SUCCESSION Director is Kicking Himself Over a Missed Opportunity in Season 4

Succession was such an incredibly well-made drama series on HBO. It was definitely not for everyone, but the thing that I enjoyed most about it was the characters. The show features some seriously great character development.

I thought the show also had a strong ending and while I didn’t really notice any mistakes, director Mark Mylod is still incredibly bothered by one moment in the show's final season. He doesn’t reveal what the moment is, but he does explain that it was a missed opportunity that he’s kicking himself over. He said during an interview with Variety's Awards Circuit podcast:

"I will do the kicking myself thing. And I'll take no pleasure in the stuff that maybe has worked well. It's the mistakes you've made, or the things you could have done better in the moment that you've missed. There's something I missed in one of the episodes in season 4, it's not necessarily a mistake, but it's an opportunity to have taken a moment further. And it kills me. It eats me up and it genuinely is too raw now to kind of admit it."

I wish he’d just say what it is so we would know what he was thinking! He’s really the only one that knows what he’s talking about, and I just want the details. You can watch Season 4 over and over again and you’d probably never be able to point out what he’s talking about.

A note to the director, if you’re going to let everyone know that there’s something that really bugs you about the show that would wish you would’ve done differently, follow through and tell us what it is! Because now your just teasing the fans.

Succession's final season was critically acclaimed and received 27 Emmy nominations, including a record-breaking number of Lead Actor nominees.

In the series, “Although he has no plans to step aside as the head of Waystar Royco, the international media conglomerate controlled by his family, aging patriarch Logan Roy is contemplating what the future holds. He has lingered in the limelight longer than even he thought he would, and now family members want to run the company as they see fit. Despite a best-laid succession plan, tempers flare over Logan's intentions. Kendall Roy, Logan's eldest son from his second marriage and a division president at the firm, is the heir apparent. As Kendall attempts to solidify his eventual takeover, he and the three other Roy children face a difficult choice as company control and family loyalties collide.”