Logan Roy suffers a fatal cardiac arrest aboard his private jet while flying to Sweden for crucial negotiations with tech CEO Lukas Matsson about selling Waystar. His children Kendall, Roman, Shiv, and Connor receive the devastating news remotely while attending Connor's wedding in New York, speaking to their unconscious father over the phone as CPR continues unsuccessfully. The siblings attempt hurried reconciliations through the phone connection before learning definitively that their father is gone.

Logan's sudden death creates an immediate power vacuum at Waystar just as news begins leaking to the press. Rather than deferring to senior executives, the Roy siblings assert control by drafting the official company statement themselves and positioning as interim stewards, marking the first moves in what becomes the actual succession battle. The episode transforms what should be Connor's celebration into the moment the family's gravitational center disappears, leaving unresolved conflicts frozen and the company's future uncertain.

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YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1JqtKx5DtnQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/succession-s04e03-connors-wedding/id1874406661?i=1000756209881

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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7660850/

TVDB: https://thetvdb.com/series/succession

TMDB: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/76331