Succession

But “The Munsters” does not play like Jesse Armstrong, Mark Mylod, and company simply playing the series' greatest hits. Logan's goal is the same, as is his ...

As intriguing as it is to see the siblings triumphant, most of the episode’s highlights come in and around the party, as a reminder that this is one of the most quotable television shows ever made. Well, the difference is that he can call up Cyd and order her to get rid of the host he’s watching — “He looks like a ballsack in a toupee,” he complains — but he’s mostly marinating in his disappointments in the same way he wants his audience to. (The inverse, in a way, of Connor and Willa, who are still moving toward the wedding she has resigned herself to.) But neither is happy to see their marriage ending, and neither can find true comfort from anybody else knowing Logan has scarred both of them. The older he gets, the closer he gets to oblivion, and he understands that this is not a fate that he can avoid through psychological-dominance tactics. Actually attempt to mock him, and you will not only piss him off, but inspire him to turn the tables on you. It’s a new dynamic the likes of which the show hasn’t really employed before, and it’s a smart place to begin this final run of episodes. The kids have repeatedly tried to get to the front of the line by operating independently from one another, and they have all failed. The trio are not entirely on the same page — Roman very much wants to stick with their new media venture, The Hundred, which is described as “Substack meets MasterClass meets The Economist meets The New Yorker,” and looks at Pierce as a dying legacy brand — but they also ultimately recognize that this is the move, both for their own fortunes and to stick it to their old man. And there is nothing Logan can do about it, save to yell a lame insult at them about their ability to say the highest number(*), which only increases their glee at getting one over on him. They work together to (with the help of their new money man, “T”) figure out an escalating series of bids that will cut Logan off at the knees, especially since they know Nan Pierce despises him and would only sell to him if she had no other choice. Among the reasons he has been able to dominate and manipulate his offspring for so long is that he plays favorites, always making one or two of them feel like they have ascended to be his Number One Boy (or Girl, in Shiv’s case), and forcing them into positions where they will feel like they have to betray one another, thus leaving Logan free to, as usual, get what he wants. And it is their teamwork, along with a call from Tom to Shiv that reveals more than he intends, that allows them to well and truly foil Logan’s plans and snatch Pierce for themselves.

It is expected that tension will be soaring high in the fourth and final season of the HBO series.

Before the writers started writing the script of Succession season 4 Armstrong raised the idea of making it the final part and so they played around different scenarios. Therefore, it is expected that tension will be soaring high in the fourth and final season of the HBO series. However, it is not much unusual considering that even Season 1 and 2 of the series had ten episodes. Previously creator Jesse Armstrong said that the end of Succession was always kind of present in his mind as he knew that the show is not going to run forever. The season 3 of Succession ended with a heated power struggle between Roy children and their father Logan. But if you think that the Roy family will hug it all out and forget everything, then you are clearly mistaken.

'Succession' fans have shared their reactions to the fourth and final season's first episode following its premiere.

He added: “I had the last scene pretty early. “That’s how I pitched it to my writers’ room, kind of hoping I’d get argued out of it so we’d see a way to do more seasons, because I love working with these people. I wavered on what were the best lines, the best way to express it — but that ending from the first draft is the one you’ll see when the episode comes out.” Love the direction of the storyline already off the top. Sometimes you see a scene that is blocked and shot and lit so precisely that it hurts. I’m sick of her being snubbed as Supporting. She’s going to kill this season and deserves the push. I'll never get this frame out of my head. This scene is pure art. [March 27, 2023] I’ll never get this frame out of my head.” Elsewhere, Shiv and Tom are going through a trial separation following his betrayal of her in season three, and Shiv tells him that she wants a divorce.

In the new trailer for Succession Season 4, the Roy family goes to war against the backdrop of a "historic, toxic" election.

Succession Season 4 Episode 1 is streaming on HBO and Sky now. Meanwhile, Lukas Matsson’s takeover of Waystar Royco is imminent and ATN is trying to give far-right fascist candidate Jeryd Mencken a fast-pass straight to the presidency. Greg is relaying all of his movements back to Tom, and says it’s “like Jaws, if everyone in Jaws worked for Jaws.”

The Emmy Award-winning dark-comedy drama series Succession returned Sunday (March 26) with Season 4's first episode. Showrunner Jesse Armstrong, in February ...

