Nobody Is Ever Missing
The episode takes place at Shiv and Tom's wedding, which serves as a backdrop for various ongoing conflicts within the Roy family, chiefly Kendall's attempted takeover of Waystar RoyCo.
On the day of Shiv and Tom's wedding, the family gathers for photos while Kendall and Stewy sequester themselves away to finalize the announcement of their takeover bid for Waystar RoyCo.
Prior to the reception, Roman excuses himself to the restroom to watch the live broadcast of a Japanese satellite launch, which Logan had placed under his responsibility.
Kendall runs into Greg outside the castle, who reveals that he kept copies of the documents pertaining to crimes on Waystar's cruises and uses them as leverage to request a better position within the company.
[4] The final exchange between Logan and Kendall is reminiscent of Kennedy's own confession of the Chappaquiddick incident to his father, as recounted in Joe McGinniss' biography The Last Brother.
[3] Strong cited The Man Who Owns The News, Michael Wolff's biography on Rupert Murdoch, in describing Logan as possessing the "language of strength" in a way Kendall does not, which he felt summarized the dynamic between the two characters by the end of the season.
Club gave the episode an A−, praising the series and Armstrong for avoiding trying to make the characters likeable and committing to its moral ambiguity while still adding depth to its characterization.
Colburn reserved praise for Strong's performance, calling it "subtle, layered, and deeply vulnerable" and remarking on the character's improvement over the course of the season.
[7] Karen Han wrote in a review for Vox, "It's that refusal to fall into a strictly black-and-white matrix that ultimately makes the Succession finale so affecting, and so difficult to watch.
"[4] Writing for Forbes, Carolyn Lipka stated, "When people call Succession a satire it does the show a disservice—this is a tried and true Shakespearean drama about the ways in which absolute power rots you from the inside.
