Current:Home > reviewsHere's How Succession Ended After 4 Seasons -StockSource
Here's How Succession Ended After 4 Seasons
View
Date:2025-04-23 01:59:59
After four seasons of twists and turns, the game of Succession has come to an end.
During the May 28 series finale—titled "With Open Eyes"—Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook) and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) made their final moves to secure the top spot of their late father Logan's (Brian Cox) company, Waystar Royco. So, who ultimately won in the end?
Well, after GoJo's Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) cut Shiv out of his deal to buy WayStar—opting to go with her estranged husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) instead—she rejoined Kendall and Roman to fight for control of the company. Together, the trio decided that their best bet to win the company was to pitch Kendall as the CEO over Roman and Shiv.
However, during the pivotal meeting with company's board members to stop the GoJo deal, Shiv decided to back out of the agreement with her brothers, leading to a heated sibling argument. (One that involved Kendall shoving Roman against the wall and Shiv bringing up Kendall's involvement in the death of the waiter from her and Tom's wedding.)
Then, after Shiv allowed the GoJo sale to go through, she reunited with Tom—who's now CEO of the company—and begrudgingly held his hand as they left the office, hinting at their future together.
As for Kendall, after the company was swept out from under him, he is seen sitting down in front of the water before the credits rolled.
The conclusion of the beloved series comes three months after creator Jesse Armstrong officially revealed the show's fate.
"I went into the writing room for season four sort of saying, 'I think this is what we're doing, but let's also keep it open,'" he told The New Yorker in an interview published Feb. 23. "I like operating the writing room by coming in with a sort of proposition, and then being genuinely open to alternative ways of going."
"The decision to end solidified through the writing and even when we started filming," the Emmy winner continued. "I said to the cast, 'I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think this is it.' Because I didn't want to bulls--t them, either."
Following in the footsteps of its first three seasons, Succession's final episodes were nothing short of shocking.
In fact, it was just three episodes into the fourth season when Succession said goodbye to Logan, Waystar Royco's CEO and father to Kendall, Shiv, Roman and Connor (Alan Ruck).
While the episode's title, "Connor's Wedding," hinted at a celebration, things quickly took a turn once Logan's kids found out that he'd died while onboard his private jet.
Logan's death ignited an internal power struggle between the Waystar team and his kids, who all wanted to be crowned CEO.
Get the drama behind the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!veryGood! (4)
Related
- Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
- American founder of Haitian orphanage to appear in court on sexual abuse charges
- More EV problems: This time Chrysler Pacifica under recall investigation after fires
- When does 'Vanderpump Rules' start? Season 11 premiere date, time, cast, trailer
- Who are the most valuable sports franchises? Forbes releases new list of top 50 teams
- North Macedonia’s government resigns ahead of general elections
- Ohio bans gender-affirming care for minors, restricts transgender athletes over Gov. Mike DeWine's veto
- Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Flight recorders from Russian plane crash that killed all 74 aboard are reportedly found
Ranking
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- 'Tótem' invites you to a family birthday party — but Death has RSVP'd, too
- Defending champion Sabalenka beats US Open winner Gauff to reach Australian Open final
- Doomsday clock time for 2024 remains at 90 seconds to midnight. Here's what that means.
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Remaining landslide victims found in China, bringing death toll to 44
- In-N-Out to close Oakland, California restaurant due to wave of car break-ins, armed robberies
- Netflix wants to retire basic ad-free plan in some countries, shareholder letter says
Recommendation
Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
Ted Bundy tried to kill her, but she survived. Here's the one thing she's sick of being asked.
Florida House passes a bill to ban social media accounts for children under 16
US and UK sanction four Yemeni Houthi leaders over Red Sea shipping attacks
Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
Oscar nominations 2024 snubs and surprises: No best director nominations for Bradley Cooper, Greta Gerwig
With Vic Fangio out, who are candidates to be Dolphins' defensive coordinator for 2024?
Teenage fugitive in Philadelphia may have been picked up by accomplice, authorities say