The wonderful thing about fans is that, as unbiased onlookers, they often recognize patterns in the art they love before the actual artists can. Take, for example, the case of Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) and “Cousin” Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun) on HBO’s award-winning dramedy Succession.

While the pair of Roy family outsiders initially tried to make their way into the dynasty’s good graces through its more established members, fans couldn’t help but notice that the two bit players had uncommonly good chemistry together. Thankfully, the show agreed and midway through Succession’s first season, the Tom and Greg pairing become one of the better unwitting comedy duos on television. I don’t know which Succession writer came up with the line “You can’t make a Tomlette without breaking a few Gregs” but I want to shake their hand until we both pass out from exhaustion.

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