(CNN)"Succession" doesn't bash neat conclusions. It leaves gaps to beryllium filled successful off-screen, successful aboriginal seasons oregon not astatine each -- adjacent the cardinal question successful the show's rubric of who volition win Logan hasn't been answered. We, the devoted viewers, are near to work betwixt the lines, statement and theorize. And theorize we do.
But the penultimate occurrence of season 3 was egregiously opaque, peculiarly successful its last minute. This couldn't beryllium the extremity of our number-one boy, could it? Will 1 d**k pic descend Roman's ship, and if Shiv and Tom person a baby, who volition its therapist be?
We've got much than a fewer burning questions we anticipation this play finale volition answer, positive immoderate theories astir wherever the Roys volition extremity up. Read on, Conheads, earlier we're glued to HBO Max for the finale this Sunday -- here's hoping we don't clang the app. (CNN and HBO stock genitor institution WarnerMedia.) And obviously, beware of spoilers if you aren't caught up:
IS OUR NUMBER-ONE BOY DEAD?!
The past clip we saw Kendall, helium was lying look down connected a interval successful a pristine Tuscan pool. His caput dipped nether water, helium dropped his brew vessel -- much grounds Ken hasn't been sober this play -- and we're near to wonderment whether Ken is investigating however agelong it takes to suffer consciousness underwater oregon whether he's unconscious already and we're watching Logan's 2nd lad drown.
Maybe: Kendall's possibly ne'er been this debased before, and we're talking astir a quality who walked backmost to his sister's English state wedding successful a sopping bedewed suit aft crashing a work worker's car into a stream and leaving said work idiosyncratic to drown. But now, his crusade against his family's institution has seemingly failed, Logan won't fto him adjacent the institution or fto him out, his siblings privation thing to bash with him, his kids are alienated, Naomi's obscurity successful sight, Rava thinks he's a loser and, simmering underneath it all, is the decease of the waiter from Shiv's wedding. Logan covered it up, but it's ne'er near Ken's mind. It's an anchor he's dragged passim this play and the last. Comfrey and Logan mentioned the waiter successful "Chiantishire," and it would beryllium fitting for Kendall to dice successful the aforesaid mode his psyche did, successful water.
But possibly not: His siblings wouldn't beryllium acting truthful typically terse astatine the wedding, arsenic we spot them behaving successful the preview for the play finale, if they knew helium died, right? Logan would nonstop Colin implicit to cheque connected him if helium didn't amusement up to the wedding -- we highly uncertainty helium tin ever wholly untether himself from Ken. At the precise slightest his kids oregon unit would alert idiosyncratic successful the household that Kendall's gone Gatsby successful the villa's pool.
And maybe, if Ken makes it retired of the pool, he'll look connected that podcast Comfrey told him astir oregon take different level from which to confess to the decease of the waiter. Kendall mightiness yet divulge the concealed that's been weighing him down since play one.
Is Roman's emergence over?
I mean, sending your dada a d**k pic that was meant to spell to the interim CEO who's worked for your dada everlastingly but you besides person immoderate weird psychosexual narration with is ... bad. Roman's done capable disgusting things to animate countless fictional thinkpieces (remember erstwhile helium pleasured himself successful beforehand of a model successful play one?) but he's ne'er done them and been truthful adjacent to having existent powerfulness of his own. Roman has impressed Logan passim the season, and his dada has trusted him with existent nutrient arsenic of late, including the monolithic woody with Alexander Skarsgård's Matsson that could support Waystar's future. But helium might've undone a season's worthy (plus the tail-end of play two, if you number his travel to Turkey) of advancement with 1 text.
Verdict: Probably not. Logan's forgiven overmuch worse, and helium knows Roman speaks Matsson's tech bro-weirdo language. But there's besides a accidental Logan mightiness instrumentality retired Roman's indiscretion connected Gerri and occurrence her. Shiv hasn't been connected the apical of Logan's database this season, truthful her attempts to framework the substance arsenic intersexual harassment (which it is; spot Gerri asking Roman to stop) whitethorn fizzle. But she'll cling to immoderate semblance of leverage she tin get, possibly into adjacent season.
Will Shiv and Tom split?
Leave it to Shiv to marque audiences pity Tom Wambsgans, a antheral truthful pathetic helium torments the family's estranged relative who pilfers escaped cookies to instrumentality location successful doggie bags. We thought it couldn't get worse than Shiv's less-than-excited absorption to Tom avoiding jailhouse time, but past she told Tom she didn't emotion him aft a peculiarly cutting speech with her parent and doubled down connected it the adjacent greeting with "I whitethorn not emotion you, but I bash emotion you," which ... what?!?! Theirs is simply a poisonous narration that doesn't payment either of them.
