The Succession Series Finale Explained | Succession | Max

In the last edition of this companion series, creator Jesse Armstrong and director and executive producer Mark Mylod reflect on the final moments of Succession, as the series comes to a close.
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[@cvsporn]

For anyone saying Shiv betrayed Kendall, he was transforming into Logan by the minute with his abusive tactics toward Rome to attain power. He opened up Rome would, laid his hands on him, and pushed a pregnant Shiv. The Finale shows that they are not serious people.

[@ODAALx]

no max, the show ended, there's no more.

[@waynereid9471]

Didn’t like the ending I think Kendall should have won Finally became a killer - oh well Could have stopped watching in S1 - nothing changed

[@snoutyman]

He’s better off

[@PublicEnemyMinusOne]

@@waynereid9471 Lazy, boring writing. That would be such a eye roll of an ending. It was takeaway all the wonderful Shakespearean influence and turn it into just another boring american tv show.

[@SirClerihew]

Some may read it as a subversive ending, but the writing has been on the wall for 4 seasons: Tom has never ended a season without significant gain.

[@alenv5329]

I know 4 is him becoming CEO but what are the other 3?

[@WellBattle6]

At end of 3 he went from parks & cruises to ATN right?

[@SirClerihew]

@@WellBattle6 I think that was the end of season 1

[@anthonywallace9617]

@@alenv5329 There was the unassisted triple play at the end of season 3, he warned Logan which led to the kids being cut out

[@heisenberg4978]

​@@alenv5329Season 3 ended by him being appointed new greggy to logan

[@RandomGuy-vo6zd]

Kendall may be the most tragic character I’ve ever seen. I’m devastated for him

[@bkc6873]

Since Corleone

[@captainbrodude8251]

​@@bkc6873 at least he got the job lol

[@theresahonsinger5853]

Me too. Devastated for him. He needed it more than the others. He tried to tell them he had nothing else.

[@lxuaes6915]

The tragedy lies in that Kendall wouldn't have been a bad CEO. Just like Shiv thought that Kendall would bomb at the product launch, and he flourished. Shiv was just consumed by jealousy, because honestly shiv probably wouldn't have been horrible either, but Kendall had "it".

[@captainbrodude8251]

@@theresahonsinger5853 at least hopefully he'll try being a better father now, he does love em, and while yes is a shotty father and needs a lot of works for sure, is actually quite aware of it

[@wayothefro3249]

The moment Ken yelled "I'm the eldest boy!!!" like a petulant child, I knew he truly wasn't a serious person.

[@MatheusGHenz]

He’s not even the eldest boy

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

​@@MatheusGHenz Shiv even says he's not😂

[@yc6018]

​@@MatheusGHenz and he's saying that to Shiv who has always been left hanging for being a girl lmao the worst possible argument

[@sasuke22dante]

Even if he was the eldest, what does it have to do with anything? they are not royalty

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

@Franz Roman They ALL acted like it. He even says, "I'm the ELDEST BOY," as if being born first would make em the new king

[@stateyourname7745]

For the roy kids in the end, it was more important to make sure the other siblings lost the succession rather than winning

[@veronicacarranza7965]

Shiv won

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

​@@veronicacarranza7965 She ultimately became her mother, sticking to a powerful man who won't leave her or her (presumably only) child without nothing, whether or not she be LIKE her mother(in terms of parenting as she even says she was a terrible parent) isn't said, but we can all assume so

[@LluviaAva]

​@Veronica Carranza Shiv will never be in charge, she will just be in close proximity to someone who did win.

[@mendosis]

@@redadmiralofvalyria867 Tom's more powerful as CEO however Shiv's way wealthier than him and at the end of the show their powers are much more balanced than before and they're sticked to each other as partners and as a family (finally, for Tom).

[@originaozz]

Or Shiv can still kill Tom 😂

[@stevewilson2734]

as Logan said they are not serious people and that was proven right until the end

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

That was the one line that kept popping up to me throughout the entire season after he said it. You could see it in their every action. None of them truly deserved the throne.

[@sharonmoseley5779]

Exactly

[@sadie513]

"I'm the oldest boy!" 😂😂

[@legendbucwild]

That line really did tip the hand of how this was gonna turn out...... it was his last words to the three of them and with this show EVERY piece of dialogue means something.

[@bkc6873]

Logan is unserious for raising his kids so poorly that his company went out of their hands

[@MrPbar]

Applause for Nicholas Britell, composer of the Succession musical score...it's like another character in this show.

[@alohaarianna]

100%!

[@gh05t_mv]

It was truly immersive and mesmerizing. Without that score the show wouldn’t have been what it was.

[@boanstvanov1057]

Did someone caught Shiv's face when Kendall put up his feet on Logan's desk? There are so subtle expressions in the show. It is very smart storytelling.

[@sagarthegreatable]

Yep she just couldn’t stomach it

[@TheVisitors44]

She also looked upset or disgusted when Kendall bragged to the board about he and Roman making the deal with Mattsen, when it was Shiv who manipulated that whole situation to force the brothers to take Mattsen’s higher offer.

[@koshinaden263]

@@TheVisitors44nah thats just bs, shiv is the one who has been completely played the whole time. Shiv did what she did at the end out of spite and jealousy. She would rather see her self lose, than see her brothers succed

[@annkey4091]

@@koshinaden263 Perhaps, Shiv was tired of being played, as she may felt she has been played her entire life. Shiv, in the four seasons, comes across as a very angry young woman coming out of a house full of men, whose lives seemed to be carved out for them. What did Shiv lose? Her brothers were going to cut her out, just as her father tricked into returning home with the promises of some super position that she did not fully understand. She brought with her a man who got to know the Roy family and did not necessarily like what he saw and heard. Compartmentalize. He was one step ahead.

