It is the start of the top for “Succession,” and whereas many followers are devastated, no less than a few of the present’s solid is able to say goodbye. Brian Cox, who stars as Roy household patriarch Logan, defined on the season 4 premiere on March 20 that he is “greater than prepared” for the collection to return to a detailed.

“I feel we have, you understand, received to the purpose the place the present has reached its pure closure,” he informed Leisure Tonight on the crimson carpet. He praised collection creator Jesse Armstrong for deciding to finish it now. “Jesse will not let something go on additional than it must,” he defined. “A whole lot of exhibits outstay their welcome, and I feel our present is ideal, and neat, in the way in which it’s.”

Cox added that he is “completely delighted” his present is ending, saying, “In a great way, I am comfortable it is over,” although he additionally stated he’d miss the solid and crew. “I will miss the folks I work with,” he added. “They’re the important thing.”

Cox’s feedback are fairly totally different from these of his costar Sarah Snook, who performs Shiv Roy — and introduced her being pregnant on the collection premiere Monday evening. In an interview with the Los Angeles Instances, printed on March 19, Snook stated that she did not understand the present was ending till the ultimate desk learn, including that she was “very upset.” “I felt an enormous sense of loss, disappointment, and disappointment,” she defined. “It will have been good to know initially of the season, however I additionally perceive not being informed till the top as a result of there was nonetheless a possible that perhaps this wasn’t going to be the top.”

She continued, “Emotionally, all of us weren’t essentially able to be finished with the present as a result of we love one another a lot. [But] it is sensible to not let one thing develop into a parody of itself.”

Armstrong first revealed that the collection can be ending with its fourth season in a Feb. 23 interview with The New Yorker. “You already know, there is a promise within the title of ‘Succession.’ I’ve by no means thought this might go on eternally,” he stated. “The top has at all times been form of current in my thoughts. From season two, I have been attempting to assume: Is it the following one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?”

Armstrong confessed that he tried to place off the choice to finish the collection for good so long as he might. It was nonetheless up within the air when the season 4 writers met and mentioned the totally different paths the present might take from right here. They may do two extra quick seasons, or flip the collection into “a extra rangy, freewheeling form of enjoyable present” that might go on for a very long time however be extra uneven. “Or we might do one thing a bit extra muscular and full, and exit form of robust. And that was positively at all times my desire,” Armstrong shared, including that the choice to finish in the end got here as they wrote and filmed season 4.

“I stated to the solid, ‘I am not one hundred percent positive, however I feel that is it.'” Armstrong added that the story might be “full” on the finish. The creator additionally revealed some extra juice concerning the ultimate season, together with that it opens with one other party for Logan.

Forward of the brand new season, HBO launched a number of trailers teasing what to anticipate from the newest Roy household drama. Within the footage, the Roy youngsters are at battle with their father Logan following the explosive season three finale. In season 4, Kendall (Jeremy Robust), Shiv, and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are plotting in opposition to Logan’s son-in-law, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), additionally Shiv’s husband, who in flip consults Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun). “This can be a chessboard, and each transfer counts,” Tom tells Greg within the footage.

Hold studying to get the complete scoop on the fourth and ultimate season of “Succession,” together with each trailer, plot particulars, and the solid.