Anyone following the third season of HBOโs critically-acclaimed Succession will tell you shit is certainly hitting the fan. As the Roy familyโs civil war approaches fever pitch territory, and the authorities close in on the offices of Waystar Royco, itโs hard to imagine everything wonโt come to a screeching halt for the worldโs favourite dysfunctional family. The only indication this isnโt a swan song for patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) โ as well as adult children Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck)? The fact HBO has only just renewed the hit drama/black comedy for season 4. But as previously alluded to by Succession executive producer Georgia Pritchett, and recently confirmed by Brian Cox himself, the end is well and truly nigh.
โThere is an endgame. Whether it comes this next season or whether it comes the season after that, weโll find out. Itโs also up to [show creator Jesse Armstrong], Jesseโs energy, and if he can keep it up โ and the energy of his writers,โ Brian Cox tells Collider.
โWeโre actors. Weโll go on forever. We can be a bit mindless like that. I wonโt go on forever. I think thereโs a natural end to the show and it will come. It will be sad to see the end of it, but it will also be well achieved, I hope.โ
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As for the matter of Logan Royโs vision as opposed to the HBO showโs arc, however, Cox was able to provide a touch more clarity vis-a-vis the Waystar Royco head honchoโs masterplan.
โI think [Logan Roy] has a vision. Itโs maybe not everybodyโs idea of a vision. I think heโs also an opportunist. He goes into something like ATN and heโs only interested in how it gets people riled up. Itโs like Fox News.โ
โI doubt if theyโre really interested in politics at Fox News, but they know how to pander to the masses. The Murdochs have done very well by that. I think itโs the same for Logan. Heโs not really politically motivated. He just says, โThey buy this crap, so letโs continue to sell them that crap.'โ
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Earlier this year, executive producer Georgia Pritchett revealed thereโs a strong possibility Jesse Armstrong intends to cap it off after season 5, potentially even by next seasonโs conclusion.
โI think the maximum would be five seasonsโฆ but possibly more like four,โ Georgia Pritchett tells The Times.
โWeโre at the end of filming [Succession] season 3, so at this point, Jesse is saying only one more.โ
Pritchett later added there was a possibility of another instalment post Succession season 4 regardless of Armstrongโs assertion โ citing the common phenomenon wherein series creators walk back on doing one last season which apparently โhappens every time,โ and teasing a โgood end in sight.โ Meaning we probably wonโt be speculating about multiple interpretations (unlike other HBO properties).
