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Creator Jesse Armstrong on the Ending of ‘Succession’

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The Demon of Justin Kirk

Anakin to me though felt like more of a prophecy than a reflection. We don't really have someone specifically like him. There's certain people that he reminds me of, but nobody quite like him. I wanted to steer us to two specific scenes in the finale if we could that will linger for a while and also speak to something that was really brought home by the finale at large. Their level of familiarity of their mutual abuse is probably the only constant that makes them feel safe in a terrible way. The first moment was when they didn't get the medals, but they were going through the house with the stickers. They stumble upon this video of a dinner where they see a vision of their

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