Succession ended in a way that left me satisfied. I don't rate TV episodes too often (there are just too many and it's hard enough giving movies ratings) but this episode is probably a 10. It's Succession at its funniest, most intense, and least predictable, with everything hitting much harder than usual due to the finality of it all.
If you were watching this hoping for someone to win, sure, you might not like how it ends. But I think watching this like a sporting event by "barracking" for a character is missing the point, and a bit of a shallow way to watch a show like this. Yes, someone has to win - someone has to succeed, in more ways than one - but this cast is full of bad people, and none are really deserving. Watching them stumble over each other with all their flaws, and occasionally feeling sympathy for some (they are all deeply human, after all) has been a thrill. I was never too invested about who would actually "win."
That being said: the drama in this finale still worked for me. It was a tense 90 minutes. It moved very fast and it was thrilling. At a point, I remembered Succession is honestly more of a comedy than a drama. Then all the high-stress parts kind of got weirdly funny - I just appreciate this show being able to play with my emotions until the very end (I even kind of liked Caroline this episode? And she usually feels like the least likeable to me).
Great show. Excellent finale. I'm honestly glad they've ended it on a high - another season might've been stretching it, because for as great as the show is, the scope/story is pretty limited (not a criticism - just that I think it would have been hard to keep it going in a non-repetitive way without completely changing what the show was about).