The Roy family got together for the last episode of Legacy
So Legacy is over. No need to dig through the ashes of the finale's storyline for spoilers, and what can we learn from it anyway? For everything to go right? That the journeys we impose on life are just made-up stories? That people who hate each other never change their minds in the last 20 minutes?
Instead, The Telegraph turned to a panel of experts assembled at the start of season four to test the season's veracity from multiple perspectives — Joseph Sassoon, a distant member of the Sassoon dynasty and a professor at Georgetown University, both personally and professionally. the experience of dynasties, the PR guru of the super-rich Mark Borkowski, psychotherapist Billie Dunlevy, who helps adults from disadvantaged families, and a wealth manager in a British bank who has served the wealthy all his life. Did they believe the ending, both on television and in real life? As Greg would say, «If that's what they say, then that's how it is.»
“Men like this should never be fathers.” — Mark Borkowski, PR guru and author of The Formula for Fame any moment. In the real world, Logan would have destroyed them all, which is what actually happened. It is very difficult for generations to follow the mold of the person who created this success. These determined founders gave so much of their lives to this success that they didn't invest it in their family.
There is a moment when the siblings return to share the trophies from Logan's apartment when you see a video of Logan in surrounded by his friends, he sings songs, being himself. Only Connor was there, the others had never seen him like this. Whatever he told them, they did not know him, and he did not know them. He clearly told each of them what they wanted to hear.
I worked with a wealthy family where the father could not control his son in this way and left to start a business that was more successful than his father's. The father then began spending money to work against his son, trying to destroy him with a costly media campaign. Roman concluded, «We're all shitty.» There was no succession plan. Such men should never be fathers. This is the story of a dysfunctional family with no heart.
«Kendall needs support and treatment» — Billy Dunleavy, psychotherapist who specializes in people from dysfunctional families
Many were disappointed with the last episode. They hoped that some kind of growth, evolution, or redemption might take place. They thought the end was gloomy. Well, it's very much like life. Growing up in dysfunctional families is gloomy to the last. The Roy brothers and sisters do not know harmony, solidarity or trust. They know survival. Everything is transactional. There is no chance that they will be able to be happy for each other. Having a traumatizing narcissistic father, they were determined to throw each other under the bus.
There was a beautifully written scene when they return to their mother to find Roman. He takes shelter there even though she has no food in the house. The symbolism of this was very poignant. That's the kind of mother she was. Then Kendall and Shiv arrive — but only to cater to their own needs. Shiv began to appeal to Roman's need for a mother figure to get his way, and Kendall delved into his father's behavior — be a man! Even a brief tender moment in the kitchen does not last long. Then there's Connor, a forgotten kid whom Logan didn't consider a competitor, so actually spent time with him.
Connor got the moments and intimacy that others craved because he didn't threaten Logan's ego. It was realistic in the way it fell apart. I don't think Shiv's intention was to free them all — I think she wanted that brief moment of power where she could fuck her siblings. The bet on Tom was more reliable — a good business decision. If she couldn't be a father, then neither could anyone else. The way Jeremy Strong played Kendall in the last episode — he spent his life as a seven year old boy whose only goal was to fulfill the dream his father promised him. Suddenly he doesn't even know who he is. He is a very vulnerable, fragile person who needs support and treatment.
«Matsson was more Logan Roy than his children.» — Joseph Sassoon, Professor of History and Political Economy, Georgetown University
The ending was unexpected, but, if you think about it, the only possible outcome. In the history of the Sassoon family, David Sassoon, who has built a business in Mumbai, draws up a will that states very clearly that eldest son Albert will become chairman. He wrote it three years before his death, but never told his second son, who was in China making a profit and starting a new business. I don't even think he told Albert about it. When the will was read, a war broke out between the brothers, and they never spoke again. Even 120 years later, there were two competing companies called Sassoon.
Alexander Skarsgård as Matsson. Photo: HBO
There are many families in which the path of Logan Roy is true. If you really worked for 40 years and built an empire and you have two or three kids, it's really hard. You have shifted your idea of heritage from your bloodline to the survival of the legacy you have built. Logan competed with everyone, showing no mercy, never being nice. This is his childhood and how he grew up, but he wants the business to continue and take it to the next level. Matsson was more Logan Roy than his children. They had witnessed their father behave in this way all their lives. It always follows from the character of the founder.
You see families in which the father involves all the children, boys and girls, and engages them in various parts of the process. Take Bernard Arnault of LVMH. He meets with his four children once every few weeks, and they all have their roles. I mean, at some point he will have to choose one of them to be CEO, which will annoy others, but maybe not so much. As for me, I would put my money on Shiva. I still thought she had it, but everything was working against her. The shot at the end, when she gets into the car with Tom, my daughter said that she is trying to protect her unborn child. I did not think about that. She is the only one with a chance to continue Roy's bloodline in the future. For most people, this is true continuity.
«The truly rich never say 'fuck off' to anyone.» Anonymous wealth consultant at a UK bank
There is no doubt that much of the show was very accurate and very well researched. I admired the kitchen scene where all the children eventually return to their mother and turn into children once they are in their mother's kitchen. That's exactly what happens — they melt. And I was very impressed with my mother — she brilliantly captured British luxury, down to Branston cucumbers in the refrigerator. These big rich families certainly have blood all over the carpet and a fair amount of eccentricity.
There are all kinds of relatives like Connor, bats are crazy, never worked a day in their lives, chasing wild geese, spreading moralistic nonsense, but they have a say, and a big one because they have three votes. percent of the family share. You can spend a day listening to them talk nonsense. But it's crazy on the outskirts. Hardcore team hired and savage. It's a cabal and they keep it between them. From this, anger and all sorts of chaos are everywhere, but they do not lose sight of anything. They're super unemotional, super polite, with this wall around them.
That's why I never bought Roman. The truly rich never say «fuck off» to anyone. They told someone to tell someone, and eventually that person walked out of the sight of the rich guy. I saw some of them being incredibly rude, but they were usually the exception. Another thing they couldn't include in the show is excel spreadsheets because that's bad TV. You'll be sitting in a room with people putting numbers into spreadsheets and saying, «OK, this works.» Succession has always been on the mountain or at the barbecue.
In real life, no one talks about business unless there is a person in this room who really knows the numbers. If you're not at the top of the numbers, you're done. Kendall and Roman, of course, never knew the numbers. Logan loved his children, but said, «You are not serious players.» Matsson… he was. But his kids, I bet, not that many.
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