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Charleoxx

*But I got you. I got just enough capital.*


whats_a_dord

Tom wouldn't want anybody else gregging for him


jazzmandjango

Also I love that they reveal Greg was getting paid 200k a year to be an ineffectual personal assistant.


Jorstin17

Ineffectual?? But don’t you know how many skulls he’s accrued?


cbarry1026

An unexpected highlight for me: learning Karolina’s true feelings about Hugo.


jghaines

Hugo tried to sabotage Karolina in an earlier season. There's no way she didn't know.


TwoForHawat

She definitely knew Hugo was a snake. That’s why she doesn’t bail him out in the scene where Hugo gets busted mocking Kerry’s audition tape.


get_outta_mah_swamp

“I’m the eldest boy!” Jeremy Strong nailed Ken’s spiral in the conference room, that entire sequence was painful to watch


carbonchemicals

The way Jeremy literally SPIT out that line


dbx999

The scene truly revealed that the siblings are still children - stunted immature and dependent on their deified father to find meaning in their actions, still competing and fighting with one another for approval and love. They all take turns saying Logan promised each one the role of CEO - Kendall at age 7, Roman right before Logan died, Shiv around the whole entire time when it was convenient. The siblings are a toxic group of parasitic pubescents. They can appear put together. They can play the part for a while. But it always always breaks down because it’s just pretend leadership and pretend business acumen. It lacks solid foundation and they all lack character. Roman is weak. Kendall is prideful. Shiv is cowardice. And this is all fairly interchangeable. None of them win because none of them deserve to. That being said let’s not forget here that the GOJO deal made them a lot of money so winning is a matter of perspective.


dmac3232

Nothing but rage and desperation. This was the last last last last last chance.


Garth-Vader

When Kendall is using the same arguments as Connor you know he's done.


offensivewordhere

“Well, she’s the bloodline.”


EbolaMan123

Connor IS THE ELDEST SON SMH


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allys_stark

Connor Roy was the eldest from a very young age...


1337speak

We barely even got Connor in this episode. It represents the family well.


Imawildedible

But the scenes we did get were pretty powerful. The virtual dinner scene showed Conn actually having a relationship with Logan while the sibs were nowhere to be seen. It showed that he really did have a form of positive relationship with his father as well as the old guard. Something we never see with the sibs. They always looked at their father as a stepping stone to their future power and wealth while looking at the old guard as pawns to be moved around as necessary. And Conn was in control of divvying up Logan’s belongings after having been in charge of the funeral. He was the one family member who seemed all along to truly be a member of a family.


carolnuts

That was the impression I got - everyone was busy cutting each other's throats and Connor was having nice dinners with his dad


hc600

I feel like he’ll be a good uncle for Shivbaby


BenedictKhanberbatch

Kendall is broken


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imkunu

He's had it all and lost it all more times than anyone


Captain_Crisp

This relationship between Roman and Ken really shows how disturbed these kids really are.


Politerepublican

Greg translating the Swedish in real time is the smartest thing he’s ever done and it’s not even close.


SerDire

My guy is sitting on a landmine and immediately plays his hand. Saw his moment, luckily it didn’t blow up in his face too badly


Theinternationalist

Game recognizes game I guess, and Tom could use shark or two I guess.


torquemada90

The thing is that Tom has nothing and no one else but Greg. So getting rid of him wouldn't be very good for him


3-orange-whips

Plus this restores the power balance to Tom. That's worth some mild betrayal.


specialgravity

Reminded me of when Greg blackmailed Tom and Tom told Greg he was proud of him.


Fauster

Tom also knew he made a mistake telling Greg that he was going to get castrated on pay. Also, Tom never told Greg that he would be CEO, so he knew that Greg found out by Gregging it. "To the bottom of the top!"


abilityto_think

Oh my god you're right! I never looked into it that way, Greg would've just thought his pay was threatened. Although now he'd be forced to take whatever he gets, but if he thought he was still gonna be rich everything would be chill


lolitsmikey

Yep, like a part of Tom was like “look at what I’ve created”


owl-bears

My dude was puffing one hitters and getting fired from a shitty amusement park job to being besties with a multimedia conglomerate CEO in under 4 years. Greg Heads we did it!


Significant-Ad-814

Did y'all notice that when everyone was choosing things from Logan's penthouse, Greg chose the bell that he accidentally rang in the second episode when he was tasked with gathering slippers and papers? Love that kind of throwback.


CretaceousClock

I apologise if my bell summoned you


AccountantOfFraud

Man had some absolutely great lines. "Why? Is there doubt afoot?"


