the rest is confetti

tbh after all this time i still find romans ending to be rlly unsatisfying. like i don’t need another season but i wish it was more.. i feel like that whole ending with the bar was more suited for what the character was written originally and not what it became

just going to copy and paste some analysis from an article i published about how Succession's ending is perfect because it's the same as the start, because i don't think any of them, including roman "became" anything other than what they always had been (feel free to read the whole thing at the link):

"In the first episode of Succession, Roman is out, clawing to get back in, even while claiming Waystar was a cage. Over 3 Seasons, it becomes abundantly clear that Roman does not truly hold any ambitions to be CEO, but ambitions to please his father, and trapped in the thankless violent cycle of failing to do so.

As desperately as he sought his father’s approval and sibling’s togetherness, the finale sees him forgo both for freedom from the cage. With his siblings splintered forever, his relationship with Gerri ruined and no friends outside of Waystar, it’s a lonely exile — not unlike the one he was in at the beginning. But this time it’s chosen, and perhaps even welcomed, as we leave him smiling into a martini glass.

Succession has always been a tragedy, and, like any great tragedy, each character was doomed from the beginning. There is no saving these characters from the only story they could tell. There is only appreciating that they tried to tell us from the very start."