The first two episodes of SuccessionThe season’s finale made it seem like things might be the same, as if maybe the HBO series was really comfortable going all out by leaving Logan Roy and his kids in the same stick-to-Shakespeare style that defined their story for the entire series. Even with Kendall, Schiff, and Roman outwardly on the same page and working together for the first time, it felt Succession It didn’t want to stray too far from its core power dynamics for fear of having to actually push itself into new territory.
But “Connor’s Wedding”, the final episode of the series, ushered in one of them SuccessionThe most important and unexpected twists – the first make this season feel like relegation might be suspended.
Concerns about Logan Roy’s health loomed large Succession From the very first episode where it introduced us to all the different powerful players vying for a shot at controlling Waystar Royco. Throughout the first season, you could sense the idea that Logan — a crazy octogenarian who didn’t exactly live the healthiest lifestyle — might rise, die, and create a power vacuum. But that possibility seemed to fall by the wayside as the series went on, showing how the dysfunctions of Roy’s siblings all stem from being trapped in decades of family drama they never seemed to escape.
Beating up his kids no matter how they conspired against him always felt like Logan was an intrinsic part of him Successionidentity, and like a power dynamic, the series never planned to let go. But in a truly shocking turn of events, “Connor’s Wedding” – written by serious creator Jesse Armstrong, and directed by Mark Millhaud – upended all that by unceremoniously killing Logan Roy, and propelling everyone previously in his orbit into deep space.
Of all the possible ways Logan Roy could have bitten the bullet, there are few that have felt as hairy as his having a heart attack thousands of feet in the air while traveling to finish the GoJo takeover that would have effectively made Kendall, Roman. , and Chef is persona non grata on Waystar. More than just another clever deal, GoJo’s deal and Logan’s desire to follow through spoke to his desire to truly get his kids out of the glory, power, and fulfillment that each of them so desperately wanted.
Succession With the kind of show that it is, I’ve always felt like there might have been some sort of secret plan put in place in Logan’s interest in GoJo. But “Connor’s Wedding” makes it quite clear that, whether planned or not, Logan’s death changes everything in ways he can’t even fully explain or try to somehow exploit to his advantage from beyond the grave.
Although much of “Connor’s Wedding” focuses on the chaos that begins to unfold as word of Logan’s death spreads, what really makes the episode shine is the way it shows how the people closest to Logan were also the ones experiencing psychological and emotional stress towards them. his performance. to watch SuccessionHowever, it’s always rare to feel any of Roy’s family members are particularly in touch with their feelings: Logan chooses him and his children as a necessity to survive with their father. But in this episode, we finally get a real sense, in different ways, that every kid is unattached to the suddenness of Logan’s death — not necessarily just because they’re grieving, but because of the antagonistic presence they’ve all defined themselves with regard to that just went away.
The events of “Connor’s Wedding”, make Roy’s brothers’ tenuous alliance with each other all the more interesting as he is now grieving as well as wanting to resist his plans for Waystar that unites them. But something very similar also applies to Logan’s surviving advisors, Karolina, Frank, Carl, and Tom, who all become different people after witnessing the death of their former boss.
In the same way that Logan’s death throws the siblings for a loop and some emotional buildup, it triggers Logan’s advisors who all understand that Waystar’s story – and their own – will continue without him. Connor’s Wedding is careful not to get too carried away with that now, but in the episode, you can already see how Logan’s death empowered some people or gave them a sense of freedom that could drive them. Succession In an interesting new area.
The idea of the Roy siblings teaming up just for their dad to teach them again wasn’t compelling on the face of it, and didn’t quite feel like the sort of thing that would make a final season so memorable. With Logan now gone, you can clearly see how Roys and Waystar will have to contend with each other, and they may finally hand it over. Succession Viewers always crave: the end.