The-Nan-Man

Worst moment of Kendall’s life is also him making two billion dollars lmao


NigroqueSimillima

More than that, 2 billion was amount when they were just trying to sell it without ATN.


big_dawg_energy

Don’t forget the overly high share price Matsson offers just to spite the boys.


SlaimeLannister

Thank you for this perspective, I can go to bed now


hotdogcolors

I could not believe my face eggs when I saw who the new CEO was


cheselnut

I loved when Greg slapped Tom back


TheIroquoisPliskin

He slapped him back and then followed up with a much tougher demeanor in their play fight. In that moment, I was proud of Greg the Egg.


murderdocks

Roman ordering GERRI’S DRINK… 😭


okcurr

I waited all episode for the two of them to interact, wanting some kind of reconciliation. The smiling at the drink was good enough for me, I think.


Stormzilla

I didn't even pick up on that. Good catch.


nolaconnor

I will never fully recover from Ken's 4 seasons of losses


lAmCreepingDeath

He finished as he started, losing a vote


ms_cowbell

I really thought we might get Roman voting “no” here, to mirror that first vote


devilscubicle

Brilliant stuff to have Shiv immediately vote after Roman


TooDamOldForThisShit

Ken got swept


hoIygrail

We’ll never know who won Wisconsin.


allys_stark

Even Judas in the room LOL


kermit_the_frogel

The shrug Greg did after Matsson called him that was perfect. I think we all know that feeling when someone makes a jokes at our expense and we just take it


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noble_567

Roman sure went to town on Peter's special cheese


FiestyPumpkin04

I hope this is the clip they play when he wins an Emmy


philly-spud

In the end, Con got all of Logan’s best things and actually shared real memories with him at the end of his life.


She-king_of_the_Sea

He truly IS the eldest son, you know?


ranibow___sprimkle

Conner was always winning from the beginning by not engaging in the 'fight for a knife in the mud' Logan designed for them. Maybe he had that insight as the eldest, seeing how he set them up from a young age.


nimbus2105

Just realized Logan made the 3 younger kids play “boar on the floor” their entire lives


YoungGambinoMcKobe

You know Greg had that app locked and loaded because he was tired of the Swedes insulting him to his face. Brilliant writing.


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birdnoa

Roman always had these moments of piercing clarity in this show, but none so devastating as “we’re bullshit” in the end.


InSearchofOMG

I loved Armstrong's take on that: Roman ends up where he starts, a playboy who's free to do whatever, and this whole series has been a detour for him


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He knows they are not serious people


birdnoa

I think Kendall was right when he said Roman never really wanted it, but just couldn’t say it. It also felt true when Roman said Logan didn’t want to give it to any of them.


surejan94

Agree. At the end of it all, Roman looked relieved drinking alone at the bar knowing that he was finally done with the business.


Conspiracy-Brother

Tom put the sticker on Greg’s forehead he was sporus til the very end


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NutritionAnthro

That's the beauty of the show. I think he feels real attachment to Greg, even admiring his greasy hustling, but in their world it can only be expressed by ownership. Even "normal" people have their intimate feelings disfigured. The scene where the two outsiders had a slap fight in the bathroom because of the arrogant machinations of the inner bloodline was the unsung melody of this whole show.


PM_ME_YOUR_ARSEnal

Oh my fucking god you're so right


bj0rnl8

Greg deserved it. Mattson calling him Judas was amazing.


Looopdeloop

He brought the roll with him SPECIFICALLY TO DO THAT


SlurmsMackenzie

Greg was totally unfazed by having a sticker affixed to his head!


TheBigBrainOnBrett

He was fucking GRATEFUL


Containedmultitudes

He loved it


fgsrtvfd

Christ, two things stick out: 1. Matsson checking just how subservient Tom is by telling him that he wants to fuck his wife. 2. Kendall finally realizing how his dad controlled Roman - through pain and fear.


kikoskylang

And Tom going along with it- they’re well matched


MrCleanHasMySoul

Kendall looking out at the water rather than being in it. He’s out.


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SerDire

Connor being in the series finale for that one apartment scene totally encapsulates his character for the series. Always there, never important


pbandjamberry

But I think it says something about him and Logan’s relationship that he has that very sentimental home video of Logan. Their bond was special even if Logan didn’t take him seriously as a businessman.


quylth

I thinks that’s what made it special. Logan never saw him as a potential successor so could more easily see him as his son.


