Succession spoilers ahead. Youve been warned!

Its a wrap on Succession , and the wild final episode of the Emmy-winning series gave fans a look at who is set to run Waystar Royco in the time ahead.

Series creator Jesse Armstrong , in a Max (formerly HBO Max) Controlling the Narrative featurette, opened up about why he believes the right ending was to name Tom Wambsgans (played by Matthew Macfadyen) as Waystar Roycos American CEO.

The idea of Tom being the eventual successor, that had been something that I thought was the right ending for quite a while now, Armstrong said of the series finale, With Open Eyes.

Even though hes not exactly the most powerful monarch youll ever meet his power comes from Matsson. Those figures that drift upwards and make themselves amenable to powerful people are around.