With the unprecedented success of the show, it came as a shocker to many that the creators announced Season 4 as the finale. The plot of Succession is inspired by the reality of Rupert Murdoch and his six children. Media mogul Murdoch—the owner of News Corporation—is an Australian-born American business magnate, who has been married four times and has six children with three of his wives. In the previous installment, Waystar Rayco is in dire straits for many reasons including Logan Roy's declining health, his son Kendall's public crusade against the head of the family, and a high-profile scandal involving the company. In Season 1, after the father suffers a stroke, the four Roy children struggle to keep control of the company as the tantalizing idea of power causes rifts. [Succession](https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/hbo-s-succession-to-end-after-season-4/story) returned Sunday (March 26) with Season 4's first episode.

Following the season premiere, a new Succession Season 4 trailer dropped teasing the future of the hit HBO comedy-drama.

The series tracks their lives as they contemplate what the future will hold for them once their aging father begins to step back from the company. “A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.” The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete,” says the logline.

The "sibs" seem to have some trust issues, Kendall's (Jeremy Strong) going back to Stewy Hosseini (Arian Moayed) for support, far right presidential hopeful ...

[Succession Season 4 is streaming on HBO and HBO Max(opens in a new tab)](https://zdcs.link/JXbJm?cd36=Standard&%3Bt=article&%3Bm=content_body&%3Be=offer&%3Bi=text-link&%3Bel=HBO%20Max%28Opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab%29&%3Bcd62=article&%3Bcd63=00ua6ltaTVQphto4WLNmjWC&%3Bshort_url=JXbJm&%3Bu=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fsuccession-season-4-review&t=video&m=content_body&e=offer&i=text-link&el=Succession%20Season%204%20is%20streaming%20on%20HBO%20and%20HBO%20Max&cd62=video&cd63=02035DDIJ4WOCdnLRL8PIO5&short_url=JXbJm&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fvideo%2Fsuccession-season-4-preview-trailer), with new episodes airing weekly on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. [diabolical moments](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-3-scenes) with the Roys has begun, with [Season 4 of ](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-4-review) [Succession](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-4-review) kicking off with [one furiously tense first episode](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-4-episode-1-logan-birthday). [birthday boy](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-4-episode-1-logan-birthday) [Logan (Brian Cox) scrambled for a little power in that final scene](https://mashable.com/article/succession-season-4-episode-1-final-scene-logan), and Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Tom decided to call it.

Succession star Jeremy Strong warns about dark storms ahead for Kendall Roy in season 4 and why he advocated for his character's story to end.

I actually feel like, in the beginning of this season, Kendall is a bit in the back seat of the car, and happy to be in a band. There’s something about the allure of newspapers that he both wants to compete with his father and dominate his father, but he also wants to be in his father’s footsteps. This is a nice moment of connection with his brother and sister, and the moment in the river where things are sort of placid and calm… I went to my house directly from the airport, took a long walk, sat on the beach, watched Kendall go down with the sun, and said, “Adios.” But he’s still coming back from the ropes of what happened in Italy, and happy to be along for this ride with his brother and sister. Kendall is aware that he has a sort of bottomless hole inside of him that he needs to fill, that in the past, he’s filled with drug use and substance abuse. What was it like to tap into that moment of victory for the siblings? There’s a lot of room for it to spiral, but for now, it’s a solid position. He’s going to continue trying to fill it that way, which I see as a sort of tragedy. There’s very little left of him to put the crown on. They sort of do a fireman’s carry out of that scene, and it continues into the beginning of this next season, where he’s leaning on them. For his part, Strong loves the premiere’s subtle use of Kendall — especially since it’s not going to last for long as the final season chugs along.

But in typical “Succession” fashion, the confrontation between the estranged couple happens without a true confrontation. Returning home from the West Coast ...

See our [latest prediction champs](https://www.goldderby.com/best-prediction-scores/awards/league-data/). [the 2023 Emmy nominees through July 12](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) [Make your predictions](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) at Gold Derby now. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our [famous forums](https://www.goldderby.com/forums/) where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Download our free and easy app for [Apple/iPhone devices](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1460576753) or [Android (Google Play)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmc.goldDerby) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. It was really fun to yell at Matthew and have him yell at me. In the final moments of the “Succession” Season 4 premiere, “The Munsters,” Tom and Shiv officially decide to end their marriage. A teaser for the upcoming season showed the pair engaging in numerous arguments, and Snook [HBO](https://www.goldderby.com/t/hbo/). But Tom declines, despite having little closure about their relationship or his decision to side with Logan over Shiv. “It was really fun this season because Matthew and I got to explore different aspects of the relationship between them. But in typical “Succession” fashion, the confrontation between the estranged couple happens without a true confrontation. She’s throwing out barbs and saying, ‘We should break up.

