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Succession Ending With Season 4

DKehoe

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Succession, the Emmy-winning HBO drama that helped redefine the premium cable network following the end of Game of Thrones, is ending.

Creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong revealed that the upcoming fourth season will indeed be its final run on the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed premium cable network, telling the New Yorker that “there’s a promise in the title of Succession. I’ve never thought this could go on forever. The end has always been kind of present in my mind. From season two, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?”

“I got together with a few of my fellow writers before we started the writing of season four, in about November, December, 2021, and I sort of said, ‘Look, I think this maybe should be it. But what do you think?’ And we played out various scenarios: We could do a couple of short seasons, or two more seasons. Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference.”

Reps for HBO declined to comment outside of confirming the New Yorker story is accurate. Season four of Succession returns March 26 on HBO.

The news ends speculation on whether Succession would sign off with either its fourth or fifth season, something Armstrong has teased since the satirical drama broke out as an awards season darling.

“I feel deeply conflicted. I quite enjoy this period when we’re editing — where the whole season is there — but we haven’t put it out yet. I like the interregnum,” Armstrong said. “And I also quite liked the period where me and my close collaborators knew that this was probably it, or this was it, but hadn’t had to face up to it in the world. It’s been a difficult decision, because the collaborations — with the cast, with my fellow writers, with Nick Britell and Mark Mylod and the other directors — they’ve just been so good. And I feel like I’ve done the best work I can do, working with them. And HBO has been generous and would probably have done more seasons, and they have been nice about saying, ‘It’s your decision.’ That’s nice, but it’s also a responsibility in the end — it feels quite perverse to stop doing it.”

Succession broke out in its first season and earned the Emmy for best drama series for its sophomore run and followed that up with another win for its third season. The show’s sweeping cast, including stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook, have all become regular names each and every awards season and have collected numerous wins among them. Armstrong took home the Emmy for writing for a drama series, with other guest stars and directors also earning statuettes for their work on Succession.

Created by Armstrong, who earned an overall deal with HBO for his work on the series, Succession is also exec produced by Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy and Will Ferrell.

Succession has become a key anchor show for HBO following the conclusion of such award-winning hits as Game of Thrones and Veep. It’s part of a roster of originals at the Casey Bloys-led cabler that also includes The White Lotus, Barry, Euphoria, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Industry, House of the Dragon, The Last of Us and Game of Thrones offshoot House of the Dragon.

Bloys has maintained for some time that the decision to end Succession would be entirely up to Armstrong as the executive has a history of letting creatives determine what’s best for the story. Bloys has also maintained that Succession is unlikely to get a spinoff treatment, which goes against the franchise strategy that most conglomerates have taken to in the Peak TV era. Still, Armstrong told the New Yorker that the door remains open to revisiting the power-hungry world of the Roys: “I do think that this succession story that we were telling is complete,” he said. “This is the muscular season to exhaust all our reserves of interest, and I think there’s some pain in all these characters that’s really strong. But the feeling that there could be something else in an allied world, or allied characters, or some of the same characters — that’s also strong in me. I have caveated the end of the show, when I’ve talked to some of my collaborators, like: Maybe there’s another part of this world we could come back to, if there was an appetite? Maybe there’s something else that could be done, that harnessed what’s been good about the way we’ve worked on this. So that is another true feeling.”
Assuming season 4 keeps up the quality of the past seasons then it's probably best to end rather than finding excuses to drag it out. With the way things are heading this next season had already felt like it could be the last.
 
Yeah, worst part about shows this good is that they have to end and you'll have to go somewhere else. Hats off to the team on this one,best cast and script I've seen in years.
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
It's a good show and could have easily fallen into the trap of just recycling conflicts for the main characters to deftly handle, a la Billions. Smart move.
 

AJUMP23

Parody of actual AJUMP23
Huh, really? I thought the episode was incredible. What about it didn't work for you?
the dialog of the kids on the phone and the people on the plane was just not working. I just wanted to get through it. so I skipped about 5 minutes until they made thee statement and the episode ended.
 

DKehoe

Member
the dialog of the kids on the phone and the people on the plane was just not working. I just wanted to get through it. so I skipped about 5 minutes until they made thee statement and the episode ended.
Fair enough, but I thought that was so well done. Kendall blurting out that he doesn't forgive Logan, Roman trying to remember whether or not he said he loved him, all these little moments where you could see them all working through their incredibly complicated relationships with their father. The show is about the relationships between the family members but it's so often got this layer of the business over the top of it. With that episode you had that peeled away so it's just the raw emotion underneath.
 

AJUMP23

Parody of actual AJUMP23
Fair enough, but I thought that was so well done. Kendall blurting out that he doesn't forgive Logan, Roman trying to remember whether or not he said he loved him, all these little moments where you could see them all working through their incredibly complicated relationships with their father. The show is about the relationships between the family members but it's so often got this layer of the business over the top of it. With that episode you had that peeled away so it's just the raw emotion underneath.
Well acted but I had no empathy.
 

AlphaMale

Member
Did Brian Cox (Logan Roy) have a dispute with HBO or something?
The way ep3 was filmed suggests an abrupt departure. The entire scene on the plane with chest compressions didn't even show Logan's face directly.
No wonder Season 4 is its last. Not sure the kids will be able to carry the show for the rest of the season...
 

reksveks

Member
Did Brian Cox (Logan Roy) have a dispute with HBO or something?
The way ep3 was filmed suggests an abrupt departure. The entire scene on the plane with chest compressions didn't even show Logan's face directly.
No wonder Season 4 is its last. Not sure the kids will be able to carry the show for the rest of the season...
Nope, there is going to be a couple of flashbacks of Logan coming up but think it's just them running out of road so ending it whilst it's good.

