'Succession' returns for a fourth and final season of family back-stabbing
Succession began on Logan Roy's birthday, with his first medical emergency. It had him nearly dying in his own helicopter, and it raised the question of what might come after Logan. Who would take over Waystar Royco? Who would run things? What would Logan have wanted? Since then, we've learned that this was an utter misdirect: Succession is not about following Logan Roy at all. It is about surviving Logan Roy. Can he be endured? Can his caustic influence be undone? Can he ever be outwitted, outplayed, or outlasted?
Despite dialogue so acerbic that it puckers the cast's mouths like a salt and vinegar chip, and despite the dynamism of performances that harden, soften and harden again, stasis has always stalked the story of the Roys. Kendall, after all,
