Creator Jesse Armstrong on the Ending of ‘Succession’

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Chris and Andy are joined by ‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong to talk about when he really knew that the show would end after Season 4 (1:00), the influences he pulled from to make this final season (24:22), and how the final scenes of the finale came to be (44:13). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Jesse Armstrong Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	I need support staff to clear the room.
0:36.6	Stand up and walk now.
0:38.8	Hello and welcome to the watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I am an editor at theRinger.com and joining
0:45.4	me on the other line wearing a Homenna's for President T-shirt. It's Andy Grimald.
0:51.5	It's not settled. It's not settled. It's in the courts, baby. What's up, man?
0:56.8	Hey, so I just want to say what an amazing job you and Kaya did on the finale recap.
1:02.3	I was so sad not to be a part of it as I Anthony trolled my way across the continent.
1:08.2	It's I got to say though I did try to call in. You know, I was on the streets of Paris.
1:15.0	I had been activated to kill Jason Bourne. I was really looking forward to to bringing that
1:21.1	spice level to the podcast, but technology. We did not get the new Lucas Matz update.
1:26.9	It was incredible. There was a moment when you appeared Paul Greengrass style moments away from
1:33.1	launching into either parkour or a brilliant analysis of the finale. But we lost you.
1:37.8	Who knows which one. I'm sure at some point I will share my thoughts on the finale, but today is
1:42.2	not that day because we have Jesse Armstrong on the podcast. He was incredibly gracious to give us
1:48.4	about an hour of his time to talk about what succession meant to him and also to break down a
1:53.7	couple of very important moments from the finale. Andy, any other, any other useful context people
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