Succession Is Over. Get Used To It.

Well, that’s a wrap on Succession, folks! The Roy siblings have said their goodbyes—and, like the von Trapp family in The Sound of Music, they've gone off to bed. The end. No more GoJo deals, reverse vikings, or impromptu Kendall Roy raps. Succession is officially over. But... is HBO sure? There isn't just one more episode for us? I'm not going to rule out a spinoff with Cousin Greg just yet, but as far as anyone else is concerned, I'm sorry to confirm this is the official end of Succession.

Still don't believe me? I don't blame you. We could see a news release tomorrow that reads something like: Surprise! Succession Renewed for Fifth and Final Season and I wouldn't bat an eye. Only four seasons for one of the most popular TV series of the last decade? Unheard of. Unfathomable! Yet, here we are. Logan Roy Is Alive?! Now, that twist would shock me. But crazier things have happened.

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Take it from the Succession creator's own words, however—this show is finished. "There’s a promise in the title of Succession. I’ve never thought this could go on forever. The end has always been kind of present in my mind," Jesse Armstrong told the New Yorker. "We could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference." Armstrong also added that he felt "a responsibility to the viewership" to "know it is coming to an end."

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The show's leading patriarch, Brian Cox, agreed that it's a good thing that Succession didn't overstay its welcome. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he stated that the series "has reached its natural closure," adding that Armstrong "won’t let anything go on further than it needs to." He also went on to say, "I think our show is perfect, and neat, in the way it is... In a good way, I’m happy it’s over."

OK, but what about potential spinoffs? They're all the rage right now. HBO surely wants at least one of those, right? Surprisingly, no. "It doesn’t seem to me that there’s something in Succession where you would go, Let’s follow just this kid or whatever," HBO CEO Casey Bloys told The Guardian about a potential Cousin Greg spinoff. Damn. Don't get your hopes up, I guess. Will I actually have to process the end of Succession? That might be scarier that Logan Roy breathing down my neck as I send an email.

"I feel sad," Armstrong told the New Yorker. "I have the circus-has-left-town feeling that everyone gets who works on a production that’s good, and this one particularly so. I imagine I’ll be a little bit lonely, and wandering the streets of London in a funk." We'll wander with you, Jesse.

From: Esquire US