What Happened to Roman in Succession? Episode 9 Leaves Him Down and Out

May 21 2023, Published 10:15 p.m. ET

Spoiler alert: This article accommodates spoilers for Succession Season 4, Episode 9.

One of the longest episodes of the season yet, Season 4, Episode 9 of Succession is a doozy. It ends with Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) at his lowest level of the sequence. But it takes him nearly four complete seasons to get there. At the start of the season, Roman was seemingly able to turn on his siblings and paintings together with his father, however that every one modified when Logan dropped dead on a flight in Episode 3.

In Episode 9, the entire grief that’s shown itself over the past six episodes in spite of everything comes to a head, particularly for Roman. As the Roy siblings mourn their father, America is mourning its democracy. But what precisely happened to Roman at the finish of the episode?

What happens to Roman in ‘Succession’? He’s at his lowest point.

Seemingly the nearest to Logan out of the 4 Roy siblings, Roman used to be set to represent them at his funeral together with his speech. However, when Logan’s brother, Ewan, hastily takes the stand first, Roman is shaken up. Roman does get up there, however he breaks down emotionally and can not ship any semblance of a speech, so Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and his big brother power take over. (At least it wasn’t Connor.)

Kendall delivers a apparently very best, truthful, and loving speech about his father, which leads the congregants to applaud. Then Shiv (Sarah Snook) jumps up to say her piece with out in point of fact announcing anything else. Classic Shiv. Even still, Shiv is now out to end up that she can be the new CEO of Gojo if the Waystar-Gojo acquisition is going through. She pitches to Lukas Matsson that most likely an American CEO could appease Mencken and convince the brand new President to push the deal through.

Meanwhile, Roman continues to be sobbing. We wager that this is partly due to his father’s dying, but also his guilt for being not able to ship a speech at all. It’s no longer a excellent glance in front of the longer term President to let the power of his emotions get the most efficient of him. Even Shiv, a pregnant lady, seems to be more potent than Roman, which is essential in a corporate best friend.

While Roman worries that he messed things up with Mencken, Kendall tells his little bro, “It’s ok. But you f--ked it,” repeatedly. As Kendall tries to do damage regulate, cousin Greg hilariously attempts to get an advent to POTUS. Mencken is obviously get rid of by Greg, so Shiv swoops in and steals Mencken. He’s both relieved and now open to the speculation of Shiv as the future CEO. All the work that Roman has put into his relationship with Mencken now feels adore it was for naught.

Roman jumps into threat in the general moments of Season 4, Episode 9.

As this is going down on the funeral reception, protestors are out of doors fighting for their democracy. ATN had a significant hand in pronouncing Mencken’s presidency, so left-leaning people are making their voices heard at the day of Logan Roy’s funeral and in the aftermath of the election. It’s as just right a time as any to protest, but it reminds Roman of the entirety he did flawed and each and every way he disillusioned his father.

Feeling like a failure, Roman runs out of doors and jumps into the protest. He’s offended at himself, he’s indignant on the protestors, and he’s indignant at his circle of relatives, Mencken, and the sector. Roman will get knocked to the ground and merely lies there in the fetal place as folks march round and on top of him. At this point, Roman doesn’t appear to be physically injured in any important method, but emotionally, he’s now not even a shell of himself.

It’s unclear if this marks the tip of Roman’s bid for energy or if that is simply what he wanted to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.

Either way, we’ll to find out in Succession’s finale episode, which airs on Sunday, May 28 at 9 p.m. EST on HBO.

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