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‘Succession’ Used a Hilarious Codeword to Keep Its Big Spoiler Secret

CURB YOUR SUCCESSION

The show’s writers decided on that sudden death months ago. To keep the story under wraps, they chose to swap in a specific HBO reference while describing it on their whiteboards.

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This post contains spoilers for Succession and should also be read while listening to the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song.

Succession writers knew they were on to something big when they decided

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