The Shocking ‘Succession’ Death Is a Brilliant Game-Changer

In Sunday’s Season 4 show-stopper, 'Succession' creator Jesse Armstrong made good on the ending he’s teased since the beginning.

’s jaw-dropping death scene takes place not in a hospital, but as a flurry of frantic phone calls.creator Jesse Armstrong made good on the ending he’s teased since the beginning—killing off the once indestructible Logan Roy. A corporate titan in his professional life and abusive tyrant in his personal life, Logan has spent what little we’ve seen of this season quietly wondering what awaits him on the other side while simultaneously plotting out his ninth life.

You can see the abusive dynamic Logan has fostered among his kids by how they respond to his death. Roman and Kendall, the two sons Logan has taunted throughout their lives with the promise of one day replacing him, hand the cell phone back and forth, as they try to process the fact that their father is probably, almost definitely, but not certainly, dying.

Shiv would have been the one to receive the call first—had she not been ignoring her ex-husband’s calls because he, among many other things, conspired with Logan to squash her and her sibling’s bid to take over the family business at the end of last season. She’s the only Roy child to receive an affectionate nickname from their father—“Pinky.” That’s probably because Logan never took her seriously as a potential replacement for himself.

And Shiv? She returns to Tom, a husband whose manipulative streak matches her own, tearful and gutted. ’s most brilliant maneuver yet.

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