[@koshinaden263]

@@annkey4091 You need to watch the show again, cause you clearly dont understand the show or the her character. And if thats too difficult for you i dont even know what to say. It is so clear to see that all of them LOST, even the damn showrunner said all of the kids lost. I cant see how you think shiv didnt lose, she litterally became what she feared the most , her mother. She hast lost the upper hand in the relationship with tom and now she has to stay in a loveless marriage.

[@davidhurtado2725]

When Mattson ran into the room and screamed "WAKE UP, ZOMBIES!" I literally got goosebumps. What a finale.

[@jackiew6598]

Cool tech bro getting stressed out.

[@Cherokeechuck9]

EBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAA meanwhile she's like 5 feet behind him

[@treehann]

Mattson winning is one of the only dissatisfying things about the finale, but that's real life, some sleazeball with money is perpetually on top of everything.

[@ivanhdez7656]

Wake up, Zombies we have 30 minutes left.

[@andresa658]

we have to admit, the more we hate Mattson, the more credit Alexander Skaargard desrves... what an actor, hate every gesture of him!!

[@sanchitsawalkar2638]

Even in his death, Logan got what he always envisioned. To sell his empire and his kids against one another. Its so cynical, dreading, and especially poetic to witness. In the end they had everything and yet nothing tangible, not even their father's approval. A true tragedy indeed.

[@constanceaverman4364]

I hate to see Shiv getting put in her place as they say and being knocked off the glass ceiling. OUCH! I don't care what the writers said about Logan loving his kids...he absolutely did NOT! To try and convince us is truly delusional...like with any thought that we'd get a disneyesque ending where Greg the egg succeeds is delusional...fun but an illusion all the same. Now Greg is a foot stool for the puppet king. Booooo! LOL!

[@milk_cow_blues]

I don't know why, but I believe that Logan really wanted to leave the company to his children but they were simply never ready. His death left them totally exposed to failure.

[@a.w.848]

Nor the love of siblings, there's no coming back from that room

[@JeanBakula]

It was a tragic ending, but it wasn't meant to be a Disney story. And don't forget all the sibs are very rich,. and will be richer still with the sale of the corporation. I still believe Kendall would have been the best to lead. He had business experience, and actually looked at spreadsheets and figures. Logan left what it seems he planned to make a codicil to his will and name Kendall, and find a place for Greg. So he did want a blood relative to succeed, and it's hard to come to grips with it all, good ending that it was. Shiv was never as smart as she thought, and the most like Logan. She was jealous of Ken, vindictive, and couldn't stand to see him win after she was betrayed so many times. She's old enough to have realized she was being played by Mattson. She failed at politics because she was so rich she was out of touch with the way real people live. She failed at everything she tried to do in life. Kendall failed, but he kept trying, and almost succeeded, so there is a difference. Roman may be the happiest. He never had any responsibility, but felt the weight of that. Now the weight is off, he can do something or nothing. What Shiv and Roman said to Kendall when she wouldn't vote for him was unforgivable. I wonder if she voted earlier, and it wasn't the last and deciding vote to give her the power, if it would have been the same outcome. Kendall is being criticized for what he said to the sibs too. But it has to be awful to be told what your life course would be at 7 and to have that thwarted when he thought he had it, just out of Shiv's spite. I hope she enjoys her fake marriage to a man she doesn't love, who listened to his boss say he wanted to f**k her and didn't even care. She has no love to give that child, even if it really is Tom's. Wow, it's a lot to take in.

[@Junksaint]

Still billionaires

[@alexlazzerly3677]

I've said from the beginning, it would be the most ironic yet poetic ending for a show about Succession, to end with none of the children succeeding. I know there's probably going to be a lot of Kendall fans who are upset with the decision, but I think it's the most fitting for the story.

[@alabamafbfan1985]

You are right. I was pulling for Kendall and a united front of all the kids together but it didn’t feel right that any of them win.

[@InvaderG]

Logically and story wise kendall should have win. this era of “subverting expectations” is ruining good writing. same thing happened to GoT

[@mr_coffee9917]

Technically Shivs kid will succeed. Succession is still on

[@paulkem1130]

​@@InvaderG If you're comparing this finale to GOT's ending, you're delusional.

[@AA-qb7ni]

You're so right. It was so perfect. I was a huge Kendall fan, but him going crazy at the vote was proof he was never made for this job.

[@elyseshires6314]

i genuinely feel deeply effected by this finale. more than a lot of tv shows. so intense and amazing

[@kylezuercher995]

I’m with you, this episode was a roller coster and I went through every emotion. I think it’s a perfect end for what the show is, but damn it was gut wrenching to watch.

[@gee2541]

@@gbeach85it’s okay to be affected by media and art bruh

[@rualablhor]

It wasn't that great imo, I expected better...

[@joeyfalcon1793]

I was in actual shock for a bit

[@mr_coffee9917]

I couldnt sleep. Still havent slept

[@rachelleonard7684]

“Good tragedy should feel inevitable” 👏🏼

[@gedonckers]

That's from classical theater, back to Ancient Greece. We don't see much of that type of fiction anymore.

[@melb4829]

This seems familiar yo me. Ouch! It did hurt me so much. But no human is exempt Ed of pain…

[@hisdudeness09]

I was team Tom from the moment he ate Logan’s chicken. I’m thrilled.

[@I_Lemaire]

Still, Tom does not own the company. That is why this is a tragedy.

[@hisdudeness09]

@@I_Lemaire Tom never wanted to own the company. He just wanted to run it.

[@kunalbilaney1188]

Tom admittedly only cared about his career and money, which he has severely upscaled now. On a personal level for Tom, it is an absolute win, even from a career perspective. He may be a puppet but so are many CEOs and nobody can say that they're not powerful. Plus Tom was the one who was loyal to Logan till the end so it's very fitting. He showed time and again that he was willing to axe his family for his career and the company. :)

[@TroubleOnTheWaters]

@@kunalbilaney1188 yes to everything you said

[@billyobfas6962]

Tom is a puppet with no brain

[@jenergy105]

This is exactly how the show was supposed to end. This was a perfectly executed Shakespearean tragedy revolving the lives of a family of narcissists.

