Legacy is a stunning conclusion to a series that will go down in history.

In one of the final scenes of the series successionfrom HBO, shiv (Sarah Snook) look at the outstretched hand Volume (Matthew Macfadyen). It’s not clear if he just betrayed his brothers Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin). Especially if you acted to secure the future of a child who has not yet been born. The truth is that the character, having gone through a difficult emotional journey throughout the last chapter of the series, makes an inexplicable decision.

Changing your vote on the board of directors Waystar Royko at the last moment, he makes a coup that upsets the precarious balance of power in the plot. He not only allows sinister Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) takes over the management of the company.

She also keeps her brothers out of control and manages to gain a share of influence through her husband. It’s never revealed if strange determination shiv is due to belated retribution or a conscious attempt to prevent Kendall lead a family corporation. So succession he says goodbye on a bitter, realistic, and rude note.

Fall of a giant

empire Logan (Brian Cox) falls and slips out of the hands of his heirs. After the consortium managed to reverse the political situation and establish Gerrid Menken (Justin Kirk) as President of North America. A twist that allowed the far-right Republican to get the better of a close result.

As a result, the maneuver Roman in the previous chapter succession were of little value compared to the strings that move inside Waystar Royko. The series ends with a harsh close-up Kendall, who touched the pinnacle of ambition, but collapsed by taking the wrong step. Trust shiv? Accept his allegiance immediately? succession does not answer questions and insists on what was the central point of his argument: the difficult relationship between the family Roy.

final defeat in succession

For four seasons succession, creator Jesse Armstrong explores the evils of power. It also suggests characters that move away from role models or the pursuit of redemption. A notable exception to the many arguments in which moral degradation always leads to sobering punishment.

But the director goes even further and builds a scenario in which greed becomes the driving force behind all vile behavior. In addition, he delves into a group of protagonists without ethics, protected by the privileges of their wealth or political influence. They are all aware of this ability and are not afraid to use it to their advantage.

Kendall, shiv, Roman and, to a lesser extent, Connor (Alan Ruck) are constantly fighting each other for control of Waystar Royco. Family business under the iron fist of the patriarch Logan Roybecomes the center of intrigue and manipulation. But besides this, it is also a legacy that each of the brothers considers their own and which they strive to get at any cost.

broken family

In its fourth edition succession went further. After death Roy, his sons’ battle for the vast consortium’s inheritance becomes relentless. In addition, a look at their traumas, pains and wounds that must be resolved between corrosive and harmful emotional ties. Each of the main characters, in their own way, discovers that the sudden loss of a visible head of the family is more than a blow to financial and public reputation.

Oddly enough, the last season succession it is based not only on financial dilemmas, but also on the study of suffering and eradication. Neither of the Roy’s heirs is ultimately capable of defeating the other. And not to follow a path independent of his illustrious surname.

Thus, the need for recognition in the midst of a history of nepotism turns into a relentless struggle against the loss of identity. Kendallwho was dependent on getting parental approval finds himself in a stalemate that puts his poor strategic skills to the test.

On the other side, Roman embodies the clumsy version Logan. Connor with little skill he moves his few pieces to the big board, which again limits his ambition. shiv deals with the loss of his father while dealing with the breakdown of his marriage to Volume. In parallel, he is trying to survive the likely collapse of the family corporation in the midst of impending and dangerous political changes.

Corruption at the core succession

final chapter successionin fact, emphasizes the nature of family ties Roy. In one of the most unique plot sequences, Kendall, shiv And Roman they laugh in the kitchen of their mother’s house. What happens after overcoming their mutual differences and reaching an unreliable emergency agreement to prevent them Mattson take the family corporation by storm. It’s an intimate moment, almost tender. One that changes the tone of the main characters’ relationship in what seems to be an oasis of calm.

What causes betrayal shiv be even more difficult to accept and understand. Did the character make a decision when her brothers completely trusted her? Was it a maneuver of real distrust KendallHe? After a final handshake between Roy Logan’s daughter and her husband, it’s clear that the two are a reluctant team working together. Something that lends a dark meaning to the final recapitulation that ultimately changes history. succession.

The Questionable Decision That Changes Everything

goodbye, succession he focuses all the tongue-in-cheek and satirical focus of his script on the subplot of the rich world it shows. Aside from the questionable – and sometimes illegal – decisions of its characters, the series also presents interest in its internal rupture. Each of Roy’s sons walks away from hopeful redemption or exemplary punishment. Their respective positions lead them to moral collapse. In the same way, succumb to the cracks of reality, which does not fully support the severity of failure and final defeat.

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When the company is lost, purpose is broken, and the brothers lose their father and inheritance, the end succession it’s gloomy. Also, in keeping with the way the production has always evoked feelings of betrayal and ruthless manipulation. In the end, Roy Logan becomes a ghost, his company becomes a memory, and his children become people far from the spheres of power. The final piece of an intricate puzzle that will go down in entertainment history for its rigidity and vague sense of privilege.