Succession returns with a crunchy peanut butter of a premiere for its fourth and final season as the Roys prepare to do battle one last time for the Waystar ...

Finally, we come to the last of the Roy children. So, in the midst of Logan’s furious dealings with his children, in the middle of a high-stakes acquisition bid, Greg fails to read the room once again and asks his uncle for a private chat. Some of the finest acting I’ve ever seen, and this in a show filled with brilliant, powerful performances. When Shiv says it’s time to move on from the marriage, all Tom can say is “uh huh.” He tried to talk to her about his feelings but she shut him down, as usual. Logan’s top security guy / bodyguard Colin (Scott Nicholson) informs Greg that he’ll need to search her on the way out and Greg decides he’ll just hang back rather than break the news to his date. Later, Tom approaches Greg to tell him he’s the laughing stock of the entire party for bringing such a grotesque plebe to the private affair. The show opened up on Logan’s 80th birthday, so it’s only fitting that now—three seasons and nearly five years later—we get to watch him grit his teeth at “Happy Birthday To You” being sung by “the monsters” as he calls his too-happy guests. They’re in the process of starting up a new media company called The Hundred which is, according to Kendall, “Substack meets masterclass meets the Economist meets The New Yorker.” It’s a “private members club but for everyone” and “an indispensable bespoke information hub” that offers “high-calorie info-snacks” with the “ethos of a nonprofit but the path to crazy margins.” And so The Hundred is dropped like one of Kendall’s girlfriends and off they rush to buy a dying legacy media brand. She’s walking away with a ridiculous amount of money and a punch to Logan’s kidney. They meet with Nan who is every bit as conniving and money-and-status-obsessed as the Roy family, but too concerned with her image to just admit it. Fast forward to the even of the final sale of Waystar RoyCo in the Season 4 premiere.

The thing is, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook) have all had their differences over the past three seasons, leaving ...

At the same time that it's exciting to see Kendall, Roman, and Shiv back together, it's a bit sad to see an old dude alone on his birthday. Later on in the episode, Kendall, Roman, and Shiv outsmart their father in a bidding war for the acquisition of Pierce Global Media, a longstanding media company. In this first episode of Season 4, Logan is in a state of deep contemplation and emotion, perhaps more than we've ever seen from him in the past. At the end of the season, Kendall breaks down to Roman and Shiv, finally confessing to killing a waiter in the car accident during his sister's wedding. Roman and Shiv joined forces with their father after Kendall dropped a major bombshell about Logan at the end of Season 2, creating a stark divide between the siblings. Sure, holiday gatherings and impromptu yacht trips might physically unite the family for a moment, but it's never until war is declared on the Roys that they actually slam their skulls together and get to work.

It's clear from the jump that Shiv and Tom are no longer pretending to be a happy couple. A tense phone call in the first scene suggests they're on a trial ...

Shiv stops by to grab some new clothes for her hotel room, only to find Tom wandering out of the bedroom in his little pajama V-neck. Tom is also ready to call it quits, having come around to the fact that his wife would rather use him as a business tool than grant him a shred of dignity or care. It’s clear from the jump that Shiv and Tom are no longer pretending to be a happy couple. Shiv wants to divorce Tom, as is usually the inclination when your husband tells your dad that you’re planning a hostile takeover of his company. [Connor and Willa](https://www.thecut.com/2021/12/willa-connor-roy-proposal.html)? [Gerri and Roman](https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/succession-kieran-culkin-j-smith-cameron-kiss.html)?

Early in the Succession season four premiere, we find most of the Roy siblings—Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman Roy (Kieran ...

You can browse photos of the home [here](https://thewilliamsestates.com/listing/1601-san-onofre-dr-pacific-palisades-ca/). Either way, we're sure the locations they frequent will be nothing short of opulent as they traverse While it’s unclear who actually owns the house in the show, the [real-life location](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a41968608/wednesday-filming-locations-romania-castle/) certainly didn’t go unnoticed as they plotted their next business move. Other more unexpected features include a primary bedroom that’s accessible via a retinal scanner (and also has a custom roof that retracts for stargazing) and a ballistic safe room, according to As far as locations go for getting away from their father but still remaining in the country, this estate makes for a pretty nice pick for the Roy siblings. Located in Los Angeles's Pacific Palisades neighborhood on San Onofre Drive, the approximately 20,000-square-foot mansion is the ultimate blend of indoor-outdoor living and high-tech features.

