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A devastating end to “Succession” wakes up to the truth about the Roys: “We’re nothing”

In an appropriately desolate ending, the show drives home its original thesis by doing daddy's bidding

Published May 29, 2023 2:08AM (EDT)

The following contains spoilers for the "Succession" series finale, Season 4, Episode 10, "With Open Eyes"

Succeeding in business is all about the right relationships, we’ve heard. If that is true, then we should have known Kendall, Roman and Shiv were never going to pull out a victory at the end of “Succession,” whether individually or as a team.

Jesse Armstrong dangled the possibility of either scenario in front of our noses many times throughout the final season, which made for a fetching distraction and a whole lot of empty betting about who would “win” the twisted competition to inherit Daddy’s company Waystar Royco.

Logan (Brian Cox) coaxed Roman (Kieran Culkin) back to his fatherly embrace one more time before croaking; then Roman weaseled his way into the newsroom, seemingly to tilt the election in favor of an autocratic bigot. But he cracked in the presence of his father – his embalmed dad, certainly, but more than that, the heart of his legacy, spelled out by his uncle Ewan (James Cromwell). Standing in the presence of a giant, Rome caved with a whimper, as he always does.

Shiv (Sarah Snook) was always kept out of company business, ensuring that nobody would take her seriously, not to mention her opposing political viewpoint to her father and brothers. To Logan she was always Pinky, a nickname that’s loving and belittling in equal measure; to her brothers, she was always someone to be easily manipulated, then........

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