Also fucking Kendall at the end of yesterday/today's episode
 
Did Brian Cox (Logan Roy) have a dispute with HBO or something?
The way ep3 was filmed suggests an abrupt departure. The entire scene on the plane with chest compressions didn't even show Logan's face directly.
No wonder Season 4 is its last. Not sure the kids will be able to carry the show for the rest of the season...

No, this was communicated awhile back to Cox.

He also showed up in character for the funeral episode just to throw off paparazzi.
 

DKehoe

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DKehoe

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So with tonight/tomorrow (depending on where you are) being the last episode what are people's predictions for the end?
 
-Kendall becomes the new Logan, successfully running the business at the cost of all human connections
-Shiv goes to help the lawsuits contesting the election
-Roman goes into some form of psychiatric treatment
-Connor and Willa live an empty but somewhat happy ultra rich peoples life
-Tom leaves ATN to be with Shiv
-Greg promoted to something senior in ATN
-Geri is made CEO by Mattson and she was in the car with him at the end of the last episode
-The Old Crew continues to work for Waystar
-Last shot is Jess sitting down with the FBI to reveal all the shit she got on the Roys
 

DKehoe

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-Kendall becomes the new Logan, successfully running the business at the cost of all human connections
-Shiv goes to help the lawsuits contesting the election
-Roman goes into some form of psychiatric treatment
-Connor and Willa live an empty but somewhat happy ultra rich peoples life
-Tom leaves ATN to be with Shiv
-Greg promoted to something senior in ATN
-Geri is made CEO by Mattson and she was in the car with him at the end of the last episode
-The Old Crew continues to work for Waystar
-Last shot is Jess sitting down with the FBI to reveal all the shit she got on the Roys
Feel like these all make a lot of sense. Kendall finally getting what he wants and it leaving him alone and empty inside works for an ending. I've also wondered if he ends up killing himself. There's been a few nods to it over the course of the show with him looking over the edge of a building or out to sea.

 
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Feel like these all make a lot of sense. Kendall finally getting what he wants and it leaving him alone and empty inside works for an ending. I've also wondered if he ends up killing himself. There's been a few nods to it over the course of the show with him looking over the edge of a building or out to sea.


Ken has almost died or posed like a dead man in water every season so far.
 
I went through the entire series over the past few weeks.

Season 1: "I hate these characters. I want to see them suffer. Some of them ARE kind of funny, though"

Seasons 2-3: "Actually, I'm ashamed to admit how much I relate to these people. Who's to say I wouldn't be like them, given the circumstances?"

Season 4: "I hate these people, and they did not suffer enough."
 

Bitmap Frogs

Mr. Community
Great show… and shiv ultimately lacking the ability to do something good for his brother after a lifetime of mutual sibling sabotage is an embodiment of poisoned family relationships.

In the end, the only people who get what they want are the ones from outside the family (except Greg, who remains in the company at the cost of being Tom’s bitch).

Also MisterFalcon MisterFalcon I don’t think Kendall could ever successfully run the business: through the show he has been shown multiple times to be unable to convince people into giving him what he wants without paying them somehow. He generates no loyalty and doesn’t know how to press people. He has to pay for that, everytime.
 
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BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
Man, I know I’m LTTP but what a great show. I’m halfway through s4 and don’t want it to end, but also I’m glad they’re not dragging it out. Amazing cast of relative unknowns. The only thing I remember seeing the Logan actor in was Super Troopers lol. S tier soundtrack as well.
 

thefool

Member
S1 is great, every episode is bitter. Loved how time passed between episodes, it set the foundation to everything in the series. The rest is, well, entertaining but its pretty much the same thing repeated three more times.
I wish we could have seen bigger time jumps in the show.
 

ChoosableOne

ChoosableAll
It was a great series. The final season was a bit lackluster, but they wrapped up the series in a fantastic way. At first, I thought 'no way,' but it turned out to be one of the most impactful finales for me since The Sopranos. I still can't get over it; I'm listening to its amazing music. 'L to the og', yo.
 

bitbydeath

Member
It was a great series. The final season was a bit lackluster, but they wrapped up the series in a fantastic way. At first, I thought 'no way,' but it turned out to be one of the most impactful finales for me since The Sopranos. I still can't get over it; I'm listening to its amazing music. 'L to the og', yo.
It ended the same way as Game of Thrones.
Angry red-head Sansa/Shiv throws everything back into chaos, ruining any chance the series had of closure.
 

ChoosableOne

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It ended the same way as Game of Thrones.
Angry red-head Sansa/Shiv throws everything back into chaos, ruining any chance the series had of closure.
Rom saying 'we are bullshit' and all the siblings somehow accepting it was actually a fitting conclusion for each character. Additionally, Tom deserved to be the ceo more than the new king in GoT and was a more meaningful choice.
 
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bitbydeath

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Rom saying 'we are bullshit' and all the siblings somehow accepting it was actually a fitting conclusion for each character. Additionally, Tom deserved to be the ceo more than the new king in GoT and was a more meaningful choice.
Does he have a better story than Bran though?

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ChoosableOne

ChoosableAll
Does he have a better story than Bran though?

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I prefer Tom over the child who climbs a tower to watch porn, then uses crows to achieve this safely, and blackmails all the important people with the secret recordings of the entire kingdom.
 
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