Succession star Matthew MacFadyen actor opens up about the final moments on set of the HBO show and his character Tom Wambsgans.

He views his career like the ocean, where the lulls of looking for the next right project are followed by the crest of a really good moment; the trick is to wait for the wave to come. “I love that they’re quite bloody-minded and gladiatorial in that we shoot a 10- or 12-page scene in one continuous take and then do that eight or nine times over,” he explains. “It started to feel like it was more definitive as we got closer to the end, and I trust Jesse and his team to decide how to go out on a high,” he says. “It was pretty brave and cool that he was willing to be the fall guy for the family, and [last season] when he sensed that Shiv [Sarah Snook] was disappointed that he got off the hook, and in fact maybe wanted him to go to jail, it was a death by a thousand cuts,” he explains. He didn’t have the chance to explain his reasons to Shiv, or to have the chance to tell her that there wasn’t anything he did that she wouldn’t have done. He says the cast “sort of knew the end might be coming” and that Armstrong had spoken to them to lay the groundwork for the end while still leaving room to change his mind. “It was sort of awful,” he says. [ breakdown of the show’s single successful marriage](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-shiv-tom-1235360644/); Macfadyen is most moved by his character’s attempts to process the abbreviated split. Despite his often outwardly cheery demeanor and constant quips (episode 401’s riff on Greg’s date’s handbag nearly rivals the great deck shoes castigation of 103), Tom hasn’t been a stranger to melancholy. “In a word, I thought it was great,” he says of the season-three [cliffhanger](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/succession-recap-season-4-premiere-1235353506/) that saw Tom cutting his wife out of her family’s company. [Matthew Macfadyen](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/matthew-macfadyen/) is nothing like Tom Wambsgans. But now, as the high-octane family drama [launches its fourth season](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-shiv-tom-1235360644/), Wambsgans has climbed the ranks to become billionaire Logan Roy’s double-crossing right-hand man — all much to Macfadyen’s delight.

The $83 million Los Angeles property is owned by Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies.

Russell is estimated to be worth about [$1.6 billion](https://www.forbes.com/profile/austin-russell/?sh=2a57ebc96aa8) according to Forbes, as of April 2022. Luminar stock subsequently [tumbled](https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/03/22/why-luminars-stock-is-plummeting-today/). Russell founded Luminar when he was a 17-year-old [high school student](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/luminar-ipo-mints-a-25-year-old-autonomous-driving-billionaire.html). [born in 1995](https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-a-young-billionaire-learned-some-old-lessons-11616212826) in Newport Beach, California, has been hailed as something of a wunderkind. [trending downwards](https://www.google.com/finance/quote/LAZR:NASDAQ?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinq8SCivz9AhWJTsAKHfFjD-MQ3ecFegQIGhAY&window=5Y), hitting a low of $3.95 in January this year. One of its rivals includes Velodyne, an industry leader that gained its edge as the [first company to commercialize](https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/first-mover-advantage-gives-velodyne-the-edge-says-top-analyst) lidar for autonomous cars in 2007. A number of companies, [including Volvo](https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21248415/volvo-luminar-lidar-self-driving-highway-pilot-spa2), who has partnered with Luminar, have already incorporated the technology into their vehicles. The company said the weak results, falling on the lower end of its guidance range, were “due to timing of program and service revenue recognition.” Its quarterly net loss was $144.8 million or $0.40 per share, nearly two times higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a [$0.22 loss](https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2059304/luminar-lazr-q4-earnings-preview-high-costs-to-mar-margins) per share. [Starchitect](https://palisadesnews.com/ardie-tavangarian-mansion-for-sale-in-palisades-for-27-million/)” Ardie Tavangarian, the mansion features a [plush home theater](https://www.loveproperty.com/gallerylist/114234/a-26-year-old-billionaire-bought-this-83-million-megamansion), spa complex, two panic rooms, and even a retractable roof for stargazing. Last week, Goldman Sachs downgraded Luminar, moving it [from neutral to sell](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/luminar-technologies-cut-at-goldman-sachs-on-margin-headwinds-432SI-2959587) with a $5 price target, due to margin concerns. stunning.New Amazon Fire TVs](https://www.amazon.com/b/?asc_campaign=InlineMobile&asc_refurl=https://qz.com/succession-season-4-premiere-austin-russell-mansion-1850268981&asc_source=&ie=UTF8&node=8521791011&tag=kinjaquartzpromo-20) [light detection and ranging](https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lidar.html),” is a type of remote sensing method that uses lasers to generate information about three-dimensional space.

