This post contains spoilers for the “Succession” series finale.The swift reversals of fortune during the last few episodes of Jesse Armstrong’s “Succession” were whiplash-inducing and, in the context of the narrative, darkly satisfying.
Though the writers and the cast were phenomenally successful at getting us emotionally invested in the conniving exploits of the Roy siblings, there was always a lingering sense that none of them should “win.” Part of this was due to their stunted nature; their media-magnate father, Logan Roy, essentially engineered them to be, at most, half-functional people.
They had every advantage at birth, but as we saw throughout the series, they lacked their father’s decisiveness.
And when the time arrived for them to band together and seize the reins, they sabotaged each other like crabs in a barrel.Of the three, Jeremy Strong’s Kendall came closest to snatching the crown away from Logan.
But…
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