With Open Eyes

With Open Eyes
Season	4
Episode	10
Overall	39
Release date	May 28, 2023
Length	85 minutes
Director(s)	Mark Mylod
Writer(s)	Jesse Armstrong
Previous	"Church and State"

"With Open Eyes" is the tenth and final episode of the fourth season of Succession, and thirty-ninth and final episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 28, 2023 on HBO and Max. It was written by Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod.

Premise

Ahead of the final board vote on the Waystar-GoJo deal, Kendall and Shiv try to shore up their opposing interests...and get a fix on the whereabouts of a physically and emotionally bruised Roman.

Plot synopsis

Kendall scrambles to vote down the GoJo acquisition before the board meeting, while Shiv and Matsson are confident their coalition will vote in favor. Kendall and Shiv fly to Caroline's residence in Barbados after learning that Roman is recovering from his wounds there. En route, Shiv calls Tom to ask they give their relationship a second chance, but he is hesitant.

Cast

Starring Brian Cox as Logan Roy (credit only) Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy Dagmara Domińczyk as Karolina Novotney Peter Friedman as Frank Vernon Justine Lupe as Willa Ferreyra Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans Arian Moayed as Stewy Hosseini David Rasche as Karl Muller Alan Ruck as Connor Roy Alexander Skarsgård as Lukas Matsson J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy Fisher Stevens as Hugo Baker

Recurring Harriet Walter as Caroline Collingwood Hope Davis as Sandi Furness Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Oskar Guðjohnsen Eili Harboe as Ebba James Cromwell as Ewan Roy Zoë Winters as Kerry Castellabate Scott Nicholson as Colin Pip Torrens as Peter Munion Larry Pine as Sandy Furness Guest David Patrick Kelly as Paul Chambers Elliot Villar as Daniel Jiminez Robert S. Gregory as Dewi Swann Jeff Blumenkrantz as Simon Edgerton Midori Nakamura as Diane Liu Carole Denise Jones as Sonya Adeyemi James Furnio as Jonathan Kevin Cristaldi as "Mid-Level Employee" Anthony Simone as "Barman" Wayne Pyle as Steve Cox

Quotes

• Roman Roy: We are bullshit.
  Kendall Roy: We are not bullshit.
  Roman: We are bullshit. You are bullshit. You're f**king bullshit, man. I'm f**king bullshit. [pointing at Shiv Roy] She's bullshit. It's all f**king nothing. Man, I'm telling you this because I know it, okay? We're nothing. Okay? Okay.
• Kendall Roy: I'm like a cog built to fit only one machine. If you don't let me [become CEO]... I mean, it's the only thing I know how to do.
• Kendall Roy: I'M THE ELDEST BOY!
• Shiv Roy [to Kendall Roy]: I love you, but I cannot f**king stomach you.
• Shiv Roy [to Kendall Roy]: You can't be CEO. You can't, because you killed someone.
  Kendall: W-which?
  Shiv: What?
  Roman Roy: What do you mean "which?" You mean you've killed so many people, you forgot which one?