Succession star Nicholas Braun has teased that there will be some “big and bold” moments for his character Greg Hirsch in the final season of the show.

[Succession](https://www.digitalspy.com/succession/) star Nicholas Braun has teased that there will be some "big and bold" moments for his character in the [fourth and final season](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a38013013/succession-season-4-release-date/) of the show. "Maybe it could be like a 'Better Call Gerri' show, where it's all about the fixer and different cases – I don't know," she said. You’re going to get a nice healthy dose of what you like out of these guys." He’s always been a guy who’s tried to play whatever sides are available to him and he really leans into that this season." I think there's a lot of material." "It’s a fun thing to talk about [but] we’re focused on this – this is the main event of our lives," he continued.

While patricide plan B gets underway, the leggy princeling 'rummages to fruition' at his uncle's superbly squirm-inducing party. Welcome back, Roy-alists!

That sepia title sequence was subtly tweaked, with a shot added of the StarGo app (complete with slow loading). With Logan and his lieutenants at the other end of a phoneline, he was on the back foot for once. [Grey Gardens](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/14/grey-gardens-anniversary-hamptons-documentary), going Mano a Nano”. Their financing was “robust”, but they wouldn’t “take your properties and roll them in the dirt” like evil pater. When Shiv returned to their Broadway apartment to collect some clothes, she and Tom quietly agreed they had reached the end of the road. He tried to lighten the mood by getting his inner circle to give him a “roasting”, but, understandably, they were all too terrified. The contrast between the genteel Pierces, who pretend not to care about money, and the venal Roys, who care about little else, was beautifully portrayed once again. Not to be confused with the gimmicky cricket tournament, this was “a one-stop info shop for smart people”. “I feel like we’re in the middle of a bidding war,” said the pearl-clutching matriarch Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones). Before she was ejected, she and Greg found time for a fumble in a guest bedroom. How about marrying underneath the Statue of Liberty with a brass band and assorted hoopla? His sole confidantes were his “friend, assistant and adviser” Kerry (Zoe Winters) and his bodyguard, Colin (Scott Nicholson).

Tom and Greg's (ostensibly platonic) relationship is the most important and intimate one on the show as it enters its final days.

In true Succession fashion, the level of its celebratory fervour sits somewhere below ‘shareholder meeting’: today is merely a premise under which to gather the suits together and talk shop. And boy, do these people love to talk: the Roys and their entourage are plagued by a compulsive inability to speak about anything other than the next acquisition of a legacy media company. Empires are built and destroyed, elections are fixed and wars declared, and incomprehensibly vast sums of money are shuffled like cards, all because of the words passed between a few people in a room.

'Succession''s season-four premiere undermined the Burberry empire in one swift monologue after Cousin Greg brought a random date and Tom and the other Roys ...

Well, it turns out Tom felt that Bridget’s “ludicrously capacious bag” (big bags are for us peasants; the rich don’t need to carry anything around, that’s what assistants are for) that she presumably filled with “flat shoes for the subway” (both orthopedic footwear and public, eco-friendly transportation are for us peasants) or “a lunch pail” (a mid-day meal, especially one brought from home, is also for us peasants) was so “monstrous … And for that reason, this sizable, conspicuous bag was the perfect choice for Greg’s date to tote — she, and maybe even by extension Greg, will never be one of them. That she was one of them — one of the elite. That she knew, and decided to ignore, the value of the dollar. Bridget’s bag, on the other hand, is immediately identifiable, which in turn makes it gauche, tacky, and completely undesirable to the one percent. Upon her arrival, a single up-and-down glance is enough to send Logan’s assistant into a one-percent tizzy, and she pulls Greg aside to let him know that this party, thrown in honor of one of the richest men in the world, was, in fact, not a “fucking Shake Shack.” Noted.

Shiv, Roman and Kendall listen to a phonecall from their Dad outside under plam trees. The Roys promptly dropped their side hustles when a chance to get back at ...

