Ready For More 'Succession'? Here Is Everything We Know About Season 4

The Roys are back for a final go.

The Roys are back for a final go. HBO confirmed that the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series would be renewed for a fourth season.

"With each season of Succession, [creator] Jesse Armstrong has continued to surpass our wildest expectations, pulling us deeper into the Roy family’s inner sanctum with indelible wit, humanity and precision,"

Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO Programming, said in a statement. "This season is undoubtedly no exception, and we couldn’t be more excited for all that’s in store in this next season ahead."

Given the betrayal in the shocking Season 3 finale (WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET!), we already can't wait to see more of the drama to unfold. But how much longer can Succession last, and when might the next season come out? Here is everything we know so far about Succession Season 4.

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When is Season 4 of Succession coming out?

Succession returns for its fourth season Sunday, March 26, at 9 p.m. ET.

How to watch Season 4 of Succession

The hit drama series airs on HBO and streams on HBO Max. Before Season 4 arrives, you can rewatch or catch up on the first three seasons on HBO Max.

Is there a trailer for Season 4 of Succession?

HBO dropped the official trailer for the final season on March 2. "I love you, but you are not serious people," Logan tells his children. The Roy patriarch also exclaims in the trailer, "I'm gonna build something bigger, faster, wilder. I wanna kill the opposition. Cut their throats! We're pirates!"

Prior to the trailer, HBO released teasers for the season, including one in Oct. 2022. "Everything I try to do, people turn against me," Logan Roy says in it. "I'm a hundred feet tall. These people are pygmies."

Another teaser accompanied the premiere date news on Jan. 26.

Who is in the Succession Season 4 cast?

The Roys and Roy-adjacents (ahem, Cousin Greg and Tom) will be back for Season 4. Here is who will be returning:

Brian Cox as Logan Roy

Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy

Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy

Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy

Alan Ruck as Connor Roy

Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg

Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans

Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy

Peter Friedman as Frank

J. Smith Cameron as Gerri

Justine Lupe as Willa

David Rasche as Karl Muller

Fisher Stevens as Hugo Baker

Scott Nicholson as Colin

Zoë Winters as Kerry

Jeannie Berlin as Cyd Peach

Alexander Skarsgård as Lukas Matsson

Linda Emond as Michelle-Anne Vanderhoven

Jihae Kim as Berry Schneider

Hope Davis as Sandi Furness

Harriet Walter as Lady Caroline Collingwood

James Cromwell as Ewan Roy

Natalie Gold as Rava Roy

Caitlin Fitzgerald as Tabitha

Ashley Zukerman as Nate Sofrelli

Larry Pine as Sandy Furness

Mark-Linn Baker as Maxim Pierce

Pip Torrens as Peter Munion

The cast will also include Annabeth Gish, Arian Moayed, Adam Godley, Eili Harboe, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Cherry Jones, Dagmara Domińczyk, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Justin Kirk, Juliana Canfield and Stephen Root.

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What happened in the Season 3 finale of Succession?

Surprisingly, the Roy siblings united against a common enemy: their father. In an effort to prevent their dad from selling Waystar Royco to GoJo's Lukas Matsson, Kendall, Roman and Shiv teamed up to veto the change of control.

"A change of control needs a supermajority in the holding company. Mom got us that in the divorce. He'd need us on board," Kendall tells his siblings. Kendall explains that Logan "can't sanction a deal without us, that's legal fact. Block him and he's f***ed."

However, when they told their father that he needs them for a change of control, Logan shouts, "You're playing toy f***ing soldiers! Go on! F*** off! I have you beat! You f***ing morons!" By the time Shiv, Kendall and Roman had arrived, their parents had reviewed the terms of their divorce agreement and "agreed that the arrangements were a little antiquated."

So, who tipped Logan off that his kids intended to push him out? Well, it appears it was none other than Shiv's husband, Tom, who had been informed of the plan beforehand.

In the final moments of the jaw-dropping finale, Logan was seen (by viewers and Shiv) patting Tom on the shoulder and smiling. Macfadyen admitted that it made sense to him that his character would go against his wife.

He told Deadline, "It’s an accumulation; it’s a pivot by a thousand cuts. From the very beginning, he’s had to take a lot. She speaks of an open marriage on their wedding night; it hasn’t been an easy ride for Tom, he’s had to take a lot of s**t from the brothers and from his father-in-law and everybody. And then there’s the real terror of potential jail time. I think something flipped. But when I read the last episode, I was like, ‘This makes sense.’"

How many episodes will there be in Season 4 of Succession?

Succession fans will be getting an extra episode come Season 4. While Season 3 had nine episodes, the upcoming season will be comprised of 10 episodes.

What will happen in Season 4 of Succession?

The official logline for Season 4 reads: "The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed."

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Will there be a fifth season of Succession?

Nope! Succession Season 4 will be the final installment of the series, it was announced on Feb. 23, 2023.

Previously, showrunners said it was possible fans might have an additional season to look forward to beyond the fourth. Speaking to The Times in June 2021, executive producer Georgia Pritchett said (via Collider), "I think the maximum would be five seasons, but possibly more like four." At the time she noted, “We’re at the end of filming Season 3, so at this point [Armstrong] is saying only one more."

Months later during an interview about the Season 3 finale, Armstrong was asked by Deadline if he had a finite ending in store for Succession and if he saw it "lasting five, six or seven seasons" or if he "takes it one season at a time." He answered, "A bit of both. I have a pitch for where and how I think we end. It’s not immutable in respect to my colleagues, we’ll chat about it and how many seasons that plays out over. Similarly I have a pitch, I don’t want to say in public as it will take away a little bit of the fun and I want to check in with all the important people around the show to see if we all feel the same."

Armstrong has said that Succession "can’t go on too long." As he told The New Statesman in September 2021, "I think there’ll be an end for me in this incarnation of the show in… in a bit."

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