Despite its unpredictability, the final episode of ‘Succession’ felt deliciously apt. Here, Vogue’s Raven Smith reviews the finale.
has ended. The battle royale for Waystar Royco saw GoJo victorious, and all of us choking on a large slice of Tomelette. It’s a conclusion few of us saw coming, variable as the business alliances, shifting sibling rivalries, and strategic bids for empire have been in Jesse Armstrong’s HBO monolith.
The final episode of Nepo Baby Monopoly picked up after King Lear’s funeral in the wake of Roman’s cataclysmic coffin-side meltdown. Our potential successors made a quick Caribbean jaunt, much like in the opening of a Bond movie, and though we were starved of a high-speed car chase or laser watches, their mother, Lady Caroline – a master of passive aggression – was every inch the Bond villain.
Despite its unpredictability, the finale felt entirely apt. No matter how rocky or easy the terrain towards Kendall’s defeat, it’s been underlined since the pilot, when he flew right up to the sun. Watching him Icarus forward on half-melted wings has been the macabre joy ofIt’s hard to say who’s truly victorious. Each character is still living on the creamy margins of their position: rich and privileged is forever, it’s only power that differentiates them.
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