Succession: Church and State (2023)
Season 4, Episode 9
10/10
The Free Churro of Succession
22 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This episode was easily one of the best in the entire show. The showing of loss and grief and how it affects people in many ways. Roman thought he was on top of the world and was over Logan's passing, but only learned that his grief hadn't come into full affect yet. Despite how terrible Logan was to his children, they loved him very much. Seeing Roman trying to process his father's death, and breaking down at the funeral was probably the best depiction of grief I've seen. Someone give Kieran his Emmy because his performance is just incredible. Roman is so angry and sad, he doesn't even know how to process it. The fact that their deal with the next president might be screwed is also a very hard hitting thing to realise. The world is crumbling around the Roy's, and as much as I hate to say it, them losing the company might be the best thing for them. I really don't know what will happen in this finale, but I'm sure it's full of twists and turns, and will surely be one of Successions greatest. This whole episode made me feel like I had just lost someone, and despite my hatred of Logan, hearing his brother and siblings talk about him made me a bit more sympathetic to Logan. We don't know much about him in terms of his past, apart from the fact that his father was abusive. But hearing that story from WW2, and him feeling responsible for his baby sister's demise was tough. I do not condone his actions of course, but I can understand how he became the horrible person he came to be.

Overall, just an incredible episode. I'm very excited for this finale, and how all the pieces will finally come together.
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