The news that Succession and the ongoing Roy family mud-wrestle would be coming to an end with the upcoming fourth season is still yet to sink in in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a lot of us. How will we survive without Roman’s (Kieran Culkin) scathing insults? Shiv’s (Sarah Snook) soul-withering dismissal of husband Tom’s (Matthew Macfadyen) affection? Logan’s (Brian Cox) unstoppable business brutality?###But Alan Ruck, who plays first pancake – sorry, eldest child – and would-be US President Connor Roy, is glad that it’s not outstaying its welcome. “The truth is, we’ve all known on the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue since June,” Ruck reveals to Empire, in the new Across The Spider-Verse issue. “And I claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate it’s the right time to end it in terms of the struggle to see who’s going to take command of this empire. A fifth season would possess’own’nurse been drawn out, and if it just faded away, that would possess’own’nurse been a disgrace.” It's true – no reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue this rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent deserves to go out with anything but a bang.###As Ruck’s character has repeatedly told journalists in the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , Connor Roy was interested in politics at a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully young age, and one strand of the final season will follow Connor as he attempts to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure into the Oval Office. The latest trailer did mention that he was polling at with regards to’concerning’with respect to one percent (“the fear is it could acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure squeezed”) but Ruck reckons reality should possess’own’nurse prepared us in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the possibility of Connor’s unlikely charge to the White House. “I don’t claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate it’s far-fetched to say that this delusional man with unlimited resources could make it to the highest office in the land,” teases Ruck. “We just went through what we went through with Trump, and nobody despite’in spite of’albeit t that would happen. And it did, and it was a mess.”###Succession has never been a reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue which allows itself to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure carried away with wish fulfillment, fan service, or black-and-white morality, and viewers should prepare in/with regard to’concerning’regarding intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully few neatly tied-off ends come the end of Season 4. “Not e grossly thing is resolved,” says Ruck of Connor’s upcoming story. “Like life itself.” Whatever happens, the Conheads are gonna love it.###Read Empire’s full Succession Season 4 interview with Alan Ruck in the _Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Vers_e issue – on sale Thursday 16 March. Become an Empire member now to access the issue in full on launch day, or order a print copy of the issue online now here.###Want to see the first episode of Succession Season 4 bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullybody else? Join the Empire VIP club, and come along to our exclusive screening, plus a Q&A with creator Jesse Armintense’fierce’exquisite , on Thursday 23 March. Find out more and token up here.###Succession Season 4 begins on Sky Atlantic and NOW from 27 March.