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

Well said. Succession felt like a modern day tragic Shakespeare play about a bunch of elitists drowning in their own self inflicted BS. And brought to the screen by some very talented people.

[@talipot]

Amen!

[@MatheusGHenz]

@@briengakaplan-b1550 it’s based on a Shakespearean play. King Lear or something like that

[@amandaluxmoore4228]

Bullseye 🎯

[@user-cq5sg9cb4t]

"I'll make my heaven to dream upon the crown..."

[@TC0901]

Shiv chose Tom over Kendall because she couldn’t stand seeing Kendall win over herself. It makes sense, and this is amazing writing from the writers. You can tell Shiv was never okay with Kendall winning over her. It's childish, and that has always been the dynamic between them. 10/10 ending.

[@TheArtman2023]

I agree. She is an awful person because she should have told her brother that she was not willing to vote for him and leave it at that. Instead, they bonded at their mother's house, and she even made Kendall drink her saliva!

[@robbycannavale]

Yup. I don't think it had anything to do with Tom tbh. I just think she didn't want to see her brother win.

[@kirinyoshikage3871]

😂😂 you good bro

[@legendbucwild]

I think Shiv was legitimately pissed at first, but then something clicked and she realized her two choices left were to be the CEO's sister or be the CEO's wife.

[@talipot]

Never liked Shiv bec she's all talk no play. Like a brat she just wants to be taken seriously with no real guts to do it. Perfect ending to prove me wrong. She's the bloodline. She's saving HER family. That's the succession. She's in it for the long run.

[@BlizzyFoxTF]

I am here as a fellow viewer, to acknowledge that Succession has, as we know, ended. Succession was a show, also Succession has been on HBO since 2018. And when a show ends it is sad. All the shows will end one day. In this case, it is Succession who has done so. Succession was on air for four seasons, but no more, now it is over. Succession's viewers were us, we have been watching for five years. Now we are sad.

[@chichidoo]

This comment deserves more likes

[@adele7718]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fireheartedtimemanagemente5678]

This is genius

[@Winter-Alpha-Omega]

Genius

[@tierramoore6516]

Is this A.I.??

[@15Candles]

After seeing all episodes, it's official. Succession joins the lines with The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Mad Men as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Hats off to Jesse Armstrong, HBO, the cast and the crew for this phenomenal gem with their legacy that will live on forever

[@morganwoolford2963]

You forgot The Wire

[@sauerfamily]

100%

[@sauerfamily]

@@morganwoolford2963 amen but he’s got it right too

[@sometimesidontunderstand0029]

💯💯💯💯

[@phillylady]

The Wire is still my all time favorite.

[@roddack]

A true but honest tragedy. Nothing good comes from the ending but everyone dies inside, even Tom is no longer an outsider but now a fury.

[@abdelkarim1486]

I do think Roman is actually satisfied especially with that smile at the end. It is like a huge burden fell off his shoulder.

[@Nighthawk-8050]

​@@abdelkarim1486 Absolutely I agree with you 100% Roman never wanted to be part of the family business. He got his Billions and more importantly he's free from all that Bull$hit.

[@roddack]

@@abdelkarim1486 I think you are right about that.

[@Akazainul]

Woah there's nothing about Tom being a furry

[@adzisme]

It would be excellent to see another 4 episodes to see where everybody ends up. This season was one of the very best on American Television in this Century.

[@tanitavga]

It is a great tragedy and it really does feel like a perfect ending. The bloodline comment from Roman was insane. Also I am so glad they did not GoT’d us with Gregg as so many people were saying.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

Yes, I'm so glad the Greg ending didn't happen

[@RiienBlue]

I didn’t get why Roman said it, they are three fully-blood related siblings, right?

[@VadelmahilloVideotuotanto]

​@@RiienBlue He was talking about Ken's kids

[@magma4168]

@@RiienBlue Ken's daughter Sophie was adopted and Iverson is (according to Logan) not his biological son.

[@jackiew6598]

@@RiienBlue Iverson might be from a sperm doner, thus the father-from-a-file-cabinet remark.

[@praveenvs3896]

"I love you, but you are not serious people". Even in death, Logan wins. What a masterpiece!

[@jaybizzle1995]

Tough night for Team Ken. Very tough night. What a show

[@daaave_]

Very tough nigut

[@1butterontoast]

Yep 😶

[@irulan8854]

I'm in shambles how am I suposed to carry on with my day

[@sauravsharma2617]

So damn tough

[@raunaqtarat4263]

Succession, and then the Barry finale, I need a week-long break to recover

[@bellabell6659]

The final scene with all the sibs together was so stressful my god my stomach dropped when ken started yelling

[@HowieFeltersnatchMD]

Tom was quietly always poised for this. Everyone else was jockeying for relevance and he was always backing a winning horse. He’s the epitome of “playing dumb” and letting everyone else destroy themselves.

[@SALT--]

It broke my heart when I thought Tom was gonna leave Greg hung out to dry but im so happy he looked out for him still.

[@Coco-zu9ob]

Greg and Tom deserve each other. Both will stab anybody in the back to get ahead.

[@CarlosMartinez-hs4ig]

Greg is now a slave boy

[@vasvas8914]

@@Coco-zu9ob The Disgusting Brothers

[@cardamom3804]

We always knew Tom was disgusting but Greg… he took a bad turn this season😂

[@sabrina63]

​@@cardamom3804 Similar to the actor in real life

[@TrulyMademoizelle]

I got chills when Roman said, "we're bullsh*t"--the best line of the episode. Roman summed them up with what Logan always knew.