He contemplated what comes after death (he doesn't think there's much) and tried to find a sense of control after losing the PGM deal by ending his birthday watching ATN News and barking orders at an executive. He cements himself on the second-lowest rung this week when he considers throwing another $100 million at his campaign because "if I were to fall under 1 per cent I would become a laughing stock". Tom lost the deal Logan really didn't want to lose, his wife asked for a divorce in their devastating yet terribly communicated exchange, and Greg decided to break up their bromance by bringing his new girlfriend to Logan's birthday. Kerry is languishing near the bottom this week, but she's one of the closest people to Logan and can't be underestimated – until Logan decides he's done with her. But being in a trio means he'll continue to get outnumbered by Shiv and Kendall, which could lead him to go crawling back to his Dad. Sure, her personal life is in tatters, and she more than likely overpaid for PGM just out of spite, but Shiv can still call this a win.

Meanwhile, Shiv and brothers Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin, as acid-tongued as ever) are brainstorming a new “disrupter media brand” they've ...

That may be why some tune into this show — the writing is unparalleled in American television right now. Where he ends up in the Succession pecking order is one of the great as-yet-unanswered questions. Meanwhile, fan favourite Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) has put his foot in it again, bringing a date to Logan’s birthday, who embarrasses herself by asking Logan for a selfie and worse. The shameless hubris of these people is gag-inducing. While the camera rarely stops moving in the scenes with Shiv, Kendall and Roman, darting around as if trying to catch their synapses firing, viewers shouldn’t expect the fireworks just yet. Meanwhile, Shiv and brothers Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin, as acid-tongued as ever) are brainstorming a new “disrupter media brand” they’ve named The Hundred.

In the first three seasons, we saw a series of attempts to stage coups and remove the surly and irascible patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), from the top spot at ...

We would love to see the terrific Matthew McFayden (Tom Wambsgans) take out his frustrations over his emasculation at the hands of his manipulative and calculating wife, Shiv, out on the Waystar head honcho. [the end of Season 3 we see them resort to an alliance](https://collider.com/succession-season-4-roys-working-together/) because none of them has shown the willingness or ability to really do what it would ultimately take to dethrone Pops Roy. [Logan is the logical pick not only because of his advanced age and health issues](https://collider.com/succesion-season-4-logan-roy-death/), but because his kids don't like him very much, and are getting tired of being played like pawns in the corporate games that Logan is so adept at. After all, he was very close to being ousted at the end of last season, and his physical and mental health have been compromised throughout the entirety of the show. We've established the fact that the Roy children have been saddled with certain trademarks that aren't going to change very much, so something is going to have to change the family dynamic rather dramatically to continue the arduous task of upping the ante of an already brilliantly devious and devilishly addictive show. Shiv (Sarah Snook) kind of goes whichever way the wind blows with her forays into politics followed by several cutthroat attempts for the keys to the kingdom

Nan Pierce's home in 'Succession' season 4, episode 1 was shot at what appears to be Eric Schmidt's $30 million Montecito mansion.

[@kristytipsy](https://twitter.com/Kristytipsy/status/1640231779310403584) identified the location shown as Nan Pierce’s home on the show as the Peabody Estate in Santa Barbara, also known as [ Villa Solana](https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/slideshow/10-best-homes-currently-market-southern-california/39-million-santa-barbara-compound/). The property includes 11 acres of land sitting on a hilltop with magnificent ocean and mountain views, and the grounds are a lush collection of palm trees, lemon trees, pomegranate trees, and more. Amid the intense negotiating taking place, Shiv at least still took a moment to compliment Nan (Cherry Jones) on the exquisite estate—the filming location of which has since been identified as a $30 million California mansion belonging to a former tech CEO. The 22,000-square-foot main house comes in at five bedrooms and includes unique design touches like 17th-century French oak paneling and white Alabama marble; there’s also a separate guest house. [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-schmidt-montecito-home-11599600051), for the price of $30.8 million—well below the $57.5 million it was [ listed for in 2012](https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/historic-solana-estate-hits-the-market-for-40-million-2810996/). [Succession](https://robbreport.com/tag/succession/) is back, baby, and [season 4](https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/succession-season-4-1234728134/) opened with a bang of [stealth wealth](https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/succession-billions-details-1234808621/) à la Kendall’s unmarked baseball cap, sprawling vistas that are ignored in lieu of furious phone calls and secretive huddles, and enough [creative uses of the word “fuck”](https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/hbo-succession-season-4-gift-bags-fuck-off-1234821024/) to power a small country.

Shiv, Kendall, and Roman may be deeply flawed, but they have great taste in real estate.

