Succession: Is Kendall Roy dead at the end of season 3 episode 8? – HITC

Season 3 episode 8 of Succession aired last night and everyone is asking the same question; is Kendall Roy actually dead?

Sunday evenings are top-dog for fans of fantastic television.

One of the biggest series to air new episodes each Sunday is the hard-hitting Succession, which broadcast episode 8 of its third season on December 5th.

The episode Chiantishire certainly caused a few ripples in the Roy household, but it was Kendall himself making ripples as he ended up in the pool.

So, from everything we know so far, is Kendall Roy really dead in Succession season 3 episode 8?

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To put it simply, the fate of Kendall Roy is purposefully left ambiguous by the showrunners, with the character floating face down in a pool when the credits rolled on episode 8.

It was a tough episode for fans of Kendall, who joined his family in Italy for the wedding of Caroline and Peter.

The first blow to his mental health comes in the form of his own mother, who reveals that Logan has requested an itinerary that didnt allow him and Kendall to be in the same space.

The second is from the podcast investigating the Roy family. Whilst Kendall thinks appearing on the show is a good business decision, the team are going to dig up some dark family secrets including the death of the former waiter.

Finally, Kendall is pushed over the edge by Logan himself, who not only gets Kendalls son to taste his food (thinking its poisoned), but also humiliates him by asking about the waiter.

The episode ends with Kendall extremely drunk and face down in the pool, with the camera pointing upwards from the pool floor, Kendall lets go of his beer bottle as the screen fades to black.

So, whilst Kendalls death is certainly implied in season 3 episode 8 of Succession, fans are unconvinced that this is actually the characters final send-off.

On the one hand, the golden rule of cinema is If you dont see a character actually die, they arent dead. This is the case with Kendall, who is shown in a fatal situation, but not outright shown to be dead. Not only that, but he is one of the main characters in a series that has already been renewed for a fourth season they wouldnt change protagonists for the final act, would they?

However, the ending to season 3 episode 8 was very ominous, and would be an appropriate death for Kendall considering he caused the waiter to drown in the season 1 finale.

We will have to wait and see until next weeks episode to find out if someone rushes to save Kendall from the pool, or if he has bowed out in a similar manner to the aforementioned waiterdrowning.

Season 3 of Succession will consist of nine individual episodes, meaning that next week will mark the season finale!

The first two broadcasts of the hit drama series had 10 episodes, but a reason for the decrease in season-length has not been revealed.

The good news is that season 4 has already been ordered, so fans should expect a dramatic cliff-hanger ending next week.

With the third season of Succession set to conclude next week, its interesting to look at how the latest instalment has been rated.

At the time of writing, Succession season 3 is scoring a solid 9/10 on IMDB; higher than the series average of 8.7.

A similar performance can be seen on MetaCritic, where season 3 is scoring a 92% in comparison to the first at 70% and the second at 89%.

However, on Rotten Tomatoes, the third instalment is ranking at an 81% which may be higher than the debut broadcast but is lower than season 2.

In terms of viewership, Succession has maintained a solid average audience, but has also experienced a steady decline in viewers across its third season.

According to data from the Nielsen Media Research group, via TV Series Finale, season 3 of Succession has had a reduction of 19.3% in demographic and 10.8% in number of average viewers.

Despite still having one episode to go, Succession did feature on Varietys best television series of 2021 in 3rd and 7th place from the two authors.

By Tom Llewellyn [emailprotected]

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