[@igordantax]

The fact that none of the children, but most of all Kendall, didn’t in fact succeed, makes me wanna SCREAM. That’s the power of TV art. I just loved the ending because Shiv ended up freeing all of them from the burden of living in the shadow of their dad. Visual poetry! Oh, and congrats to the screenwriters! AI will never replace a team like this one!

[@SCharlesDennicon]

I'm not sure Siobhan "freed" Kendall in any way.

[@CarmenRosaMarisolZoila]

Shiv is scum of the earth. She ll end up resenting her kid because of tom. She could not stand her brother but she believes tom to be beneath her and he came out on top. This will always stay with her and her hatred and misery will fester and drip through

[@igordantax]

@@SCharlesDennicon Well, there’s some kind of freedom in not achieving what you always believed you’re meant to do, right? Even if the freedom didn’t felt good at first, that tortured soul must have found some relief..

[@igordantax]

@@CarmenRosaMarisolZoila I kinda agree with you. And when the time comes, she’ll see herself very much like her father when it comes to parenting. Or she can divorce Tom in the next two months after the finale when the affair between him and Greg leaks everywhere! 😂

[@BOSS_1417]

Freed... She fcked Kendall This show is a masterpiece up until the last few moments Ruined it Fckin shiv, it could easily have been a great ending with the siblings United and winning

[@globalmovement5141]

The episode gave me a quality comedy, thriller, drama and horror all at once. “With Open Eyes” will certainly go down in history books as one of the best series finales of all time.

[@vvsparis]

felt like an episode of The Sopranos🔥

[@malayjoshi1098]

@@vvsparis yeah man so much like The Sopranos

[@raymondsims7042]

@@malayjoshi1098 how was it anything like the sopranos?

[@malayjoshi1098]

@@raymondsims7042 in terms of ambiguity and the way Sopranos ended the episodes after Christopher's Death...there were so many wholesome moments between Tony's own family and mob family and everytime they used to end tragically with backstabs

[@baxoutthebox5682]

@@vvsparis yes, how rare that a show cuts to black and rolls credits. Must be an allusion to another show.

[@theorderofthebees7308]

When Tom put that sticker on Greg… whew that said so much.

[@zoekoul]

I literally feel sick after watching…what a well-written and acted show. I was really rooting for Ken but by the end, all of the characters revealed all of their ugliness…but you can’t help but feel for them. Insane.

[@faustsiftar7683]

@Materva Ken changed for the worse, he basically became Logan. At heart he was still the same person who was willing to hurt and sacrifice his siblings to get what he wanted, which he shows by lashing out at them. Waystar isn’t good for him, its just another addiction he clings to, to fill the emptiness of his life- the fact that his wife hates him, he’s losing his children, and he has no one

[@zoekoul]

@@faustsiftar7683 agree…as much as I rooted for him as a character, his physical abuse of Roman & disregard of his family just proved how he had taken up the worst parts of his father and still didn’t win. Shiv’s betrayal and Roman’s horrible comments about Ken’s kids revealed how they’re all still horrible (but nonetheless layered).

[@Freethecommons]

@@Materva_ No way. Tom loves to see suffering just as much as the rest of them. He’ll keep her around and toy with her for as long as she can stand it.

[@bswin558]

@@Materva_ You clearly didn't understand the show. You didn't watch the last scene with the siblings or something? Kendall literally denied having killing a person when everyone knew he had done it.

[@Freethecommons]

@@zoekoul And even without the power, and thanks to their billions, their bloodline will be horrible for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

[@miriammitchell1356]

Succession, what a heartbreak that it is ended, but the glory of it. And as Logan mentioned, “You're not serious people,” and he was right. Such a Greek tragedy; they have all lost, are all empty, and lead them all back to the beginning.

[@phillylady]

True, but it can also be seen as Logan failing to prepare his kids for his life’s work. The reason they’re not serious people is because Logan did not take them seriously… maybe if he did, one of them could have credibly carry on the Royco name but instead it’s now Lukas’ name that moves forward.

[@miriammitchell1356]

@@phillylady Absolutely! Logan was a narcissist; he didn’t know how to love his children, let alone guide them. They are all the product of his manipulation and the lack of understanding or care about his children’s feelings.

[@wayothefro3249]

@@phillylady Very true. Like Ken pointed out in season 1, Logan hated them for what he had given them and that's why he probably didn't raise them seriously. He never truly prepared them for taking over the company only tortured them with the dream of it.

[@miriammitchell1356]

@@wayothefro3249 Hence, making Logan the narcissistic man that he was.

[@Nighthawk-8050]

I think the winner is Roman he never wanted to be part of the family business. At the end he got his billions and he can do his own thing.

[@b-dub6865]

⁠The finale was exceptional & PERFECT & why we love this series so much! “The standing of the show has always been that it’s a tragedy. Therefore, every moment of hope is so cruel because you’re just waiting for that shoe to drop - waiting for their essential natures to be exposed & to break your heart again” - Mark Mylod.

[@tamtamr9081]

yah we were meant to be heary broken and im heart broken i dont understand the people that loved the finale??? it was bruuutal

[@BOSS_1417]

No why can't we just have 1 happy ending to end it all!!

[@b-dub6865]

@@BOSS_1417 Because that wouldn’t be true to the show or good television. It also leaves the show open to continue or possibly have a spin-off.

[@Ver0nica437]

The last 15 minutes of the show absolutely broke my heart. Man. Poor ken

[@gudaykironchowdary1654]

Yeah , my man deserved better

[@cyberpokey]

In a cruel way, this HAD to happen. It was the only way for all three of them to finally step out of their father's shadow and move on. Otherwise they would have spent the rest of their lives chasing the unattainable: Logan's approval. You can sense the relief in Roman, Kendal will take it the hardest, and Shiv made the most logical step she could take.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

HBO never fails with these shows, That's for another banger

[@morganwoolford2963]

I mean… they failed with GOT’s ending but Ik what you mean.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@morganwoolford2963 GOT was a phenomenal show, I'm not gonna dismiss the whole thing because a bad ending. Besides all my favorite characters died so it didn't matter.

