Let’s get one factor straight: everybody on this present is a loser. It doesn’t matter how a lot cash they’ve, how picturesque their properties could also be, how shortly they will give you the right comeback—they’re all full and utter losers. And that’s what makes Succession such successful. We like to see the mighty fall—and oh, how the Roys have crumbled again and again (and over) once more. Their immense wealth and unmatched egos enable them to face up, mud off their Loro Piana pants, and bounce again into the ring, the place they may undoubtedly discover themselves knocked out as soon as extra. Name it schadenfreude, or no matter else you need, however it’s a cycle the general public loves to look at.
As we embark on the fourth and last season of the hit HBO present, there are some unanswered questions that can linger over each episode. What’s going to occur to Waystar Royco when the ultimate credit roll? Who will survive to take over the throne and who will probably be a casualty within the battle for dad’s respect? As a result of, in the long run, there’ll ostensibly be not less than one “winner” right here. Proper now, it’s too early to inform who will find yourself with the title of CEO, however we’re going to maintain observe of the place everybody stands all through the season (not a lot who has one of the best likelihood of strolling away with the corporate, extra so who made it out of the final hour with the fewest bruises).
Winners
The Roy Siblings
I want to take a second to acknowledge the newfound camaraderie that stemmed from Kendall, Shiv, and Roman bonding over a shared need to betray their father. There’s nothing fairly just like the love between siblings, proper? For the primary time in 4 seasons, the Roy siblings are working collectively (albeit bickering and name-calling via all of it), leaving solely poor Connor on the outskirts, greedy at his sole share level.
Bridget Randomfuck
Sure, the “drug-addled cock monster” Bridget together with her “ludicrously capacious” bag is a winner this week. She could have been a sufferer of the “Disgusting Brothers,” however she matched with a man on Hinge (swayed little doubt by the 6’ 7” on Greg’s profile), and all of the sudden she’s on the celebration of one of the vital highly effective males on this fictionalized world. I imply, issues may have gone lots worse for Bridget—as a substitute, she received to take pleasure in free drinks, fluffy show towels, and what I’ve to think about are Michelin Star-worthy canapés. Logan could have stated no to her selfie, however it appears like she nonetheless received some nice Instagram content material from her outing. She was probably humiliated when Colin went via her cellphone and kicked her out of the penthouse, however hey—now she has some nice content material for her subsequent TikTok video. “Kerching” certainly.
Tom Wambsgans
He may not be too glad about it, however the finish of Tom’s loveless marriage to Shiv Roy makes him an undoubted winner this week. Tom is by no means good. He, like everybody else on this present, is an unmitigated asshole, and he’s clearly utilizing his relationship with Shiv to additional his profession at Waystar. However beneath all of it, Tom does look like a very good man. I don’t know, possibly it’s my love for Mr. Darcy coming out, however I do need Tom to be glad, and he would have probably stayed married to Shiv for the remainder of his life if she didn’t pull the plug. Fortunately for him, she clearly wished out. So I say, Sayonara Mrs. Wambsgans—and lengthy could the Disgusting Brothers reign!
Twitter Followers
Everybody say “Thanks, Jesse Armstrong” for creating one other 60 minutes chock filled with quotable one-liners that can function Twitter response memes for months to come back. Logan, particularly, had some nice traces this episode, like, “Why is everyone so fucking glad?” and “Congratulations on saying the most important quantity, you fucking morons.”
The dialog between Connor, Willa, Greg, and Bridget relating to Connor’s presidential run supplied an entire lot of Twitter fodder as properly. “They’re saying that I may must get aggressive in sure media markets, as a result of either side try to squeeze my p.c,” he says, to which Willa replies: “That’s grasping. After they have all the opposite percents?”
Losers
Everybody Caught in Logan’s Library With Him
“No person tells jokes anymore, do they?” Logan asks, earlier than going across the room, forcing every of his workers to roast him—a person who notoriously can’t take a joke—on the spot. Sadly for Logan (and doubtless thankfully for everybody else), none of Waystar’s high execs are notably humorous, which means the dialog ends with out a lot as a chuckle from Logan. It’s potential the patriarch realizes he drove out the one individuals who could make enjoyable of him in the way in which he clearly craves. Apparently, you want Roy blood to serve that form of insult, however the one individual the sibling trio targets this week is Logan’s “pal, assistant, and advisor,” Kerry. It’s unclear, nonetheless, whether or not Logan would discover all of the jabs they took at her very humorous.
The Roy Siblings
Like I stated, everybody on this present is a loser, even after they’re a winner. The Roy siblings could lastly be getting alongside, which is good to see or no matter, however their obsession with their father is reaching the purpose of pathetic. They have been so shut to doing their very own factor, to creating their very own firm, which can have sounded fully superfluous and sure to fail, however on the very least, they might have failed as three impartial adults. Alas, they merely couldn’t cross up the chance to serve it to Dad, to beat him at his personal sport. At one level, Roman is the clear voice of purpose within the group, stating that the considered getting again within the ring with their father is “getting fucking previous.” However even he drinks the KoolAid—and jumps wallet-first right into a deal that can screw over Logan.
