‘Succession’ creator hoped he would be “argued” out of ending the show
nme.comSuccession creator and show runner Jesse Armstrong has revealed his thoughts on his initial pitch to end the show with season four.Speaking to Variety at the Succession premiere earlier this month, Armstrong shared that he had secretly hoped he would be talked out of ending the show so soon while maintaining that the hit HBO series has come to a “natural” end.“The word that comes to mind for me is ‘natural.’ I hope people, when they see this season, will feel that it has a natural shape to it.
That’s how I pitched it to my writers’ room, kind of hoping I’d get argued out of it so we’d see a way to do more seasons, because I love working with these people.
I think there’s a feeling of completeness and rightness to the shape of the show.”Armstrong also confirmed that though parts of the final season had been reworked multiple times, the show’s ending had always been set in stone from the first draft: “I had the last scene pretty early.
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