Showrunner Jesse Armstrong has now revealed, though, that the anticipated finale could\u2019ve turned out differently.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/strong><\/a> and other press, Armstrong said of the final episode:\u00a0\u201c<\/span>I\u2019ve had different pitches in the room for different endings. This [final] one we\u2019ve talked about certainly since the previous season as something we might be heading towards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The official synopsis for the HBO drama\u2019s fourth season reads: \u201cIn season 4, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd) moves ever closer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n \u201cA power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.\u201d<\/p>\n While details about that fateful final episode are understandably being kept under wraps, we do know that fans can expect to be surprised<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking at the UK premiere for season 4 on Thursday (23rd March 2023), Armstrong said: \u201cIt\u2019s a real team show so I discussed it with, especially, my fellow writers.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, \u2018I think this is it\u2019 \u2013 but we were [also] like, \u2018Maybe it isn\u2019t,\u2019 and tried to argue the other case. So it was a bit of a court: the prosecution being \u2018This should be it\u2019 and the defence being \u2018Maybe there\u2019s another way to squeeze some more out of it.’\u201d<\/p> Armstrong continued: \u201cBut I think in the end, we just thought, when we looked at the different shapes, and when people see this season, I think you\u2019ll feel that it feels both hopefully a bit surprising, but also kind of natural. That\u2019s what we want, it [to] feel natural, the end of this season, when you see it, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n While fans were initially surprised at the news of this fourth season being Succession\u2019s last<\/a>, Armstrong has stated that it was something he was considering earlier, stating: \u201cI think, growing from about Season 2, I started to know where I thought it should end.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Succession-JesseArmstrong-ef03462.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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