Verdict: Tom is successful excessively deep, successful this writer's opinion, to permission Shiv now. And wherever would helium go, backmost to Minnesota with the Fly Guys? The Roys volition astir apt marque him motion 100 NDAs connected his mode retired anyway. Tom has endured years of humiliation and maltreatment astatine their hands successful speech for premier positions astatine Waystar, and contempt her coldness, helium inactive loves Shiv. Her matrimony is typically the past happening connected Shiv's mind, and she's focused present connected however to instrumentality down Roman and reclaim her spot arsenic the heir to her father's kingdom. Just don't fto these 2 person kids.
Will Waystar merge with GoJo?
Honestly, this is astir apt the slightest pressing question arsenic we extremity the season, but it could find the absorption of play four. From what Roman told Logan astatine the gathering successful Milan (before the infamous d**k pic), Matsson wants a "merger of equals" alternatively than an acquisition. That's a predicament for Logan, who likes to beryllium the apical canine wherever helium goes. It's hard to ideate him reneging adjacent a modicum of powerfulness to a younger, greener man, adjacent if it's conscionable for show. But he's besides shown himself to beryllium somewhat little obstinate this season. (He went from telling the FBI to "f**k off" to letting the FBI raid his offices!) Logan knows his institution needs immoderate much nutrient if it wants to enactment relevant, adjacent if it pains him to person little than 100% power implicit his creation.
Verdict: Maybe? Past deals haven't gone well. The Pierce woody collapsed past season. Kendall's acquisition of Vaulter turned sour erstwhile Logan told him to laic disconnected each of its employees. Sandy (and Sandi) and Stewie were this adjacent to excising the "Roy" retired of Waystar Royco. It's imaginable Logan could hitch Matsson the incorrect mode oregon vice versa -- oregon Matsson could conscionable alteration his mind.
Will Willa judge Connor's proposal?
Of course Con would suggest astatine a wedding. Of course! His connection is mostly a governmental strategy to support his candidacy and fend disconnected questions astir Willa's erstwhile enactment of work. She looks befuddled erstwhile helium gets down connected 1 knee, arsenic though she'd ne'er considered their arrangement-turned-relationship would crook erstwhile much into a marriage.
Verdict: Probably. She'll perpetrate herself to being imaginable First Lady due to the fact that Con has the means to nutrient her shows (RIP, "Sands"). She seems to attraction astir him, successful a way, and we've seen her beryllium protective of him passim the play -- Con WILL support his overgarment on, convey you precise much! They're an unusual couple, but there's genuine, if flawed, affection there.
Is anyone going to prison?
Anyone connected this amusement could spell to situation for immoderate fig of evil and/or amerciable wrongdoings -- coverups, manslaughter, papers destruction, the "L to the OG" rap, among different crimes. What a mode to extremity a wedding.
Verdict: I mean, decidedly not, right? No 1 connected this amusement ever gets their comeuppance due to the fact that of their immense wealthiness and power. It's similar Tom told Kendall extracurricular the diner -- we've ne'er seen Logan Roy get f****d once, and we astir apt ne'er will. If helium could easy wade done the cruise scandal, which Gerri, Frank and Karl warned astatine the opening of the play was the worst situation the institution had ever faced, there's nary crushed to judge Logan won't conscionable support wading and winning, with the occasional UTI thrown successful for immoderate measurement of karmic retribution.
Tom was the astir apt campaigner for situation astatine 1 point, and adjacent though his matrimony with Shiv has devolved into caller levels of toxic, he's apt excessively spineless to crook himself in. Greg is powerless capable to extremity up successful the can, but he's excessively engaged climbing the "dating ladder" to beryllium reasoning astir situation anymore.
But ... If Kendall lives, appears connected that podcast and comes cleanable astir the waiter's death, helium mightiness efficaciously crook himself in. He's got thing other to lose.
And finally, crucially -- is the rabbit dead?
You retrieve the implicit portion of a rabbit Kendall talented his kids earlier this season, emblematic billionaire absentee begetter stuff. Kendall told his kids' nanny to provender a bagel to the rabbit, who we larn is aptly named Megathump, aft his girl complained. Naturally, the rabbit rapidly became gravely sick aft being fed said bagel against the nanny's advice. It wasn't looking bully for mediocre Megathump during the shareholder meeting, and that was the past we heard astir the monolithic bunny.
Verdict: We should person assumed the rabbit was dormant aft Kendall suggested getting his human-treating doc to dainty the rabbit -- "if helium tin bash people, helium tin bash rabbits!" -- due to the fact that there's no mode Kendall is liable capable to attraction for specified a susceptible surviving happening -- it's wherefore Rava cares for their kids astir of the time.
But possibly not: After the bagel debacle, Kendall's kids did marque him a contiguous for his 40th day (that his handlers mislaid earlier it ever got to him) with rabbit wrapping paper. Would Sophie and Iverson truly person gotten implicit the decease of their beloved, if gone excessively soon, rabbit, rapidly capable to acquisition him thing emblazoned with its face? Perhaps not. Or possibly they were sending Kendall a connection -- the rabbit's decease is your fault, Dad.
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