Armstrong went backwards and forwards concerning the finish of the collection a number of instances earlier than making the official announcement to the press. “It was a little bit tortured,” he admitted to The New Yorker. Nevertheless, he all the time knew the collection needed to finish as quickly as potential.
“, there is a promise within the title of ‘Succession,'” the collection creator identified. “I by no means thought it may go on ceaselessly. The ending was all the time type of on my thoughts. Ever since season 2, I have been making an attempt to assume: is that this the subsequent one, or the one after that, or is it the one after?”
Regardless of his agency choice to step down, Armstrong undeniably had a tough time saying goodbye. The showrunner hasn’t completely dismissed the concept of returning to those beloved characters — actually, he is nearly anticipating it.
“I think about I will be a bit lonely, wandering the streets of London in a funk, and questioning, ‘What have I executed?'” he stated. he declares. “I will most likely name [The New Yorker] in about six months to ask if individuals are prepared for a reboot.”
Armstrong doesn’t take full duty for the ending of the collection. He insists it began as an open chance that he explored together with his fellow writers earlier than lastly deciding {that a} succinct fourth season was the most effective conclusion for the collection.
“I went into the writing room for Season 4 saying, ‘I believe that is what we’re doing, however let’s hold it open, too,'” Armstrong recalled. “I wish to run the writing room by coming in with some type of proposal after which being genuinely open to different methods to go. And the choice to finish the writing solidified. […]”