When Don decides to promote Jack and make him his successor over Devon, Jack decides to give his old job to Liz because she always has his back. However, a turn of events concerning Don's health compromises Jack's promotion. Meanwhile, Tracy thinks that his son is embarrassed of his career because he did not invite him to fathers day at school.
Succession delivers 66 jokes in 21 minutes—a 3.17-per-minute pace that defines Season 2's comedic peak.
Directed by Gail Mancuso · Written by John Riggi, Andrew Guest
WAR
74.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Succession” ranks #47 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.2 — Elite. The episode packs 66 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Jack landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Jack: Well it's business drunk. It's like rich drunk. Either way,it's legal to drive.
Jack Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Jack: I want my mother to know this before she dies, so she goes to her grave a defeated woman.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dr. Spaceman: Oh,I'd love to, but we have no way of knowing where the heart is. See,every human is different.
Liz: Realistically,teaching improv on cruise ships.
Liz Observational ★ Rewatch Liz: To get through it, I pretended he was a sandwich.
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 66 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jack: I'd have my assistant sit on his naughty stool if he didn't love it so much.
Jack Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devon Banks: Fire Island, really? I'd love to come out.
Mr. Geiss: The head of the Stress Ball division hanged himself.
Mr. Geiss Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jack: I want my mother to know this before she dies, so she goes to her grave a defeated woman.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: I guess that rules out the Federal Reserve.
Jack Observational Irony/Sarcasm Liz: You look like Gene Simmons had sex with a basset hound!
Liz Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: First of all, the subject of the email was 'Check this out!'
Tracy Observational Character Comedy Liz: I was gonna live with the gorillas.
Liz Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Kenneth: Is it the 8 of diamonds? Nope.
Tracy: Pay attention to me! I'm inconsolable.
Tracy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Tracy: If I'm such a bad dad, why are we all dancing?
Tracy Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Everyone knows the only thing we should be ashamed of is our bodies.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: Like be a senator. Or a wizard.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: Eureka! What is it, Tra? We should call Eureka! She always has good ideas.
Tracy Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Liz: For devoting their lives to the jungle and its noble inhabitants.
Liz Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Uh... hugging... so ethnic.
Jack Character Comedy Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Jack: Geiss has stacked the Board of Directors with the most reliable collection of sycophantic yesmen this side of an Al Franken book signing.
Jack Observational Irony/Sarcasm Jack: His golf cronies, his Army buddies, various unemployable family members, and his hunting dogs.
Jack Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: Why am I smelling self-tanning cream and teeth whitener?
Jack Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Jack: Once they cast Clay Aiken in Spamalot, I knew it was only a matter of time for you to show up here.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Observational Devon: The hottest girls in New York's top boob shacks removing their brassieres.
Devon Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Devon: Oh,hey there, little guy.
Devon Character Comedy Reaction Beat Tracy: Sounds like soda pop. Damn it! Why is leaving your children a legacy that'll live forever so hard?
Tracy Character Comedy Escalation Tracy: Yeah,I need to clear my thoughtcicles.
Tracy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: Video games or pornography!
Tracy Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Tracy: That's it! Make a porn video game!
Tracy Setup/Punchline Escalation Devon: So you don't know about him accidentally selling nbc to some germans?
Devon Absurdist Misdirection Liz Reaction Beat Character Comedy Devon: Like taking candy from one of those guys who gives out candy at gay night clubs.
Devon Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devon: Well,as enticing as that is, I'm straight now.
Devon Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: Look,tre, history's greatest perverts have tried: Walt disney,larry flynt, the japanese, but they can't do it because of the uncanny valley.
Frank Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: I'm scared! Get me out of there!
Tracy Reaction Beat Visual Gag Tracy · Frank: You're like that guy that was always jealous of mozart. Salieri? No,thank you. I already ate.
Liz: To get through it, I pretended he was a sandwich.
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Realistically,teaching improv on cruise ships.
Liz Observational ★ Rewatch Liz: Executives are,like, huh-huh-huh. And I'm,like, haa.
Liz Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Suck it,monkeys! I'm goin' corporate!
Liz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Executive: let's change the subject to sucking at golf, so donaghy has something to talk about.
Jack: Well it's business drunk. It's like rich drunk. Either way,it's legal to drive.
Jack Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Executive: Button classic? It's hip and homey.
Jack: That's why I love jorgenson here.
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: Jeez,jack,offer to buy a girl dinner first. classic lemon!
Tracy: My genius has come alive, like toys when your back is turned.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Well,I am wearing a cuffed trouser today.
Devon: Guess who's got two thumbs, speaks limited french, and hasn't cried once today? This moi.
Devon Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Pete Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Mr. Geiss: You got the charm and spark of a young leona helmsley.
Frank: My god. He's a genius.
Frank Reaction Beat Character Comedy Liz: He's like me yesterday. I hate him.
Liz Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devon: Hoo,boy,got your period?
Devon Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devon: And I love how she enjoys crawling into cabinets and vents and other enclosed spaces. Like behind the dryer, for instance.
Devon Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devon: I'd marry 1,000 kathy geisses to be ceo.
Devon Character Comedy Escalation Jack: It's like when christian won project runway even though rami was clearly the better draper.
Jack Observational Character Comedy Jack · Devon: I hate-respect you. And I you.
Jack Devon Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Jack · Banks: I hate-respect you. - And I you
Jack Banks Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dr. Spaceman: But he is,in fact, in a diabetic coma, which could've been avoided by what we call 'eating.'
Dr. Spaceman: But he is, in fact, in a diabetic coma, which could've been avoided by what we call 'eating.'
Dr. Spaceman: Oh,damn it. That shot was just a placebo. I was hoping this was psychological.
Dr. Spaceman: Oh,I'd love to, but we have no way of knowing where the heart is. See,every human is different.
Jack: It was jorgenson's fault!
Jack Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Kathy: Is it 4-1-1 or 9-1-1?
Kathy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Liz: Because I don't think i can return this 'cause I got business sick all over it when I got home.
Liz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Devon: I tried to call you, but not on a phone, so you may not have heard me.
Devon Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: I didn't hear hand washing!
Kenneth Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch 