Little moments of Succession

[Caution: If you haven’t seen last night’s episode of Succession (season four, episode three), do not click through to the interview. If you do, you’ll be met with a major spoiler.]

From a New York Times interview with Brian Cox. The interviewer has asked Cox if he thinks there’s any goodness in his character Logan Roy:

Oh, yeah. I think there’s a lot of goodness to him. I think he’s very misunderstood. I think it’s just all gone horribly wrong. We have these little moments of — and they’re not dwelt on — the scars on the back, the story of the mother, the sister, the relationship with the brother.

Little moments, not dwelt on: to me, that’s the problem with Succession. The past that would make the present more interesting is never very much explored. (There was a bit more last night.) I’ll quote myself: “I think my general problem with Succession is that I keep expecting it to be more than it is.” But I’ll keep watching.