'Succession' Season 4: Can TomGreg Be More Than a Punchline?

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Succession Season 4After the third season of Succession, it felt like the relationship between Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) and Greg (Nicholas Braun) had experienced a major paradigm shift in their relationship when they decided to go all in together on an alliance. Their decision proved to be a wise one as they joined Team Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and were on the winning side of Logan vs. the Roy children for control of the multimedia conglomerate Waystar Royco. But the start of Season 4 has seen the two revert to a couple of empty suits or "The Disgusting Brothers" happy to argue the merits of ludicrously capacious handbags that are both big enough to hold a pair of roller skates and slide across the floor during a bank heist. Admittedly, it was a hilarious exchange, and the two have always bonded over the fact that they are ostensibly outsiders when it comes to the inner circle of the Roy hierarchy — they are both in a constant struggle to find their niche within the group and then justify why they are in the room when important decisions are being made. Right now they appear to be at a crossroads of being taken seriously as contenders to the Roy throne or continuing on a path of relegation to comic relief who are no real threat to Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Conner (Alan Ruck).