12 major questions left unanswered ahead of the season 3 premiere of 'Succession'

In the season two finale, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the founder and CEO of media conglomerate Waystar Royco, needs "one meaningful skull to wave" as the scapegoat for misconduct in the company's cruise department.

After tense deliberation, Logan lands on his son Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) as the sacrificial lamb. However, the move backfires after the Waystar Royco heir publicly pins culpability on his father.

It's highly improbable that Logan will wave the white flag and assume responsibility for years of criminal behavior in the cruise department, particularly ahead of the looming shareholder meeting.

So, the question remains: Who will take the fall?

Will it be a trusted Waystar Royco executive, like Gerri Kellman (J. Smith-Cameron) or Frank Vernon (Peter Friedman)? Will Logan throw Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) under the bus with some "Greg sprinkles," as his son Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) suggests? Or will the Scotsman find a way out of the scandal that leaves his inner circle unscathed?

As Tom tells Greg (Nicholas Braun) as he sips on rosé: "There's gonna be a head on a spike."

The eldest Roy sibling may not be involved in the family business, but he has his hands full with other ventures.

In season two, Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) juggles his presidential campaign (his platform is built around getting rid of taxes) and the financing for his girlfriend Willa Ferreyra's debut play.

After hiring a full political team and operating at a loss on Willa's poorly-reviewed production, Connor asks Logan for cash, specifically "a little 100 mil," in the season finale.

His father offers to help him under certain conditions. Logan demands that Connor abandons his campaign, referring to it as a "horseshit pipe dream."

"Everybody thinks you're a joke, and you're fucking embarrassing me," Logan tells his son.

Will Connor give up on his dreams of the Oval Office and abandon his followers, the "Conheads?" Or will his father's harsh words cause him to further distance from the family and perhaps take Kendall's side?

When Logan attempts to acquire PGM in season two, Kendall takes a liking to Naomi Pierce (Annabelle Dexter-Jones), who sits on the board of the rival media giant.

He stays in touch with Naomi even after the Waystar-PGM deal falls through and invites her on the Roy family's yacht in the season two finale.

Logan, unsettled by her presence, scolds Kendall for inviting an outsider without properly running it by him. After Kendall turns down Naomi's offer to flee together, she leaves the trip early on her own.

Will they ever see each other again, or is the messy history between their families too difficult to overcome?

One of the most fascinating dynamics to come out of the show's second season is the complex relationship between Gerri, Waystar Royco's general counsel, and Roman, Logan's snarky son and chief operating officer.

Like any other allies, they look out for each other's professional interests. When the entire family and Waystar Royco C-suite discuss putting Gerri on the chopping block for the cruise scandal, Roman intentionally steers their attention elsewhere.

Things get complicated behind closed doors though, as they routinely have twisted sexual conversations when no one is around.

By the end of season two, Roman and Gerri have yet to touch. If they haven't yet, will they ever?

On their wedding night, Logan's sole daughter Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) tells Tom that she doesn't see herself in a monogamous relationship. Her solution? An open marriage.

Tom complies, allowing his emotions to bubble up until the season two finale. Between the state of their marriage and the stress surrounding the cruise scandal, he tells his wife that he's "really pretty unhappy."

"I love you, I do. I just wonder if the sad I'd be without you would be less than the sad I get from being with you," he says.

There's no clear resolution for the couple by the end of the season's final episode, though Shiv begs Logan not to make Tom the face of the cover-up.

Will they be able to work through their marital issues, or is it the end of the road for Shiv and Tom?

Marcia Roy (Hiam Abbass), Logan's third wife, retreats into the background after her husband forms a close relationship with businesswoman Rhea Jarrell (Holly Hunter) in season two.

She's so upset by Logan's behavior, in fact, that she doesn't join the rest of the Roy family on their yacht trip in the season finale.

Logan admits to Kendall that he misses Marcia, but will he be able to win her back?

When Logan chooses Kendall to take the hit for the Waystar Royco cover-up, his son appears to accept his fate.

Before Kendall leaves, he asks Logan if he ever seriously considered him a capable candidate for CEO.

"You're not a killer," Logan tells him. "You have to be a killer."

Kendall then walks up to his father and kisses him on the cheek, a move that many likened to a Judas kiss.

But did he ever plan on going along with his father's scheme? When exactly did Kendall decide to turn on his father?

En route to the press conference in the season two finale, Kendall leaves his family's yacht on a private plane. He's accompanied by Greg, the only person with access to the remaining documents from the cruise department's cover-up.

Who sent Greg with Kendall? Why would such a large responsibility be placed on Greg, a family member that ranks fairly low in the Roy hierarchy? Did Kendall ask him to come because of his plan?

Greg is a Roy relative, but he's not a member of the immediate family. So, the newcomer is constantly nervous and trying to remain in the fold.

How, then, did Kendall convince Greg to hand over the cruise documents knowing it would hurt Logan?

By the end of season two, Waystar Royco is facing attacks from all angles.

Sandy Furness (Larry Pine) and Stewy Hosseini (Arian Moayed) plot a hostile takeover of the company, slowly turning major shareholders against the Roys ahead of their annual meeting.

After Kendall creates a division within the company at the bombshell press conference, Logan is forced to fight his son as well.

Will Kendall's announcement help Sandy and Stewy's case? Will Logan be able to do damage control and convince shareholders to keep Waystar Royco within the family?

The night of Shiv's wedding, Kendall escapes from the scene of a car accident after a deer in the road causes him to veer off into a lake. While he makes a feeble attempt to save his passenger, a waiter who Logan fired from the wedding earlier that night, Kendall ultimately leaves him behind to drown and die.

Logan covers up his son's involvement in the accident the following morning and later brushes off the incident as "NRPI," meaning that there was "no real person involved."

But when Kendall puts Logan on blast at the press conference, all bets are off.

Will Logan leverage the information he has on his son to get his way? Or will he still feel a sense of fatherly duty to protect him?

Alliances in "Succession" can flip from one scene to the next, and with a curveball as seismic as Kendall's press conference, it's impossible to predict the fallout.

Will Shiv, Roman, and Connor stand by their father's side or jump ship to support Kendall? How will Logan's loyal executives react? Is Greg signing up to be on Team Kendall by providing the documents? And where does Tom land in the conflict?