‘Succession’: Why Kendall Roy Needs to Believe He’s Not a Sh*tty Dad

Succession’s Kendall Roy was never going to win Father of the Year, but this season, his parenting is more miserable than ever.

Throughout the HBO drama’s four-season run, which will conclude in a movie-length finale on Sunday, Kendall has been a stereotypical absentee father. He chides his ex-wife Rava’s parenting from afar and generally seems to know nothing about his kids’ day-to-day lives. Now he’s also imperiled the world they will one day inherit by backing a fascist for president—the very same one his abusive father, Logan, hand-picked for the job.

In the wake of Logan’s death, Kendall and his siblings have been struggling through fragmented bouts of grief. But as they scramble to reconcile their father’s titanic professional legacy with his monstrous behavior (both toward them and everyone else), is there really any chance the Roy kids will wake up and stop repeating his mistakes? So far, both Kendall and his younger sister, Shiv, are zooming down the fast lane toward replaying all the old hits—especially with their own progeny.

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