[@15Candles]

​@@morganwoolford2963 GOT was mostly the writer's fault than HBO. Remember that HBO wanted to do more but Dumb and Dumber said no

[@alexvancini2155]

@@morganwoolford2963 even with the ending, GOT is still one of the best shows ever made

[@IcyScythe]

@@morganwoolford2963 That was the show runners' fault not HBO

[@samlasley798]

Historically Tom was the only one willing to sacrifice anything and be amenable meanwhile the kids were always trying to get something for nothing. They were kids playing outside their father's office who never proved themselves worthy to inherit what he had. I’m glad Roman recognised it by the end

[@ruth5980]

the entire time i thought kendall was becoming his father when in reality shiv was becoming her mother

[@sadie513]

I've always said none of the kids would win, that is the whole point. Seeing how it will all happen was fantastic. Wish everyone on this show all the best and all the Emmys.

[@shanerussell1021]

There was really no reason to think one of the kids would win over the other and you knew for damn sure they all wouldn’t win. The only logical conclusion via process of elimination and their characters was that the kids would all lose.

[@apolion200384]

Wow, thanks to the cast and the crew. Terrific show, a rollercoaster until the very end. They were not serious people…

[@celphone1cellphone591]

If that's the standard neither Tom or Greg, wich is maybe why Logan was selling, things felt changing for him and his brand would probably not go.

[@gamefiplayer]

so terrific

[@simbalesliechoto8663]

I binged all 4 seasons in 2 weeks. Thank you Jessie Armstrong for this. Succession is legendary

[@charnisebonds3424]

I agree, I binge watched and I too, was finished within two weeks

[@gudaykironchowdary1654]

Same here

[@birboartt6598]

Just marking my comment here for the future generations to come that will watch succession, this is a timeless masterpiece.

[@happyclappy1805]

Totally. We were here and we wutnessed greatness in real time

[@AA-qb7ni]

One of the best episodes of television. The ending was perfect. Gonna miss this masterpiece of a series.

[@tenofivelips]

Right. Keeping in theme, this episode was a gut punch. Tightly wrapped up ending. We know each path these siblings are on.

[@15Candles]

Even after the series ended, i'd like to remind you that Connor Roy was interested in politics from a very young age and he's the eldest son

[@sanaafsal]

The greatest finale - with this Succession is crowned as the GOAT. There won't he another show like this. Easily the best written show ever. Perfect casting, soundtrack, in short, everything. Jeremy Strong gave the performance of a lifetime as Kendall Roy and it's gonna stay with me for a long long time. I hope he wins an Emmy bc no one deserves it more. The most tragic character ever. Team Kendall always and forever 💔

[@raymondsims7042]

I love succession and it’s firmly in my top ten shows ever made. But you have to relax you’re disrespecting the wire by saying “succession is the goat” it’s not top ten but not even close to the wire which is the true goat in my opinion

[@rhalum]

Kendall couldn’t win because he didn’t show a significant growth. On the other hand, Rom did shine because we could actually see his human side. Kendall was Kendall from season one to the last one, but Rom, we all knew how silly and immature he was, but at the end he showed growth, his vision changed, his eyes were opened…

[@filmfreakbecky]

The show kept true each season having Logan win every time and stuck to it through the end. Logan wanted that deal to happen before he died and he got it. He always wins even in his grave.

[@ninjasaurxd]

I get it. I understand the ending, the writing was always on the wall, these are not serious people. But God - I couldn’t help myself in rooting for Kendall. With all his faults and missteps, I still wanted him to be at the top, albeit him losing everything else. This finale, while it makes dramaturgical sense, absolutely gutted me. Kendall is a character that will stay with me for a long time

[@tsukki3692]

true, but i feel like him being so obsessed to the point he genuinely considers suicide if he doesnt become ceo made me think he shouldnt be one. he should however go to therapy. logan broke him and him promising him the company when he was 7 was the starting point

[@clouise7626]

I think that's why it's such a great ending though? Without the richness of Kendall's character development, the moments where he managed to pull something off, his failures etc we wouldn't feel so devastated by watching him lose the only thing he's ever wanted in life. That gutting feeling is testament to the brilliance of Jesse and the writers' room's work.

[@ninjasaurxd]

@@tsukki3692 he absolutely shouldn’t be one - the last few acts he did - from putting his feet up on the table and acting cocky in the boardroom, to tearing roman’s stitches and saying he lied about the dead kid - showed he absolutely wasn’t ready and wasn’t a serious person. I think that’s why it hurt - the whole season, we are being shown he could potentially do it, he actually is a killer - but in the end, hubris led to his downfall

[@ninjasaurxd]

@@clouise7626 absolutely a perfect ending - like you said, it’s just a gutting one. someone on twitter said the ejection of him from waystar mirrors the ejection we feel from this character’s path/the show in general. it was always a tragedy, and one of the most brilliantly written ones of all time. it’s just sad, ya know? it still stings days later

[@TrulyMademoizelle]

I could agree with that, until Kendall said "this is all I know". That's told me all of this wasn't about what made sense, it was about giving Kendall something to hang onto.

[@Nicebitoftucka]

Absolute rollercoaster of a ride. Did not expect how it ended.

[@nickhendrikactor957]

I did. They were never going to win because they are flawed.

[@AskMiko]

I wasn’t expecting Tom, but loyalty does win!

[@joedorben3504]

@@nickhendrikactor957 And yet the story hit all the beats for them to win, so most still held onto that notion or had that in the back of their mind at every moment.

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

I knew it was coming after that entire scene in moms kitchen crowning Kendall, they were so happy but just TOO happy, I was just waiting for the shoe to drop but it still caught me off guard as I didn’t expect it to come from Shiv to blow it all up.

