‘Succession’ fans are recreating an iconic Kendall Roy scene after HBO show’s finale
Spoilers ahead for the series finale titled “With Open Eyes”.
The curtain finally closed on HBO’s hit drama “Succession” on May 29, with the Roy kids and their doomed empire taking a bow in the most tragic, cringey way possible. It had many fans agreeing with family patriarch Logan Roy:
Kendall, Roman and Shiv are in fact, not serious people.
The final shot was of Kendall (Jeremy Strong), who desperately clawed at the heels of his power-hungry father (Brian Cox) for four seasons, realizing he has nothing left as he sits slack jawed on a New York City bench after the sale of the media company worth billions at the hands of his sister Shiv (Sarah Snook), who voted against her brother in order to become the shiny new Lady MacBeth.
And now, fans are rushing to that same bench, which is in Battery Park, in order to recreate the melancholy Kendall stare out into the ocean, according to Twitter. Or at least really, really want to.
In case anyone is wondering what it's like being a Succession fan living in New York City, today there were several people at Battery Park at sunset giving their phones to other ppl so that they could sit on a bench and have a photo of the back of their heads, Kendall Roy style. pic.twitter.com/egm2arW930
— Jesslyn (@jtannady) May 30, 2023
Yes, it’s a thing.
I went down in the middle of the day but I didn’t go to Kendall’s section because there were too many damn people. I’ll go back in winter - as Kendall would want it.
— Angeles Romero (@angeles524) May 30, 2023
this is lame (I WOULD DEFINITELY DO THIS IF I WAS IN NYC)
— Will Bensen (@WillBensen) May 30, 2023
This is true I was there too pic.twitter.com/UgThYUyc8S
— Oreo Meow (@SerBrownLegend) May 30, 2023
Dog tax. I brought my Number One Boy with me to the Number One Boy spot after I promised my media empire (this Twitter account) to him. pic.twitter.com/hw5azs3EMP
— Jesslyn (@jtannady) May 30, 2023
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR SUCCESSION!!!
After the Succession series finale last night, I made it a mission to visit the bench that Kendall sat on in the show's final moments. It was a surreal experience to be there at Battery Park and listen to @NicholasBritell's score. @succession pic.twitter.com/T8x2O9rqiq— Yoko Higuchi (@theYokoHiguchi) May 30, 2023
*droves of Succession fans, climbing the Battery Park railing and hurling themselves into icy New York harbor on frigid days in February* https://t.co/axtYG1iPP7
— Ben Walsh (@BenDWalsh) May 30, 2023
#Succesion #SuccessionHBO everybody gonna go to battery park this week and take that photo by the bench aren’t they with some succession quote. You know how I know this because I will probably do the same
— Alex (@Brazil201) May 29, 2023
Now all fans need to do is head over to the nearest bar and order Gerri’s favorite drink — a martini, duh — and make a toast to finally getting out of his family’s dark shadow, via Roman (Kieran Culkin) style.
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