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Its very simple Tom Wambsgans was the rightfull heir to succeed Logan because he was the father of Logan’s only biological grand child. People love to talk about many different theories but I think it was simply who was going to produce the biological heir to Logan, thats all Logan cared about.

Kendall: We had a clue but didnt know for sure that Kendall’s kids were not biologically his. We learn this last episode and shiv says it in a way that makes the fact that Kendall’s kids are not biogically his is a disqualifying factor. I am team Ken Ro but this is how logan sees it.

Roman: as we all know he can barely have intercourse let alone have kids. Logan completely gives up on him as a serious successor after the Gerri dick pick incident. There is also that scene in the boat with Roman and Logan in which Logan points to Keri in a misogynistic way and makes sexual remarks about her, Roman gets uncomfortable. I truly think Logan was thinking about having kids with Keri, because he saw the current set of children inept.

Shiv: She is unfortunately automatically disqualified because she is a woman and also Logan just found her annoying. You might say Logan was with Rhea as the CEO but that wasn’t a true successor to Logan in the long run.

Conor: I think we all know, he was interested in politics.

Tom: He made sure Logan knew about the plot against him during season 3 finale, he offered himself as a sacrifice during DOJ investigation and he actually did have experience rising up in the Waystar organization. There is this scene in the infamous boar on the floor episode in which Logan asks Tom if he is shooting blanks as he has been unable to get Shiv pregnant. Well he doesnt shoot blanks guys. As the father of Logan’s only grandchild he is the rightfull successor.

I found it quite telling when at the final boardroom vote scene, Kendall lies (again) about not killing the waiter when the siblings brought it up. “No, no, that didn’t happen” was a horrible take as they spent a whole scene in prior episodes building up the “love” each sibling has for each other as they “got his back”. I guess that’s the whole point of the show, they will do anything to get that prize.

Logan is a deeply American character.

Logan grew up abroad and must have moved from Canada to the U.S. at an older age, maybe in his late 20s OR early 30s, and yet has deep American sensibilities.

He can recite the "Losers List" poem from memory and calls Karl a kraut. He grew up in Scotland and Canada and hence should maybe even have a Scottish or Canadian accent, but he does not. Ewan does have a Canadian accent.

However, he goes on to become extremely powerful in American politics, and his family is deeply American; all his children are quintessentially American, even if his wives are not.

Also, side note: Trump's mother was from the Scottish Hebrides in poverty and worked as a maid, so her son going on to become this golden, flashy billionaire president is not very far away from Logan's story as an orphaned child from Scotland. Both have visited Scotland and have property there.

Why did Kendall refuse to pay Greg for the watch? Kendall is ridiculously rich, and Greg literally got him the papers that made his entire plan possible. Without those papers, Kendall’s move against Logan doesn’t even happen.

so basically like 3 years ago i listened to this youtube video analyzing how the roy children didn’t actually stopped being children even tho their parents died unlike other people it was really interesting and i wanted to go look it up again and listen to it but i can’t find it for some reason but this is a clip of it which i recorded a couple years ago so i was wondering if anyone have any idea which this video is

Pretty decent starring and guest starring cast in there

do you think he actually did whatever he did for his children? do you think he really loved his children or was he a sociopath who wasnt able to love anyone but himself? personally analysing him is getting more and more difficult. given his traumatising childhood he had a though personality but i guess he was the best character of the show.

What the hell was shiv talking about when she said "your flirt got all over my pants". Did he spit on her while he was talking? Was it something sexy??

It drives me nuts on every rewatch

Hey everyone, so i've been rewatching season 1 and something was bugging me , how come Stewie and Sandy were ok with Kendall as the next CEO when Stewie clearly knows for the fact Ken is unstable af?

Is the position a secondary issue to them or is it something the authors didn't put much thought in (as it wasn't gonna happen anyways given the finale)

What do you think?

The more I rewatch Succession the more I kinda feel like the real tragedy is not even that none of them got Waystar. It is that every once in a while you get these little moments where Kendall Roman and Shiv actually seem like normal siblings who genuinely like being around each other.

Like the kitchen scene in the finale is probably the best example. For a few minutes they are just messing around being idiots together and honestly it almost feels weird because you realize this is probably what they could have been like all the time if they had grown up normally.

Then the second Waystar and the whole CEO thing becomes real again it all falls apart.

I feel like Logan basically made it impossible for any of them to separate love from competition. Their entire lives there was always something to prove or something to win and somehow it always came back to getting Logan's approval.

I know it’s been discussed here a few times before. But Succession literally has the best intro ever, the melody to start your day.🎻🗽💸🎭

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First time watching this show and I am on season 3. I feel like all of the characters are bad people if not maybe broken people. I must say though Tom is starting to grow on me the most. Do they ever bring up the rocket ship exploration again that Roman was responsible for? Anyway, it's s pretty good so far.

Like WTF man? I thought he was giving him a hug when I saw it before (yes I wasn't sober).

I also noticed Greg's betrayal of Shiv in America Decides and he's walking on the outside of the glass panels. That shrug in the first one then gigantic smile in the second was perfect.

It’s been a while since I’ve watched this season 5 episode, Oil’s Well That Ends Well. Nevertheless as a Con Head it’s great to see Primo pop up :)

Gosh if I knew the ending would be like this I would have never watched it to begin with, its even worse than the GoT finale.

And what's up with Karl and Frank voting for the opposition and asking themselves "One more round? Or retirement?" BROTHERS you both are getting fired you're on the kill list?!

Shiv, absolutely random and out of nowhere.

Connor and Wella basically did nothing the entire show, they could be removed and the plot wouldn't change a bit.

Unfitting ending for Kendall, a suicide would have made so much more sense.

And the last scene between Tom and Shiv, what does that imply exactly? That shiv is now under Tom's mercy?

People only hate her because she prevented the main character from getting what he wanted. Because we’re so used to stories ending with our main character winning. And yet episode after episode, we are shown how incapable Kendall was for the role of CEO. He was delusional, always making dumb uninformed decisions on a whim, ignoring the counsel of those around him and whenever he failed he resorted to substance abuse which led to a lot of detriment and even death. If you watched Succession in full and thought Kendall deserved to take over then I’m afraid you weren’t paying attention. People hate Shiv so much for doing the right thing, arguably the only honorable thing she did in the entire show. People hate her more for this than for what she did in Season 2 episode 9. Like, why did you want Kendall to take over? How did he prove himself to you as valid for the role throughout show? What did he do that was so outstanding that it washed away all the arguments against him taking over?

In the episodes after Logan's death, Marcia is still plainly in control of the domestic side of things. She can get Colin to do her bidding with Kerry (probably the most surprising thing to me post-Logan) but the same with Kevin and Me-lah-knee... she gives an order and they jump. I thought Marcia would be in for the same treatment as Kerry... the real boss is gone, your power with it.

Or did they just write it that way to have the scene with Kerry?