The fourth season of succession premiered its latest chapter. The conclusion of this installment is already leaving mixed feelings among critics and viewers. As with any production that becomes a cultural phenomenon, the closure tends to generate almost any kind of reaction. It also prompts various questions. One of them is: Will there be a fifth season?
The first episode of succession It was released five years ago. With its release, the construction of one of the most important narratives in television today and perhaps in the contemporary entertainment industry began. Therefore, the premiere of the last chapter of the fourth season was eagerly awaited and expectation: what would happen?
That question has been a constant through the four seasons of the series. HBO knew how to put together a story in which family tensions and the various internal pulses, motivated by values and anti-values, move the entire production. Based on this, a wide network of followers was built. This, as already happened with franchises like Game of Throneswaited every Sunday (or Monday, in Europe) to have news about succession.
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whatsuccession will it have a fifth season?
Although there may be some aspects of the story that could trigger a new installment, succession will not have a fifth season. Before the release of these last episodes, it was announced that the production would not go beyond this fourth part.
Within the universe of television series, there is a kind of rule that suggests that the stories should last between four and five seasons. They are not absolute rules, but a kind of recommended pattern. In statements given to The New Yorker at the beginning of 2023, Jesse Armstrongthe creator of succession, said the next:
“We could have said it (that the series was over) as soon as I decided, almost when we were writing it. (Also) we could have announced it at the end of the season. But definitely (this fourth season) is the end. I never thought that (succession) could go on forever. The ending has always been on my mind and I said to the cast: ‘I’m not 100% sure, but I think this is it.‘”,
Jesse Armstrong, to The New Yorker.
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According to Armstrong, this ending came to him when they were working on the second season. succession is focused on the Roy family, owner of a media and entertainment empire grouped under one name: Waystar Royco. This becomes the object of desire of the new generations, when they notice that Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the patriarch, the main figure of the family, begins to notice the passage of time. So who will succeed him in command of that business empire? The answer is found in the last chapter of the fourth season and of the entire series.