Succession: Darwin’s Wasabi-LaCroix Incident Explained

Succession season 4, episode 8, “America Decides,” was a tense, captivating episode about the downfall of democracy, but it had a slapstick moment of comic relief involving wasabi, a can of LaCroix, and ATN poll analyst Darwin Perry. Written by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, “America Decides” takes place in the ATN newsroom on the night of a U.S. presidential election. Whereas Shiv backs the progressive Daniel Jiménez in the race, Kendall and Roman back controversial alt-right candidate Jeryd Mencken, who will push Waystar’s agenda but whose radical supporters will gladly firebomb a voting center.