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This is no movie-length fling.
Its a yearslong relationship that creates messy, complex investment and invites obsessive close reading.
(We hear for them.)
Theyve been part of our lives for years; theybelongto us.
That closeness is a kind of intimacy, but its also a way to be lulled into false confidence.
How could we be taken by surprise when weve examined their every move?
And what will they have to sacrifice so you can seize the throne?
Season three ended with a sudden,sharp reorientation of the family power dynamics.
Instead, its a scene of fracture and filth.
And at the moment when theyre at last meant to be ascendant, the twist arrives.
Its precisely the mechanismSuccessionlikes best.
They know he lacks the confidence and aggression to make a move without them.
Theyknowhes on their side and would never betray Shiv.
And because they know it so firmly, the twist that feels absolutely inevitable can also be deliciously shocking.
This is roughly where season four begins, in the continuing aftermath of that shocking continental divide.
Once again, the Roy family are trying to get all their ducks in a row.
Logan, meanwhile, is doubling down, gripping everything he has with renewed vigor and tyranny.
Theres a presidential election coming up.
Hes coming out swinging, and so are the next generation of Roys.
Its not as though either side lacks ambition or power or the money to fuel it all.
Theyre not whatSuccessionis at its core, though.
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