[beyond wealthy](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/succession-filming-locations-you-can-visit). Lest we forget, these are the children of fictional media mogul [Logan Roy](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/succession-season-3-all-about-that-hamptons-mansion), who [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/web-stories/how-rich-is-the-roy-family-on-succession/) estimates is worth a whopping (fictional) $18 billion (Rs1,42,200 crores, approximately. At 20,000 square feet, this over-the-top property encompasses an owner’s suite that could serve as its own apartment, plus five guest suites, countless amenities, and a striking silhouette. In real life, the six bedroom, 18 bathroom house known as the San Onofre estate was built by real estate developer Inside, fan favourite character Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) is yelling at a Zoom meeting on the television, in a living room surrounded by high glass walls, some fully open to the outdoors, looking out on an infinity pool and sweeping mountain views beyond that. [the hit HBO drama](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-the-high-powered-worlds-of-hbos-succession-are-mastered).

If you haven't seen the show, it centers on the Roys, a dysfunctional family of billionaires jockeying for the reins of their aging father's multinational media ...

From time to time, Logan has even made us — and them — think that, after all their trials and tribulations, none of the Roy kids will ultimately get to wear the crown. "'If you wanted to win the 2040 World Cup, you would not pick the oldest sons and daughters of the 2020 team.'" [surveyed](https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=d9b8371df47b0f19ae353de13230489656b36fdbf520aaceb606fd5a80a3e3e6bec0cae18e803352486e4c926c11ad6610a4b78899cb196a) more than 10,000 manufacturing firms across the United States and Europe. Meanwhile, the wily old devil Logan has taken great delight in teasing us, pitting his offspring against each other in a kind of ornately gilded cage-fight. That, of course, is the central test that faces ailing Logan Roy, the family patriarch who built Waystar Royco, in Succession. It's his second oldest son, the drug-addled Kendall Roy; his daughter, the politically savvy Siobhan Roy; and his perverted youngest son, Roman Roy, who grasp the most for their father's throne. [nepo babies](https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=d9b8371df47b0f193151b46931127ee1de56999f5815d1d0568df7b145099edbed79349a7f1e0ea7ba73497fceaad07a7bbb848c22277049) run the show. In fact, more than half of the world's companies, both privately owned and publicly listed, are family firms, according to Villalonga and Amit. Family firms, the research center estimates, account for a whopping 64 percent of our nation's GDP. Some of [the biggest companies](https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=d9b8371df47b0f19231c35e54a0caf94e6fdc226a1c5c55eaa5b31846c07e3253d4a7cf1e87cb9213dcf6aaf8b910066bff817d3a480d997) in the world meet that definition, including Walmart, which is controlled by the Walton Family; Samsung; Volkswagen; Berkshire Hathaway; Koch Industries; Ford Motor Company; and, of course, what is perhaps the inspiration for Succession: News Corp, which is largely controlled by Rupert Murdoch and his progeny. Their family gatherings are awkward, to say the least. At Planet Money, we view the world through the lens of economics.

This article contains spoilers for “The Munsters,” the season four premiere of “Succession.” After three seasons of the best characters and conflicts that television has to offer, HBO's “Succession” is finally coming to an end. If ...

With its relentless pacing and sharp writing, “The Munsters” teases a lot of exciting leads for where this final season could go. Still processing Tom’s betrayal from the third season, Shiv refuses to engage with his attempts to explain himself, suggesting they should just accept the dissolution of their marriage. “We gave it a go,” the two painfully admit. Logan’s introspection about what lies beyond his empire is a telling nod to the finality of this season. Kendall and Shiv are all too willing to get back under their father’s skin, even at the cost of their independence. After three seasons of the best characters and conflicts that television has to offer, HBO’s “Succession” is finally coming to an end.

There was plenty to group-text frantically about in the season four premiere of 'Succession', but it's probably best to just let the show speak for itself.

Without further ado, here are the best lines from last night’s episode of Succession, ranked. This line will live in my head for the rest of time, and I’m not happy about it. [new (and final) season of Succession](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/succession-season-four-review) to hit, and hit it did, premiering on Monday with a bang and reminding me why I’ve devoted such a significant portion of my limited brain space to understanding the intricacies of Roy family drama.

There was plenty to group-text frantically about in the Succession season 4 premiere, but it's probably best to just let the show speak for itself.