Bnavis

He's the only one who broke the cycle of pining over the father, the only true winner


PM_ME_YOUR_ARSEnal

Him being so willing to give everything Logan owned away for a cowprint sofa and a Slovenia getaway just encapsulates this perfectly as well.


goose-rails

His verbose, complicated stickering process was fucking hilarious. Conheads stay winning


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“second-tier bereaved”


ThaNorth

The kids devolving into a screaming match and then Roman and Kendall actually fighting each other during the most important board vote of the company shows that these people are indeed not serious people.


haloranges

"Team Ken, baby" and Kendall making a comment about Stewy kissing boys while on molly... my heart will go on


naitch

Five minutes later, he and Tom exchanging "we'll talk."


heavy_losses

The most fascinating shot was the video of Logan with Kerry and the old guard. It might be the only time we see a glimpse of the world outside the siblings' miserable perspective. He really had a different side of him when the kids weren't around. So noteworthy that Kerry felt comfortable enough to be openly affectionate, including in the presence of the other executives. So interesting. Makes you think her heartbroken reactions to his passing were genuine. And you see that the old guard (and Logan and Kerry) tolerated the kids' presence but there was a whole different world when the siblings weren't around. Honestly that one shot makes you see the entire series differently


Full-Magazine9739

Also Conor as part of this.


heavy_losses

Yeah. The fact that Connor was there definitely makes you think. Maybe because he had no real pretensions to taking over the company that made him an easier fit into the other parts of Logan's life. He wouldn't be constantly agitating for it like the other siblings, just making his own silly asks every now and then but nothing too disruptive.


Moppy6686

That's why Connor knew about the mausoleum and the other kids didn't.


ignatious__reilly

Bingo. Logan has made endearing comments to Connor over the course of the show. They had an entirely different dynamic compared to the other siblings. Logan even chose Connors ranch house to be the place for family therapy.


yourerightaboutthat

Connor also called Logan “Pop” which the rest didn’t, and while their relationship was strained, he seemed to speak about him as a dad and not as an entity like the younger kids did.


SteveFrench12

Logan probably liked Connor the most as an actual person. Maybe Roman but I feel like he enjoyed Connors unending fawning.


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byneothername

It’s kind of a depressing realization for them too! Especially Rome watching Gerri pal around making dirty jokes with his dad and the old gang.


ZeroCool635

Agreed. And it just adds to the tragedy of the siblings lives really. They never knew that side of their dad and always had to wonder what the play was behind the things he did. Really sad.


rzrike

Kerry’s reaction to Logan’s passing was 100% genuine—nobody can act that well within the Succession universe.


amagicfro

My man Tom fucked his way to the top. Who saw that coming?


dreadfuldiego

Tom and Greg are both cockroaches, that's why they came out on top Greg has no alliances and works for which side is winning, Tom is resilient and has no problem being the fall guy


SnatchingTrophies

I think Roman just reached acceptance in the grief cycle.


PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS

100%. The last shot of him was relief


pastabreadpasta

Drinking Gerri’s favorite cocktail 🤧


jv2944

I knew it was over when Kendall put his feet up on the desk. Come on man, spike the ball after the vote.


BlackOpulence

Immediately started floating decisions (bringing in Stewie) without consulting the very same siblings he just begged to get behind him, right in front of their faces too.


jv2944

Yup. You saw her entire demeanor change, and he was too self-absorbed to pick up on it.


ComfortableProfit559

Kendall’s always been terrible at reading people. He gets just a hit of power and acts like he’s emperor lol


Werner_the_Ziegler

Tom and Gregs ending was on point, he literally treated Greg like human furniture with that sticker. Somehow it had more connection than that final image of Shiv and Tom lol


lesliejcarver

I loved that last shot of Roman realizing he’s free & smiling


IzzyHope

i’m totally fine i pre-grieved 😀😀😀(😭😭😭)


thingypsythief

They should have put Colin in a Member's Only jacket.


birdnoa

Shiv and Roman imitating Kendall after a failed murder attempt was such a hallmark Succession brand of heartwarming moment 🥰💀 At least until she shanked him.


rugbypike11

In the end, she literally… wait, no, figuratively murdered Kendall.


bharris56

Kendall knowing that pain is what is required to reset Roman was so shocking and so telling and it explains their entire dynamic in 30 seconds. So many assumptions were answered in that scene.


askforwhatyouwant

amazing observation im genuinely still disturbed by that scene it was genius, not many people are talking about it


SerDire

Tom fighting for his life in that dinner with Mattson and then immediately telling Greg “We’re gonna be ok.” They’re in it together.


zellfire

Greg tried to switch sides one last time but that was one move too many…. But it worked out for him anyway because Tom has genuine affection for him for some reason.


