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Emmy winners Brian Cox as Logan Roy and Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans in Succession<\/em>. Credit: HBO\/Binge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Few television moments go on to become the watercooler moment of a generation like Tom Wambsgans’ ascent to the Roy family throne as inaugurated Waystar Royco CEO in the concluding episode of Succession<\/em>. (Save for the cut-to-black ending of The Sopranos<\/em> which earned the ire of mob wives and television buffs the world over.)<\/p>\n

The fourth and final season<\/a> of the critically acclaimed drama has received its final bout of accolades<\/a> at the belated 75th Primetime Emmy Awards<\/a>, taking home six awards including the most prestigious of the evening, \u2018Outstanding Drama Series\u2019 The series culminated<\/a> with none of Logan Roy\u2019s (Brian Cox<\/a>) heirs succeeding in taking over his media empire, instead walking away with excessive generational trauma.<\/p>\n

But according to Cox, he \u201calways knew\u201d the outcome of this unmerry band of dysfunctional billionaires. Ahead of the ceremony, the 77-year-old actor discussed the cultural impact of his acerbic line, \u201cI love you, but you\u2019re not serious people<\/a>\u201d, revealing that this moment enshrined Tom\u2019s candidacy in his mind.<\/p>\n

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Logan and Tom in Succession<\/em>. Credit: HBO\/Binge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI loved playing Logan, I really did, but I thought he was one of the most misunderstood characters ever,\u201d Cox divulged. \u201cHe was rough and he was crude and told people like it is, but all he wanted was for his own family to take over,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of them were up to the mark except for his son-in-law. I knew that it would be his son-in-law, I always knew that. The son-in-law was the one person who showed him kindness when he had a bad time<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15: Brian Cox attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cox didn\u2019t reveal whether this assertion was a conclusion he drew himself or one showrunner Jesse Armstrong told him to contextualise Cox\u2019s character choices. Nevertheless, Armstrong did sneak in a subtle clue about Tom\u2019s fate from the outset, specifically in the name choice he bestowed on Matthew Macfadyen\u2019s \u201cweird and wonderful human grease stain\u201d of a character.<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, a fan theory that was cemented in the season finale proposed that Tom had the last name Wambsgans in reference to a former baseball player from the 1920s named Bill Wambsgans. The real Wambsgans was the only athlete in the Major League to complete an unassisted triple play, taking out three players at once and going on to win his team the World\u2019s Championship. Through Shiv and Roman\u2019s decision to vote against the \u201cnumber one\u201d and \u201celdest\u201d boy, Tom was able to single-handedly unseat each of the Roy children and take the empire for himself.<\/p>\n

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The pivotal moment in which Tom asserted his allegiance to Logan, moving against his wive Shiv in Succession<\/em> season three. Credit: HBO\/Binge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the finale, Macfadyen revealed to Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> that he didn\u2019t believe Tom was actively campaigning against the Roys in the maniacal way many proposed. \u201cI don\u2019t think Tom was planning for it at all,\u201d he said at the time. We guess we can just chalk Cox\u2019s premunition down to father\u2019s intuition.<\/p>\n

Succession received over 75 Emmy nominations in its entire run. Armstrong farewelled the show with an apt acceptance speech: \u201cThis is a show about family, but it\u2019s also a show about when partisan news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics. After four seasons of satire, as I understand it, it is a problem we have now fixed, so we can now depart the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

A swan song for the ages.<\/p>\n

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“Succession” cast and crew accept the Outstanding Drama Series onstage during the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024. (Photo by VALERIE MACON \/ AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":42674,"featured_media":85732,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nBrian Cox "Always Knew" Tom Wambsgans Would Be CEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the 2024 Emmys, Brian Cox revealed that he "always knew" that Tom Wambsgans would succeed as Waystar Royco CEO. 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