Connor's Wedding
Tom privately calls Greg to relay the news, and orders him to discreetly delete certain files on his computer and stick close to Cyd.
As the realization that their father is dead begins to sink in, the siblings go to inform Connor, who is emotionally numb to the news and says he believes Logan never even liked him.
Press reporters swarm, and Shiv reads them the siblings' statement on Logan's death and adds that she and her brothers plan to "be there" as the company moves forward.
"Connor's Wedding" was written by Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod in his fourteenth episode for the series.
[5] Armstrong initially planned to kill off the character in the first season itself, before reversing course and writing the rest of the series around the drama between Logan and his children.
[8] Mylod felt that placing Logan's death at an unexpected point in the season created "great drama out of mundanity - you know, the inconvenience of it all.
"[12] Mylod revealed that the series filmed "dummy" scenes with Cox in later episodes as a misdirection in order to maintain secrecy about Logan's death.
[8] Since the series is shot on 35 mm film, a format with reels that only last 10 minutes, an "extraordinary ballet between the cast and the camera crew" had to be performed in order to accomplish the unbroken take.
[7] The actors were given considerable freedom and little stage direction while performing the sequence; for the scene where Kendall looks for Shiv, Jeremy Strong was not told where to find his co-star Sarah Snook, and remained in character while genuinely searching for her amidst the crowd of extras.
[7] Actress Jamie Chung makes a brief cameo in the episode as Beth, Connor's wedding planner; she admitted later on in an interview that she took the role to keep her health insurance.
[18] "Connor's Wedding" was universally acclaimed, with critics praising the performances of the central cast, Armstrong's script, Mylod's direction, and the series' surprise decision to kill off Logan early in the final season.
He commended Mylod and Armstrong for "allow[ing] the middle of this entire episode to devolve into [a] mix of confusion, interspersed with moments of awful, crystal clarity".
'"[21] Noel Murray of The New York Times praised the "absolutely harrowing" and "nerve-racking" middle sequence depicting the siblings reacting to Logan's death, and noted how the episode managed to include moments of dark comedy despite its dour tone.
Murray further lauded Alan Ruck's performance for "wringing pathos from Connor's realization that neither the American voters nor his family really care about him", praising the "uncommonly touching" scene between him and Willa.
[20][21][26][27] Gilbert felt it reaffirmed the character's humanity after several seasons establishing him as a larger-than-life presence, and called Strong, Snook and Culkin "extraordinary" in portraying the siblings' "chaotic shock".
[26] Carol Midgley of The Sunday Times wrote, "In making [Logan's] ending quick and clean, the writers have ensured we remember him as he was, ogreish to the last.
Sepinwall praised Strong, Culkin, and Matthew Macfadyen for the "affecting" scene where Kendall and Roman first hear the news of Logan's ill health from Tom, while naming Shiv's reaction the episode's "most devastating and powerful moment", writing "it is extraordinary to watch Sarah Snook hold nothing back on that phone call scene."
Ultimately the discussions led to Elisabeth Murdoch's trust representative drafting a memorandum to create a plan to avoid a similar scenario from occurring in real life.