[@nickhendrikactor957]

@@joedorben3504 You have seen the show right? Every season the beats hit for them to win and they don't because they are not serious people. They are nepo baby's that didn't get the job because of their merit but because of family. They were never meant to win the game.

[@quadling3521]

I’m glad Jesse Armstrong doesn’t think Kendall will commit suicide. I was so worried in those last few moments in front of the water, but I figured the driver following him meant it wouldn’t happen that day. The water imagery was so ominous the whole episode - I was basically certain Kendall was going to drown in that scene where Shiv and Roman were talking on the beach. I guess the water is the death of the waiter haunting him and ultimately being the nail in the coffin when he told Shiv that the thing that made her forgive him for sabotaging her leadership in season 3 was made up. Brilliant ending. Not the happiest but the right ending that feels inevitable, in the way that tragedies always are.

[@sarandangas]

It's a masterpiece. It left me in shock, "with open eyes". The family fell apart fighting each other, they couldn't really love one another and work together. In the end, it left tom and Greg, those who knew how to adapt and fit in. A sad reflection of the egocentric behavior we see in the world today.

[@SCharlesDennicon]

I'm not sold on what they did with Greg. He's always been the weak link of the show imo. I think they tried to sell him as the cockroach who survives the nuclear apocalypse, but he was too dumb for that, even for a human cockroach.

[@tealsquare]

​@@SCharlesDennicon bruh, people keep forgetting Greg's father is a freakin shareholder in the company owned by Greg's uncle. WTF is hard for you to understand?

[@SCharlesDennicon]

@@tealsquare And?

[@tealsquare]

@@SCharlesDennicon go figure!

[@mundial8514]

​@@SCharlesDennicon From the first season, it seemed to me that Greg would change (adjust to situations) not for the better.

[@bex1135]

There will never be another show like Succession. Absolutely outstanding and gut-wrenching finale.

[@faustsiftar7683]

I was rooting for Ken but Shiv was right; its for his own good that he doesn’t become CEO. Also I love the imagery of Kendall and water. To me it symbolizes where he’s at, at different points in the show. In the S1 finale, he’s literally and figuratively drowning, fighting to stay afloat, while the people with him (both the waiter and all the board members that voted with him in S1E7) are dead in the water. In S3E8, he gives up on life completely and almost willingly drowns, as he has completely lost in the fight with his father. Business-wise, he might as well be dead. In S4E6, “Living+”, he dives into the water and flows with it, as he is at the top of his game following the presentation, and he is a part of the new “wave”. In S4E10, instead of being in the water, fighting against it, or willingly drowning, he’s out of the water altogether, and is only able to watch as the waves crash and the world goes on, since there is nothing he can do, and he has lost control. I almost thought he was going to go over the rail and drown, although as I'm glad he didn't (Team Kendall!) Maybe I sound like a pretentious lunatic but I love looking for symbols in these kinds of shows, and I think the frequent imagery of Kendall and water had to be deliberate.

[@stevewilson2734]

love this take

[@synchronicitystudios8217]

Yes definitely deliberate

[@arachnid33]

Yes ❤

[@tacituskilgore875]

I like this, it felt like they lost but also won. Hope they all get a therapist and Tom/ Shiv manage to be good parents.

[@willythekid7123]

remember in that episode where tom and shiv through that party and had that huge fight at the end, Mattson told kendall "just let the wave take you”

[@katewright4414]

None of them won. I love it. Although I’m happy for Tom, and sad for the kids. Perfection. Uneasy perfection.

[@SuperWonderwall1]

Todos estamos tristes por los niños

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

None of them were serious people. -Logan Roy

[@magma4168]

Roman finally looks at peace and Shiv took what she considered a lesser loss.

[@Selkie7]

​@@magma4168 and Ken looked like he wanted to drown himself in that ocean

[@MaureenWowo-fq3it]

Can we talk about the amazing soundtrack? And like how the music fundamentally changed after Logan’s death reflecting the shift in the show?? Just wow.

[@tamsmd1]

Can we take a moment to say thank you to the actors, writers, producers, and just everyone who worked on this phenomenal show that gave us such wonderful emotional entertainment. 🎬

[@adelineverbiguie96]

And Nicholas Brittell for creating such an masterful score as well!

[@Jeremy-yh8lv]

“They deserve ALL the awards 🤓” - Everyone in the comments

[@musicngelato]

First show that should get an OSCAR!

[@celseac8107]

The "With Open Eyes" may very well refer to Shiv, who finally realized that making Ken the CEO would be a really bad idea. She noticed how he started acting entitled after he sat in his father's chair and understood that the alternative was better. Her eyes opened on the matter

[@kr3ynn459]

Tom deserved it. He work his way up each season. From the goofy side character, disrespected by everyone, he slowly gained more influence and entrenched himself more and more into the company. First to head of parks, then to head of ATN; working harder and harder. Tom deserved CEO.

[@hehoihallowatfijn]

He’s probably still a goofy sidekick to Mattson. He’s calling the shots, not Tom.

[@forestsunset9617]

Tom will kill Karl after that "Interloper" speech lol.

[@AliAliAli9Ali]

He even accepted Lucas sleeping with his wife in exchange for being CEO 🙈

[@StommelenGames]

By "deserved" you mean "was lucky enough to marry owner's wife and get promotions for free"

[@oskaretc]

The great tragedy of our time. We will be studying this show long into the future. The hug between Roman and Kendall may be the most profoundly disturbing, poetically true moment I have ever seen in a TV show.

[@bethsnyder8376]

When Ken spoke to the board, i knew he was toast.

[@chubbyactionfigure]

Yes!

[@Felipee_ehe]

This was the best series I have ever watched. So sad that it ended, but so satisfied how it did. 10/10

[@raymondsims7042]

“Best show ever” 🤔naw that tilted belongs to the wire without question. Succession is certainly a storytelling masterpiece across the board though. Definitely a top ten show ever made in my opinion

[@StephLacitis]

A sad ending that I loved because it makes SENSE, the Roys are who they are and nothing changes, just like in real life! Congrats to the team!

