succession is approaching its final act the fourth and last season of hbos hit comedydrama picks up a few months after the explosive season 3 finale in which siblings kendall jeremy strong roman kieran culkin and shiv sarah snook teamed up to take down their media mogul father logan brian cox until their plan was foiled by shivs husband tom matthew macfadyen in the season 4 premiere shiv and tom are in the midst of a trial separation with their rocky relationship pushed to the brink i think the wounded pride and humiliation for shiv is a genuine hurt i think that comes pretty high on her list of betrayals snook says during a roundtable attended by total film season 4 begins with a shadow between them with something that they havent been able to talk about in the first episode we get to see the first real talk between them and its a really beautifully written scene and its an interesting dynamic to see between shiv and tom as a progression from what theyve done in seasons 1 to 3she continues previously theyve either been on the same side or almost on the same side and theres machinations schemes that theyre brewing up together against the family or shiv is and then corralling tom in but season 4 is really interesting because it puts them on opposite sides and gives it a completely different dynamicone pairing that still seems to be going strong however is greg nicholas braun and tom the duos dysfunctional relationship a favorite amongst fans and also fellow cast members with snook saying during the roundtable that shed love to watch a tom and greg spinoff seems to be paying off for greg but braun thinks the roy siblings hapless cousin should watch his back i dont think he ever trusts tom he admits i dont think anybody ever trusts anybody tom does in fact follow through on his promise and brings him over to the logan side but tom has not ever proven himself to be totally trustedimage credit hbowhere does connor alan ruck logans son from his first marriage stand in all this connor has historically sided with his father whenever theres a conflict he always goes whichever way logan goes ruck says he loves his halfsiblings theyre what he has theyre his family and he desperately wants them to love him but hes not entirely sure that they know what theyre doing hes not stupid hes delusional but you know hes also a survivor and the old man was the one who created the fortune built the fortune so connor always sides with logan always connor is more focused on running for president anyway hes polling at a mighty 1 in the season premiere and getting married in the world of succession weddings are pretty explosive events will the impending nuptials between connor and former escort willa justine lupe follow suit yes it is quite dramatic ruck teases