Succession followers consider a key a part of the present’s finale lies inside a scene from the most recent episode.
The present’s penultimate episode, titled Church and State, aired on Sunday (May 21), and noticed the Roy siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Connor (Alan Ruck) navigate the funeral of their father Logan Roy (Brian Cox).
While on the funeral, the siblings tried to win over newly elected US president Jeryd Mencken (Justin Kirk), who has the ultimate say on Waystar Royco’s future and their proposed cope with tech start-up Gojo, owned by Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård).
After Mencken beforehand hinted to Roman that he would scrap the deal, permitting Roman and Kendall to keep up management of Waystar, the president urged that he was reconsidering his choices following the funeral.
Seeing a gap, Shiv, who’s in cahoots with Matsson, pitched to Mencken the concept of pushing via the deal and appointing a US CEO – with Shiv positioning herself because the prime candidate to take the job.
Towards the tip of the episode, Matsson referred to as Shiv from the backseat of his automobile, the place he mentioned Mencken had authorised the concept, including: “And I think I can make a US CEO work.”
Matsson is trying instantly into Greg’s horny eyes when he says this to Shiv, is not he? pic.twitter.com/c6FbiLBoG2
— John Dioso 🫡 (@johnnydioso) May 23, 2023
Along along with his wording – which doesn’t consult with Shiv particularly taking the function – viewers seen that Matsson’s eyes seemed to be a personality off-screen.
This has led to hypothesis over who the potential candidate might be, with some believing Greg (Nicholas Braun) or somebody outdoors the household may find yourself working Waystar.
You can try extra fan reactions under.
Lukas mentioned, “I think I can make a US CEO work”, not that he could make Shiv the CEO. Considering he additionally needs absolute management, he’ll go together with TOM.
— Essilfie, MD (@iam_essilfie) May 22, 2023
Lukas Matsson saying “I think I can make a US CEO work” not that he could make Shiv the CEO was key imo. I can’t see Mencken ever agreeing to Shiv as CEO despite the fact that sheʼs prepared to be accommodating. #Succession
— Junior Maruwa (@juniormaruwa) May 22, 2023
#succession shiv roy retains flopping bc she’s too blind to see above her entitlement. like why are you celebrating matsson’s “i think i can make a US CEO work” what a part of that explicitly says siobhan roy as CEO ??? GIRL WAKE UP
— yaine (@bitnaneun948) May 22, 2023
According to Entertainment Weekly, the ultimate episode, titled With Open Eyes, could have a runtime of “around 90 minutes”.
The Succession finale airs this Sunday (May 28) on HBO within the US at 9pm EST. In the UK, the episode will premiere on Monday, May 29 at 2am BST on Sky Atlantic.