[@EddieNgatia]

Man I was rooting for kendall but this ending was so tragic and perfect, it fit the whole show so well. Phenomenal writing

[@teststream43]

What a bloody brilliant finale! The two moments that gave me absolute goosebumps was Colin's presence in the backdrop, and Tom marching in with swag to the theme music.

[@raymondsims7042]

Yeah I’m happy for tom!!!

[@robertcoughlanproductions3157]

Yeah I was really intrigued by Collins presence in the last shot of the show. Almost a constant reminder of Logan looming out of focus behind Kendall. Absolutely haunting.

[@forestsunset9617]

@@robertcoughlanproductions3157 and great for Ken, hopefully Colin will stop him from killing himself or going back on the drugs.

[@johnricercato740]

This was essentially a European show - creator, most of the writers, key director, some of the actors - and was always going to end in tragic realism. The siblings weren’t up to it, ruined by their father and upbringing; and the place-man, Tom, managed to navigate his way to some sort of tarnished success and what is now a marriage of convenience to Shiv.

[@Sponhexagonal]

I had predicted this (as many had) to be the outcome of the finale, and I absolutely wanted it. But man, watching it all go down; and watching everyone back in the same emotional state they started the series in did not do it for me in any way.

[@talipot]

It's a greek tragedy. It has always been that way. Jesse and team will not give us rainbows all of a sudden. This is the ending that makes most sense

[@Sponhexagonal]

@@talipot Perhaps it is. But sometimes what makes most sense also sucks. All of this was just way too in-the-cards.

[@billyobfas6962]

Was hoping for some change and actual character development but the siblings are back where they started. No point of rewatching

[@afonsopires2315]

I don't think they go back to the same emotional state. They're all free now.

[@user-qk8lm3se7q]

that is the point. it's the generational trauma that leaves them unable to change

[@EmptyGlass99]

This is one of the finest pieces of television ever made and it will remain so for decades.

[@koshobai]

Succession is the only show that made me feel that the events that transpired were happening in front of me, devoid of even the notion of a plot, and that these were actual humans with real, short-term, self-obsessed motivations and dipshit tactics for amassing power from a media tycoon like five-year-olds chipping away at the bark of an old oak. What a privilege to have been a part of this. I only want to watch TV like this from now on, until they bury me. No motion picture has been this true-to-life as Succession. All hail King Logan Roy! (and thank God for Shakespeare)

[@thedeparted1991]

I have experienced more emotions in 90 minutes than I have in my last 30 years on this earth.

[@CarolsFerrao]

This show is a masterpiece. Jesse Armstrong and Mark Mylod combo will always be a huge W. I'll miss them so much.

[@grantwilson4506]

The only show where I can say that the ending left me very uncomfortable but I liked it. It all feels very in-character

[@forestsunset9617]

Sopranos had a similar feeling at the end for me, another HBO masterpiece.

[@jimmymurphy898]

Absolutely incredible ending. One of the greatest shows I have ever seen.

[@raymondsims7042]

Agreed🤝

[@agriswold2009]

This episode was absolutely stellar. Perfect and masterful ending. I will miss this show so much. Brava👏🏽

[@Chuuzus]

Succession is going to go down as one of the greatest tv shows of all time! it started with a bang and wrapped up with a bang!

[@raymondsims7042]

Agreed in my list of top ten best shows it goes 1. The wire 2. Game of thrones 3. Mr robot 4. Dark 5. The boys 6. Breaking bad 7. Succession 8. Stranger things 9. Sopranos 10. Dexter

[@aeh5109]

To me, Gerri is the biggest winner of this whole thing

[@zizoumonk10]

The moment Ken yelled “ I am the Succession!” Was absolutely devastating

[@ethanhart129]

Then he yelled “it’s succeedin’ time!”

[@akf2000]

LET'S MORB

[@Chris.4345]

then he succeeded everywhere

[@danisalusha5739]

This might be the most tragic end to show, I have ever witnessed. There is no happy ending. I would be happy for Tom because he put in a shift. But he is not truly happy either. He is the puppet to a man who said he would do his pregnant wife right to his face. Shiv is not happy because she knows she messed up her brother for life. This is a poetic yet sad ending 😭

[@MariaVosa]

Standing ovation. I cannot believe how well this was all realised and concluded. Few show manage to be not just great throughout all seasons, but also bring it all to a perfect ending. Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul - and Succession.

[@xenon8117]

Just before watching I said my final prediction was Tom as CEO and I was right, it felt right.

[@stevenashmore4522]

You can really tell Mark Mylod shed a LOT of tears throughout this final season.

[@danielricardocorreamejia]

Tom entering the company as CEO was a vibe!

[@jeviosoorishas181]

The more and more I think about it, the clearer it is to me that Shiv "killed" Kendall to save her marriage with Tom, and that she didn't really believe any of the reasons she gave for not voting for him. When she called Tom and they had the serious conversation, she wanted him to say "Yes" to having a serious relationship, but the fact that he hesitated and basically didn't give her an answer had her holding back tears. Ultimately though, her being the deciding vote for Tom helped her address the fundamental problem in their relationship that Tom had always brought up: "Her not acting like they're a team."

[@Uglyweezer]

I doubt it, I think she just genuinely wouldn’t be ok with seeing one of her brothers win. I’m sure Tom’s role played a part but she genuinely can’t stomach losing

[@kaj2225]

Not sure about her main motivation wanting to save her marriage with Tom. At the end, she unenthusiastically places her hand on Tom's in the car

[@officialthomasjames]

@@Uglyweezer she was jealous. She’d be all for stopping the deal if she was the pick by the Roys. Crap ending.

