‘Succession’ Finale Theories: Kendall Takes It All, Shocking Deaths & More Ways The Show Could End

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It’s genuinely the extremity of an era. After 4 seasons of scheming, shocking moments, and household drama, Succession is coming to an end. Leading up to the last episode, everyone has been wondering conscionable what volition hap to the Roy kids and who volition extremity up connected apical successful the aftermath of Logan’s death.

The bid finale volition beryllium a TV lawsuit connected May 28. How volition it each end? HollywoodLife is taking a look astatine the imaginable (and not-so-plausible) theories.

Jeremy Strong arsenic Kendall Roy. (HBO)

Kendall wins it each astatine a steep cost.

As overmuch arsenic we’d similar to effort and contradict it, the parallels betwixt Kendall and his father, Logan, person go progressively much noticeable successful the past 2 seasons. When Kendall stepped successful for Roman astatine the past 2nd during Logan’s funeral, it was similar we were listening to a younger mentation of Logan Roy. Kendall has tried to germinate and go a amended idiosyncratic than his father, but he’s astir bound to the chains of repeating the past. Kendall has lived successful a rhythm of trauma, abuse, and ruthless ambition his full life… bash we truly expect him to emergence supra it?

The existent calamity of the amusement would beryllium if Kendall is doomed to go his father. Instead of breaking the cycle, the rhythm conscionable continues. He’ll morph into a grotesque power-hungry CEO who destroys anyone and everything that stands successful his way. He’ll suffer his siblings and his family, but he’ll beryllium the king. The 1 who reigns implicit the others. He’ll nary longer person to 2nd conjecture whether oregon not his begetter underlined his sanction oregon crossed it retired due to the fact that it won’t substance anymore. We each emotion Kendall, but his begetter inactive has him successful a chokehold.

Roman betrays Kendall.

Roman is astatine his lowest point, truthful he’s a wildcard. Roman had been riding precocious until the funeral erstwhile his grief overflowed and spilled passim the religion arsenic helium tried to springiness the eulogy. Kendall took Roman’s spot astatine the podium, and the powerfulness equilibrium shifted. Roman knew it astatine that moment.

Kieran Culkin arsenic Roman Roy. (HBO)

When idiosyncratic similar Roman is backed into a corner, they’re unpredictable. Roman has 1 trump paper near connected Kendall, and it would beryllium the eventual betrayal. Roman (and Shiv) cognize the information astir the waiter’s death, and helium could usage it against Kendall. The amusement has echoed King Lear successful galore ways, but Succession could instrumentality a leafage retired of Roman mythology with the communicative of Romulus and Remus. Romulus ends up sidesplitting his ain brother. Roman apt won’t termination his ain brother, but helium could “kill” Kendall metaphorically by revealing the information astir what happened to the waiter.

Tom comes retired connected top.

Tom rising to the apical would beryllium the result that makes the astir sense. Tom has cautiously and ruthlessly played the crippled of powerfulness perfectly since past play erstwhile helium betrayed Shiv and sided with Logan. He shepherded ATN during the election, and Mencken is apt good alert of Tom’s actions. Also, wherever was Tom during the funeral? There’s nary mode helium was that busy. He was engaged making moves to further himself, that’s for sure. He fits the measure for that American CEO that Matsson and Mencken want, and Tom being the chosen 1 would further complicate things for him and Shiv.

Kendall dies.

Everyone was disquieted that Kendall was going to die successful the play 3 finale. Now the changeless interest for Kendall’s beingness has transferred implicit into the last season. Kendall has had suicidal thoughts successful the past, which has been a root of panic for viewers. There’s besides been truthful overmuch h2o imagery surrounding him, which has led galore fans to deliberation Kendall volition drown oregon leap to his decease disconnected a bridge. Honestly, it seems a small rushed to person another large decease successful the last play unless it happens successful the bid finale’s past moments (a la The Sopranos).

Roman dies.

This seems adjacent little plausible than Kendall dying, but past again, Roman is astatine his astir reckless close now. The past could reflector the contiguous with Roman becoming a Rose-like fig successful Kendall’s beingness if Roman ends up dead. Kendall would inevitably blasted himself for immoderate happens to Roman arsenic Logan did with Rose.

However, Roman is simply a antheral of inaction. He can’t decorativeness thing helium genuinely starts. I conscionable don’t deliberation helium has it successful him to instrumentality his ain life. But helium could enactment himself successful a presumption to get hurt, which isn’t a far-fetched idea. At the extremity of the penultimate episode, Roman went retired into the thoroughfare to get pummeled by protesters successful an effort to feel something. Roman should beryllium our main interest going into the bid finale.

Matthew and Macfadyen Sarah Snook arsenic Tom and Shiv. (HBO)

Shiv gets it all.

I emotion Shiv Roy with each my heart, but she has consistently made atrocious moves successful the last season. Unfortunately, the satellite of Succession is not benignant to its women. Shiv has said truthful herself. Given her governmental beliefs and the information that helium can’t power her, I conscionable don’t spot Shiv becoming the U.S. CEO. Mencken isn’t going to fto that happen. Shiv deserves much but unless she has 1 much paper near to play that we don’t cognize astir (other than the Kendall/waiter card), I fearfulness she’ll beryllium formed speech erstwhile again.

The Roy kids get nothing.

Matsson is not to beryllium trusted. He’s overmuch much duplicitous than anyone realizes, and this woody has the quality to spell down successful flames. Matsson is excessively chummy with Mencken, and it’s wide that helium loves chaos. What amended mode to screw with the Roy kids and amusement his existent powerfulness than conscionable making idiosyncratic other (like Tom oregon Stewie) the U.S. CEO?