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A Perfect—And Cyclical—<em>Succession</em> Finale

The conclusion to Season 3 was both brilliant television and a patchwork of things the show has already done.
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This article contains spoilers through the ninth episode of Succession Season 3.

If the broad strokes of season finales can feel familiar by now—Kendall will be emotionally wrecked, the org chart will shift, and people will sell their soul for the promise of power—the show always excels at the details. Like that of Kendall, at the end of Season 1, returning to a wedding after witnessing a drowning, dancing with his kids to a song by . Or how the title of that , “Nobody Is Ever Missing,” anticipated a future reveal that Waystar Royco’s corporate designation for crimes against the unimportant

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