Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the series finale of Succession.Let’s face it: the final episode of Succession, a series famously modeled after King Lear and other Shakespearian tragedies, was hardly going to give the Roy siblings their happy ever afters.
A scenario in which Kendall (Jeremy Strong) fulfills his lifelong CEO dreams, Shiv (Sarah Snook) returns to a successful career in politics, and Roman (Kieran Culkin) overcomes all of his grief and trauma would’ve felt unearned, unrealistic, and untrue to the nature of the show.
Of course, that hasn’t stopped some fans from being disappointed in where we leave our lead trio at the closing of “With Open Eyes.” Kendall has lost the CEO spot and the company, both of which he spent decades building his identity around; Shiv has no formal position in Waystar, has ruined her relationship with Kendall, and is set…
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