Think the Roy household is simply going to hug it out in Succession‘s final season? Yeah, we don’t, both.
A grumpy Logan reluctantly attends his personal birthday celebration as Sunday’s Season 4 premiere kicks off, and Connor and Gerri are in attendance, as is Logan’s assistant/girlfriend Kerry. But his children Kendall, Roman and Shiv are conspicuously absent. Instead, they’re busy growing their new joint enterprise enterprise: The Hundred, a brand new media firm that Kendall describes (in typical Kendall trend) as “Substack meets MasterClass meets The Economist meets The New Yorker.” Shiv is late to the assembly, which makes Kendall and Roman suspicious: “Shivvy, are you snaking?” She admits she met with a politician’s transition staff, however they simply need “to talk about talking.” The Waystar sale to GoJo is barely two days away, they usually’re excited to begin recent with their very own factor. The solely fear Roman has about it’s: “Is it literally too good?”
(*1*)Logan glances round and grimaces because the partygoers sing him “Happy Birthday,” seemingly on the lookout for somebody who’s not there. Greg is there, although, and he introduced a brand new woman named Bridget — or, as Kerry calls her, “Bridget Randomf—k.” Kerry is extremely suspicious of her: “Do you know she’s not a hostile corporate asset?” (She additionally says Logan’s spouse Marcia is “in Milan shopping, forever.”) Tom calls Shiv and confesses he had a drink final night time with Naomi Pierce (bear in mind her?), however he insists it was solely social, “not sexual.” A flustered Shiv runs and tells Kendall, who calls his previous relationship with Naomi a “carnival of mindf—k.” Their antennae are actually formally up, they usually begin to suspect Logan is making a bid to purchase Pierce. (Again.) Roman thinks their dad is simply messing with their heads… but when he’s, it’s working.
At the social gathering, Connor contemplates blowing one other hundred million {dollars} on marketing campaign advertisements to keep up his present polling — at one %. (He desires to remain within the dialog!) Tom pulls Logan apart and tells them every little thing appears good together with his deal for Pierce. “Have you heard from the rats?” Logan asks him. Tom says no, however he does ask if he and Logan will nonetheless be OK if his trial separation from Shiv turns right into a divorce. “If we’re good, we’re good,” Logan tells him. Well, that’s reassuring. Meanwhile, Roman doesn’t wish to purchase Pierce; he desires to remain younger and lean, and he’s not even positive they’ll afford it. Shiv figures it’ll value 8 billion, and after the sale, they’ll have 2 or 3 billion between them, which is a begin. As for The Hundred, Shiv says: “It’s very exciting… but it’s kind of bulls—t.”
Tom mercilessly mocks Greg’s date and her big purse, warning him she’s asking too many questions and consuming “like a famished warthog.” And in his protection, she did simply attempt to take a selfie with Logan, so… Shiv will get phrase that Pierce is “honor bound to another buyer,” however they didn’t precisely say no, so she gears as much as go make a last-minute pitch to Nan Pierce. Logan remains to be moping; when Kerry asks if he desires her to succeed in out to his children, he says he simply desires to listen to from Nan Pierce, after which he ditches his personal social gathering. Shiv confirms that Logan is the Pierce purchaser, however she is aware of Nan Pierce hates him, so she’ll be prepared to satisfy with them. Roman tries to protest: Kendall simply desires to get again at Logan, and Shiv simply desires to get again at Tom. But he’s outvoted.
Logan has a meal together with his bodyguard, who he calls his “best pal,” and shares his perception that persons are simply “economic units” earlier than lamenting: “Nothing tastes the same as it used to, does it?” (He doesn’t consider in an afterlife, both: “I think this is it.”) As Kendall, Shiv and Roman put together to jet off to satisfy Nan, Kerry calls and asks in the event that they’d take into account calling their father on his birthday. They’re nonetheless ready for an apology, although, and switch her down flat. Connor worries that his marriage ceremony isn’t “special enough” to get media consideration and talks Willa into getting married beneath the Statue of Liberty with a brass band and… bum fights? (They’ll iron all that out later.) Greg brags to Tom that he and Bridget simply obtained frisky in a visitor bed room, however he’s terrified when Tom tells him Logan has the entire place wired with safety cameras: “He watches it back every night with a Scotch.” Tom tells him he must apologize — and when Logan abruptly ends the social gathering and calls his interior circle into one other room, Greg is satisfied it’s about him. (Ha!)
Really, it’s in regards to the Pierce sale, and Logan will get the phrase that his personal children are the rival bidders. He’s livid — and poor Greg is attempting to inform him he fooled round in his home. He later tells Tom he assured Logan that he “never intended to soil these halls,” and when safety kicks Bridget out for posting in regards to the social gathering on social media, Greg lets them confront her with out him. (How chivalrous!) Nan meets with the Roy children, however she tells them it’s an advanced deal and it is likely to be too late. Kendall argues that Logan solely desires to purchase her firm to run it into the bottom, and Shiv guarantees they are often “competitive” on worth. While Logan waits to listen to again, he prods his employees into roasting him to interrupt the strain. They make some feeble makes an attempt till Greg hits him with: “Where are your kids?” (Ouch.) Logan roars proper again with an unprintable joke about Greg’s father, insisting to Gerri: “I’m not being horrible! I’m being fun!” Well, he’s having enjoyable, no less than.
After consulting her advisor, Shiv thinks they’ll supply 8 billion, whereas Logan tells Tom to return in at 6. Naomi tells Shiv they respect the supply, however they’re on the lookout for “more upside.” Tom calls Shiv, and she or he asks him what Logan’s bid is, however he received’t say. She bluffs that their ceiling is 12, and Tom bluffs that theirs is, too. Shiv hangs up and thinks they should go to 9.5, and Kendall suggests they go proper to a pleasant, spherical 10 billion. Roman reminds them that half a billion {dollars} is some huge cash, however he finally provides in, and Shiv goes again to Nan with a suggestion of 10 billion. “That gives us something to think about,” she replies, and shortly, Tom tells Logan they misplaced it as a result of Pierce obtained “a conversation-ending offer.” When Tom calls Shiv, Logan jumps on the decision and calls them “f—king morons” earlier than hanging up. They received! A really expensive victory, however nonetheless!
Shiv goes residence to seek out Tom there and needles him about rumors of his sexual exploits: “Is Greg your wingman?” He provides to unpack their marital issues, however she doesn’t wish to get into all that: She says it’s time to finish it. Instead of crying and arguing, she thinks they need to simply want one another luck. Tom provides to have intercourse one final time, however she declines. Instead, she lays down on the mattress, exhausted, and so does he, at odd angles from one another. “We gave it a go,” she provides as they maintain arms. And again on the townhouse, Logan is up late watching ATN when he calls a community govt to complain about what he’s seeing. He doesn’t just like the anchor. He doesn’t like every of it. “Are you losing it?” he calls for to know earlier than hanging up. And doesn’t it appear to be when he asks that, in that bellowing Logan Roy voice of his, that the phrases echo round that huge, empty room of his and bounce proper again at himself?
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