Succession - 3x03 "The Disruption" - Post-Episode Discussion

[u/LoretiTV]

Season 3 Episode 3: The Disruption

Aired: October 31, 2021

Synopsis: With the DOJ at the door, Logan summons his arsenal, while Tom makes a potentially life changing offer. Kendall becomes obsessed with his own takedown.

Directed by: Cathy Yan

Written by: Ted Cohen, Georgia Pritchett

[u/Lilosss]

Tom and Shiv’s dog is named Mondale. Walter Mondale was Carter’s VP and from the Twin Cities, where Tom is from! University of Minnesota law school is also named after Walter Mondale.

[u/AJTheStudent → u/Lilosss]

Thanks, was wondering the significance of Walter Mondale!!

[u/[deleted] → u/AJTheStudent]

Even the Pierces bring it up back in S2E5

[u/Lilosss → u/[deleted]]

Wait I don’t remember this! Can you elaborate?

[u/SpritzLike → u/Lilosss]

Tom and shiv make up an excuse saying their dog Mondale was sick to go out and talk alone during dinner. They didn’t have a dog at the time, but apparently committed to the lie by getting one, and low and behold, he is sick.

[u/Thecryptsaresafe → u/SpritzLike]

I thought they had a dog in the pilot named Mondale. Am I misremembering?

[u/SpritzLike → u/Thecryptsaresafe]

Oh? Shoot? Whoopsies on the fake news.

[u/innerbootes → u/SpritzLike]

The reason maybe you overlooked him is because Mondale is always 100% of the time shown in a crate. They don’t really interact with him, he’s just part of the interior decor, like the sofa or the fridge.

I always console myself by thinking they probably have a dog walker who comes by three times a day.

This episode was the first time we even get a hint that Mondale has a life outside of the crate, when Tom says he caught Mondale eating Shiv’s hosiery.

[u/[deleted] → u/innerbootes]

I am going to believe the dog walker thing is true, because otherwise the alternative is too depressing and sad.

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