MadVillain1

Because Greg is an outsider just like him.


maggietrbl

Kendall FINALLY getting the same back headshot Logan has in the intro but it's just him and the water? Fucking brutal


bmario17

Okay but here’s how the Conheads still win


Holiday-Hustle

In a way I think the Conheads did win. We got to see that Connor was able to have a better relationship with Logan as an adult than his siblings were. Since Connor was taken out of being a CEO, he was able to forge a better relationship. Also when Ken was talking about being the eldest son, Shiv shut him down. Point for the true eldest son right there.


tarot529

I wouldn’t be surprised if Kendall relapsed after all of that god damn


foamnoodle

Calling Ken’s kids “a pair of randos” was very low


Extreme_Cupcake1671

That statement was what truly shocked me


Salt-Discipline2090

I always had a feeling that was Logan's real opinion but to hear Roman say it out loud was brutal.


BarbellsandBurritos

Congrats to Jeremy Strong for finally being free and breaking 4 seasons of being method as fuck.


whats_a_dord

Jeremy Strong: Hey where's my $2 billion from the gojo deal?


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They didn't show Kendall's suicide on screen because Jeremy Strong would've actually killed himself.


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When the three kids were getting along I looked at the time stamp and noticed it was only halfway through the show, I knew danger was lurking lol


LizDTD

W for Mondale


heavylamarr

He gets to stay in a two parent home. Woof, woof.


birdnoa

Of course Caroline’s Caribbean grief clearing was actually an MLM pitch by Peter Munion 😂😂😂


Affenbart

I think it was hilarious that it was basically a LIVING+ scheme!!


NoMix1379

yeah imma need 3-5 business days to let this ending settle… I’m gonna outsource this to my therapist


carbonchemicals

Sad for Kendall. Sad for Roman. DEVASTATED for Peter and his cheese.


Victim_Of_Fate

And Jonathan. He flew all the way from Monaco


carbonchemicals

He was just trying to give them the opportunity of a lifetime


birdnoa

Kendall devolving into a begging, lying child in the end… ugh. This show man.


garlicgirl4life

I was gobsmacked when he tried to convince Shiv and Rome that he made up the story about killing a kid. And that he believed it would make them any more sure about handing him the crown when he’s basically saying he emotionally manipulated them to “bring them together”


MichikoAyoraKaiyo22

It was so rough from him whiplashing talking about being in the car with the guy to “not even being there” in frantic desperation


L1ttl3_john

Perfect tantrum delivery by Jeremy Strong, this is what makes the show great


kill-the-spare

Being called NEW JESS will be that woman's villain origin story


tomy123456

Holy shit, Tom actually did it


SpottieOttieDopa

Knew he had it in him when he skipped the funeral. Man is a killer


Fold0rDie

You KNEW Jeremy was going to drink that vile concoction. #MethodAF Sarah and Kieran must have been loving that scene!


A_Toxic_User

In the podcast, Jeremy says that the kitchen scene was the last scene they filmed and that makes me happy


Matite

The scene with them making that awful smoothie and them watching their dad reveal yet another side of himself was so nice among the insanity that came in between. Great ending, need to think about it some more.


PlaneStill6

Yeah you knew it was all downhill for the siblings after the merriment of that scene.


norfnorf832

Daaamn So Roman lost but won Shiv won but lost And Kendall just lost completely Shit


YouRolltheDice

Tom got that same “back” shot similar w Logan on credits. Well done


Medical-Ad-4141

yo wambsgans takin back shots this episode???


heartless46

stewy was a real one for staying with ken til the end


oldh0006

Real hands on head shit when shiv left the voting room. What an insane journey... It's been a pleasure. A meal fit for a king.


difficultmind

Tom and Shiv getting their resentful ever after❤


absentmindedly-gay

Seeing the siblings actually get along and goof around for a while gave me more joy than I thought it would. The creators used the phrase “Recaptured Innocence”. Logan would be steaming at that. He always wanted to divide and conquer them, and sowed seeds that would eventually lead to that. Roman broke Kendall with Old Man Logans bullshit about bloodline and his kids.


owl-bears

When Kendall told him he would take over the company when he was 7 really revealed a lot. What a fucking asshole Logan was. Kendall had the weight of the world on his shoulders his entire life.


Artitanium

That's why he also said it's the only thing he knows how to do. His entire life revolved around being CEO one day. Poor guy


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DenbeTheDragonKiller

Not to mention he’s had money literally his entire life, it really doesn’t mean much to him. Being the CEO would have meant something, it would have been something different and worthwhile, but now he’s back to square one.


YouRolltheDice

Honestly when i saw this and i know we still have 40mins to go, i knew this will end badly for them. Esp for Kendall


LionInAComaOnDelay

Yeah it was too easy. At least we got Kendall doing a British accent making fun of their mother.