[divorced](https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/yes-i-got-divorced-no-do-not-call-me-a-divorcee-indian-marriages) Tom is my favourite Tom. [Roys](https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/take-a-tour-of-aditya-roy-kapurs-mumbai-home) get to family bonding. [business](https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/why-you-need-to-support-small-businesses-girls-of-summer-sale) venture by misquoting Mao Zedong. [bag](https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/20-vogue-recommended-bags-to-buy-from-non-mainstream-brands-in-2023). Without further ado, here are the best lines from last night’s episode of Succession, ranked: [siblings](https://www.vogue.in/content/whats-it-like-when-your-sister-is-also-your-style-twin)’ website was going to fail.

The fourth and final season picks up as Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) attempt to gain power over their father, Logan ...

Read Variety‘s interview with Cox about the premiere [here](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/succession-season-4-premiere-brian-cox-logan-1235563971/). [Variety‘s review](https://variety.com/2023/tv/reviews/succession-review-final-season-tops-itself-again-1235560908/) says that “while the season takes a bit longer to catch fire than its predecessors, once the shady dealing begins in earnest, “Succession” is more intense than ever. [final season](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/succession-end-season-4-hbo-1235534246/) picks up as Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) attempt to gain power over their father, Logan (Brian Cox), who made a move to sell the family company out from under them in the Season 3 finale.

Sunday's fourth season premiere drew 2.3 million cross-platform viewers, according to Nielsen and first-party streaming data from HBO. That's the biggest tune- ...

The third season averaged 7.2 million viewers over the course of its run (HBO’s cumulative figures for series are measured for 90 days after a season premiere). (On-air ratings for the premiere will be available later Tuesday.) [2 million cross-platform viewers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/yellowjackets-season-2-premiere-ratings-1235361801/). [10 million viewers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/white-lotus-season-2-finale-ratings-1235280742/) per episode. [1.4 million viewers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-3-premiere-series-high-ratings-1235033161/), which was then a series best. [Subscribe Sign Up](https://cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com/signup/) Sunday’s fourth season premiere drew 2.3 million cross-platform viewers, according to Nielsen and first-party streaming data from HBO. [final season of ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-logan-birthday-1235360447/) [Succession](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/succession-2/) began with the HBO show’s biggest first-night audience to date. The Emmy-winning series also pulled in a bigger first-night audience than that of season two of The White Lotus (1.5 million), which went on to average better than [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&title=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=1153511048447777) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&text=TV%20Ratings%3A%20%E2%80%98Succession%E2%80%99%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/%20-%20TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&title=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&title=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&description=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-season-4-episode-1-series-high-ratings-1235361822/&posttype=link&title=TV%20Ratings:%20‘Succession’%20Season%204%20Debut%20Nabs%20Series%20High)

The first episode showed how much things are strained between family patriarch Logan Roy and three of his four children, critic Brian Lowry wrote for CNN. “ ...

[it is approaching the end](https://apnews.com/article/succession-ending-season-four-television-addd968deb76c5c956afad9e057fa529). That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls. For example, each episode last season averaged 7.2 million viewers when delayed viewing is taken into account.

The Roys are back with a vengeance. The Season 4 premiere of Succession drew an audience of 2.3M on Sunday across HBO Max and linear telecasts, ...

[Succession](http://deadline.com/tag/succession) drew an audience of 2.3M on Sunday across [HBO](https://deadline.com/tag/hbo/) Max and linear telecasts, which is a series high for same-day viewers. Armstrong created the series, executive produces and showruns. A hopefully Roy-esque power struggle will ensue as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is threatened. The prospect of the seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys: patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four grown children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Connor (Alan Ruck). ET/PT on HBO and 9 p.m. By the end of the season, The White Lotus had more than doubled its same-day viewership, so it will be interesting to see whether Succession has a similar ascent.

The Season 4 premiere episode of the HBO drama Succession drew an average of 2.3 million viewers, the network announced Tuesday, a high for the series ...

Season 4 marks the end of Succession. The Season 2 finale of The White Lotus in December garnered 4 million viewers. Creator Jesse Armstrong said in February, “there’s a promise in the title of Succession. The first season of The Last Of Us, which aired its finale episode last week, garnered over 8.1 million viewers, increasing by 75% throughout the season. The season ultimately garnered an average of 15.5 million viewers. It has won 13, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2020 and 2022.

The numbers indicate that more people are catching on to the two-time Emmy winner for best drama just as it is approaching the end.

The numbers indicate that more people are catching on to the two-time Emmy winner for best drama just as it is approaching the end. That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls. For example, each episode last season averaged 7.2 million viewers when delayed viewing is taken into account.