Tern Haven", as the Roys fly out to the Pierce family estate to close Logan's deal of a lifetime. The Fly Guys are joined by Brandy Jensen to decide whether the Pierces are worse than the Roys or merely just as bad.

Brandy Jensen is an editor for The Outline where she authors the column "Ask a Fuck Up". She is on Twitter at @brandyljensen.

Produced by Dan Black, of banglocaldads.com and on Twitter at @daanblaack.

A long day at Waystar headquarters is an opportunity for major confrontations between Tom and Greg, Logan and Pierce CEO Rhea Jarrell (Holly Hunter), and finally Ken and Shiv. Brendan and Kate explore what makes this hour of Succession so special with their guest Jeremy Mongeau.

Follow Jeremy on Twitter at @JeremyMonjo.

Succession's second season soars to new lows of absurdity and depravity in "Hunting". The Fly Guys are joined by Julie Kosin for an episode discussion and a friendly game of Boar on the Floor.

Julie Kosin is the Entertainment Director for Harper's Bazaar and can be found on Twitter at @juliekosin.

Succession's second season gives season one episode "Lifeboats" an unofficial sequel in "Vaulter", which takes a turn for the grimly realistic. Gabi, Kate, and Brendan were joined by Maya Kosoff to talk the episode's resonances with the new media landscape, Shiv's career choices, and Tom's new challenge at ATN.

Maya Kosoff can be found on Twitter at @mekosoff.

We're back from our silica mud bath to dig into the season premiere of Succession. Ken's a dead man walking, Logan's got his groove back, and everyone looks shinier somehow. Friend of the show Shelley Farmer joins us to talk about how the show avoids the sophomore slump, Mark Mylod's direction, and which character won the week.

Follow Shelley on Twitter at @shelleybfarmer.

The first season's tragic structure comes into focus in the finale, "Nobody Is Ever Missing". For this pivotal episode, Gabi and Brendan are joined by expert guest Isaac Butler, who speaks on the show's relationship to Shakespeare. live theatre, and the poetry of John Berryman.

Isaac Butler is a writer, director, and the host of Slate's Lend Me Your Ears podcast. He is a co-author of The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America, and is currently at work on a book about method acting. Follow him on Twitter at @parabasis.