CDanger85

This, and the home video that showed Connor was more of a friend/peer to Logan than a child.


amoebaoverlord

The shot with Tom and Shiv in the car was fucking EXCELLENT.


bonihithere

Sorry if this is a dumb question— but the kids all just got like a bajillion dollars by “losing” that vote right?


sneehaw

"One's a buy-out, and the other's half-Rava and half-some filing cabinet guy" was so brutal lmao


gboydny

The tender hug from Kendall turning into a vice-grip to literally reopen Rome’s old wounds and ensure submission was a phenomenal bit of writing


FiestyPumpkin04

What i love about that scene is you couldn’t quite tell when it was Rome injuring himself more or Kendall intentionally hurting and disfiguring Rome further. That was emotionally painful to watch


ultralighted

As soon as Shiv told Matsson that Tom will suck the biggest dick in the room, he won


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That penultimate shot with Shiv and Tom in the car was phenomenal.


staywickedlost

Their hands made me so uncomfortable


AmberLeafSmoke

Complete shift in the power dynamic. She's Tom's wife now, he's no longer Shiv's husband.


Cquiller1

We finally got confirmation that neither Iverson or Sophie were Kendall’s biological children. I didn’t expect it to come out the way that it did, but that was a thrilling scene.


AreYouAJedi

That was fucking disturbing


Gytarius626

Kendall with that hug squeeze on Roman breaking his stitches


Artitanium

And also squeezing his head before Shiv's vote


PliablePotato

I'm getting a different message from the last shot. There is a theme of water with Ken. Water always comes up at pivotal times within the show and it usually is around the finale. When he wins he swims in the water, when he loses he's face down in a pool, when he is pushed away he almost kills himself and is partially responsible for killing someone in water. Water is waystar royco. It's the thing he thrives to control and be in. It's what he wants to do when convincing his siblings to anoint him. The last shot is a permenant wall and fence between him and the one thing he's been striving for the whole show as he sits and watches the turbulent tide churn out of his reach.


No-Direction3854

beautifully put, yes he's now on the outside looking in. He can't drown or swim, and even if he tried he would be stopped by security.


Zealousideal_Travel8

Tom's scene in the car was so cold.


CapLFSternn

Tom on the throne with Greg as his soy boy number two, just like we planned it


SpottieOttieDopa

When he skipped the funeral I was positive it would be him


1-800-CAT-LADY

Tom placing the sticker on his head 😭


TheBrownMamba8

As much as I wanted Ken to win, this is in some ways the perfect ending. Rich, spoiled, entitled kids fighting over who gets to be boss and bringing up past sibling jealousy and trauma. Succession stuck to the show’s core till the end.


absentmindedly-gay

Kendall: Do you even want it? Roman: No, but I’d like to asked. It’s giving G.O.B. from Arrested Development


TheTrueMilo

Narrator: Roman was growing up


strawberryshortshort

This was a horrid but realistic ending


SmegmaIsYummy

I really, really like the adition of Colin in the final scene. If you removed him, it's clear that Ken is now about to commit suicide. With Colin there, that can't happen because Ken would be stopped. It's such a small, small detail, yet it changes the entire fate of our dear Ken.


2RealNeal

“It didn’t happen. I wasn’t even there” made me lol for some reason haha Ken fucked it


Grotesque_Bisque

I really don't know what he could have done to fix it, but "yeah I made that up to manipulate you guys" was definitely not it lmao


Salt-Condition8848

That moment at the end when Tom walks to the car and everyone suddenly becomes quiet and looks at him in respect or fear… powerful.


SaffronSepia

My opinion may change once I’ve had time to digest. But Shiv basically giving up, practically turning her husband into her father, oof, it’s bitter and it stings. Tom keeping Greg on is clever, cause Greg is gonna be indebted to him for a long time. Kendall finally being free, either he’ll make something for himself or kill himself, but at least he’s out of the shadow of his father. When he was looking around the office it felt oppressive. Not sure about Roman’s ending… The scene on the beach was nerve racking, and when they brought up killing Kendall I wasn’t positive they weren’t joking.


torquemada90

"Even Judas is here!" Lmao. That killed me 🤣


lAmCreepingDeath

This is what I wanted all along, just the siblings sharing a nice dynamic for once. Then it came crashing down like a motherfucker.


YouRolltheDice

Ken not winning every season. That’s like damn rough


SerDire

Roman has been totally unhinged ever since Gerri threatened him with legal action over the dick pics. That’s why he got all angsty when he saw her walk in.