The fourth season of succession put an end to one of the most acclaimed series of the last five years. In it, the Roy brothers fought against everyone and each other for inherit his father’s company, Waystar Royco. A battle that was resolved with a surprising ending, and that left several very important questions unresolved on its way. One of them is the one that has finally solved Jesse Armstrogthe creator of the series.
Armstrong attended an event organized by Financial Times. In it he gave some details about the commented final of succession. But, the most important thing is that he finally revealed if the name of Kendall was underlined or crossed out in the will of Logan Roy. This refers to the fourth episode of the season. In it, the people closest to Logan come to his house after he has passed away. that’s when Frankthe adviser Waystar Royco, open a safe. What is inside is a piece of paper that could forever jeopardize the future of the company, so he decides to notify the main executives and the children of Logan.
The document details that Kendall He is chosen to inherit the position of CEO of the company. However, next to the name there is a line that starts below the letters but ends above them. The characters -and the spectators- had doubts as to whether Logan he had underlined or crossed out his son’s name.
New details of the end of Succession
In the first case, that meant that it was a priority for him that Kendall take the reins But in the second case it meant that she had changed her mind. And it is that, in the previous seasons, Kendall he had publicly betrayed his father on different occasions. Now, Armstrong has cleared up this unknown.
“This is something that I would not have liked to do at all while the series was on the air. If you were to cross it out, you would not start below, would you?”, comments the creator of succession. Some words that unleashed jubilation among those attending the event, since they confirmed that Logan yes i wanted kendall was his successor. “Underlined!” someone yells, to which Armstrongagain, nod.
Who won at the end of succession
With these statements, Armstrong confirms that the tenacious businessman ended up opting for his son. However, in the series Kendall he is the big loser. The document of Logan It does not make things clear, so everyone opts for a different strategy. Kendall, Roman and Shiv they end up allying themselves and convincing the board that the company should not be sold to the Swedish company GoJo. In addition, among the brothers they opt for their own Kendall as the new CEO.
But at the time of the vote, Shiv He changes his mind and decides to support the sale. His vote tipped the balance in favor of GoJo and the businessman lukas matsson. He appoints as CEO of Waystar to Tom Wambsgansknowing that the character of Matthew Macfadyen he will be faithful to him and will carry out all his orders.
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“Occasionally, I would ask him to do a take where he would say—this was from the beginning of the series—remember, that could be you too,” he said. Armstrong about filming with the actor. “It was just to make sure I understood. [que es] an imbecile who also has some claw that he could take out at a certain moment ”, he sentences. Finally, succession it ended with the Roy family losing his father’s company.