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    <em>Succession</em>’s Masterful Finale Tips the HBO Show’s Hand

    Never has the Roy legacy seemed more tragic, or more toxic.
    by Sophie Gilbert Aug 06, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: HBO

    This article contains spoilers through all 10 episodes of HBO’s Succession.

    There have been few performances on TV this year as intense and as discomfiting as Jeremy Strong’s representation of the doomed scion Kendall Roy on HBO’s . The son and heir apparent of the media magnate Logan Roy (Brian Cox), Kendall is a recovering addict as desperate for his father’s love as his father is loath to bestow it. It’s no coincidence that ’s mournful theme tends to accompany Kendall more than any other character. If Kieran a tragedy.

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