[@stevewilson2734]

She couldn't bare seeing her brothers win or bare losing, so she picked which L she would rather take and which was more strategical for her. Voting for husband who she bares a kid with keeps her technically in the "game" like Jesse Armstrong said in this video at 4:58, so she presumably decided to take whatever choice was logical to keep her playing. I don't think she really cared for Tom only when it was convenient for her to do so, at the start episode when Lukas was questioning her about Tom, she didn't really bat for him and has never really done so over the four seasons. Also Jesse mentioned in this video that it hard's for the relationship to progress with everything that has been said in the past.

[@recherche4528]

I disagree. It wasn’t about saving her marriage. She wanted power. Women are routinely dismissed in corporate America. She was just as ambitious & ruthless as her brothers.Kendall made a fatal error. He should have supported Shiv as CEO. He framed it that she was played by Mattson.They could have flipped the script & bluffed that Shiv was aware that he was going to double cross her and she beat him to it.

[@magno2365]

I don't know how I'm going to recover from this.

[@laughingoutloud5742]

Some of best advice my Mum taught me was leave them wanting more. 😊 brave cast and crew of Sccession!!!🎉❤

[@rodrigoterrazas4425]

This show has been the only piece of filmmaking that completely took me out of a critical way of watching and dropped me into an emotional way of watching, I got so emerged into the characters and story that I forgot I was watching a show.

[@Piticlibonito]

Thanks to the creators, actors and HBO for bringing us this show that is a masterpiece.

[@TheLastLoad]

We are so used to endings not reaching the expectation and hype we hope we get as fans but by G0D, Succession knocked this finale out of the park. I'm so glad how this landed and look forward to an annual or bi-annual binge!

[@JoshuaTMagee]

You ended the series at the perfect time in the perfect way. It's a masterpiece and everyone involved should be applauded. A truly timeless tragedy.

[@J_Lauds]

I've never been so stressed watching an episode of television before. I can't imagine the siblings ever coming back together - each of them loss their family in that moment in the conference room. And Shiv becoming the wife to the CEO is so full circle. I'm going to miss this show, but they certainly delivered an ending that the fans will be more than satisfied with. Also - justice for Greg!!!!

[@captainaxlerod1297]

Loyalty was always rewarded. Long live King Tom 👑

[@anu07shreej]

The last showdown among the siblings was a great scene. It goes on to show how real these characters were. Roman said the meanest things about bloodline and Ken's kids (which I had always wondered from season 1). Finale did not disappoint.

[@TimesFM4532]

Greatest tv show in history. Feel oddly hollow which makes the best tragedy

[@raymondsims7042]

I love succession and it’s without question in my top ten. But the “best show ever” spot belongs to THE WIRE!!!

[@forestsunset9617]

@@raymondsims7042 Sopranos for me

[@raymondsims7042]

@@forestsunset9617 I love the sopranos as well but I would put succession slightly above it. But the wire for me is number 1 by far

[@TimesFM4532]

@@raymondsims7042good choice. Think just the this is the first true gold standard tv show I’ve see as someone who apprasates it. Imagine watching sopranos of wire then at the same stage in life would make it my best

[@raymondsims7042]

@@TimesFM4532 what’s your top ten? Mine in order is 1. The wire 2. Game of thrones 3. Mr robot 4. Dark 5. The boys 6. Breaking bad 7. Succession 8. Stranger things 9. Sopranos 10. Mad men

[@Empressoftheflames]

I laughed until I cried this episode. I know it's ultimately a tragedy, but thank you for all the laughs along the way.

[@kristenp1606]

I laughed until I had tears in my eyes in the funny sibling scenes and meal fit for a king. The finale was truly an emotional roller coaster.

[@billyobfas6962]

You cried? There was nothing in the episode to cry about

[@soumya_ranjan.]

The perfect ending the show could get. Every episode of this show has been so rooted.

[@Coco-zu9ob]

Does anybody else like me and watch the episode a second time with the subtitles on to pick up all the dialogue they've missed? Lol.

[@anu07shreej]

Every episode deserves a rewatch just for those snarky one-liners and discovering some good words. Blimey!

[@vanedelpuerto]

“perfectly painful”😭👏🏻❤️ what an incredible show!!

[@sanktalucia4959]

Just as Shakespeare is read and analysed in English classes today, so will Succession in the classes of tomorrow. And who is surprised, this was after all a modern re-telling of King Lear!

[@caronstout354]

Brian Cox would be an excellent King Lear in a traditional adaptation of Shakespeare's play...

[@sanktalucia4959]

@@caronstout354 Oh how clever you are ;)

[@arachnid33]

@@caronstout354Haha yes. If only.

[@user-eq5ub5rs3g]

The most painful thing is how inevitable this ending was, they plotted, schemed and backstabbed and really for nothing and in the process destroyed their family and missed their fathers last days. Brilliant ending.

[@lisagomes6305]

The music score was absolutely beautiful! The opening theme is so memorable!!!

[@donnahildebrand8065]

Fantastic ending. I thought none of the kids would win but didn’t see Shiv as the one to turn it all upside down. I will miss this wonderfully serious but funny show.

[@Kay_Cole]

Logan literally pitted the kids against each other and never taught them that they are better together. Everyone else knew their power together, but them (Mattson’s screaming). Shiv ends up second fiddle to someone she looked down on from day one. Roman ended up in a literal bar (Menken chant). I do hate it for Kendall though. Unfortunate

[@ftuT]

That's what it means to be a pro, knowing when to end it. So many shows driven by greed in some way, didn't know any better. But the good ones, the ones that leave a legacy and endure in our collective memories, they are usually the ones that know when (and sometimes how) to end.

[@koyaanii3593]

HBO, huge thank you for this masterpiece. Thank you for creators, directors, writers, operators, disigners, all filming crew. Thank you actors, all of you deserves Emmy. Thank you Nicholas Britell for iconic soundtrack. Thank you all, who watched and discussed it! Succession - monument of great show of this century.