Fake scenes, improvizations, and one-shot takes led up to Succession's big reveal

Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin in Succession season 4
(Image credit: HBO)

This week's episode of Succession was an emotional one, to put it lightly. It turns out that one of the episode's mosy poignant moments was improvized, according to episode director Mark Mylod,😼 who had a few other interesting snippets to reveal in a post-episode debrief. 

As you might expect, there are major spoilers for Succession season 4 episode 3 ahead, so proceed with caution! 

J. Smith Cameron and Kieran Culkin in Succession season 4

(Image credit: HBO)

Of course, the death of Roy patriarch Logan☂ (Brian Cox) was the big shocker in the episode, but other moments also got viewers talking, including a hug between the three Roy siblings in the aftermath of their father's passing. In fact, the embrace between Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) wasn't actually in the script. "They just fell into each other there, which was just gorgeous," episode director Mark Mylod told . 

. "So nobody found out we used code on the whiteboa﷽rds. Larry David meant Logan Dies. So episode 403 said Connor's Wedding, Larry David. Mind you, that would also have been a great episode."

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