Sails out, nails out, bro. Logan starts the episode being told that he needs to be the blood sacrifice, and ends the episode teed up to be the blood sacrifice.
I mean, my GOD! It’s fitting that the night’s big twist belonged to Kendall, once the heir apparent, after last season finale’s shocker: Kendall’s drug-fuelled, Chappaquiddick-esque car crash that killed a British waiter. The first season traced his disappointment at not being named his father's successor, then tracked his attempt — attempts, actually — to overthrow Logan and take over. Still, doing Daddy’s bidding has her stepping onto the yacht really feeling herself — imagine scheduling a threesome with your husband on a family trip! This is where we find Kendall at the beginning of the second season. Succession is an American satirical comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong.It premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO, and has been renewed for a third season. Was it Naomi Pierce’s cutting observation that Logan “loves the broken you”? When Connor asks Logan for a bailout directly, his “super dad” tells him that his presidential campaign is an embarrassment and he needs to end it before they can discuss the cool $100 mill he’s after. Their partnership has always seemed odd and for Shiv, somewhat inexplicable in its uselessness for exploitation; one of the show’s few flaws is that it has yet, in this viewer’s opinion, at least, to convey why Shiv even went out with Tom in the first place, let alone remained so loyal to a husband whose tone-deaf kiss-assery elicits her eye rolls at least once an episode. But the cruise scandal was toxic enough – mysterious deaths, sexual harassment, “no real person involved” – that even Logan’s power grip isn’t immune. A previous version of this story incorrectly gave Sarah Snook's last name as Shnook. Will Connor quit his campaign? Does the end of Connor’s candidacy mean the end of the perpetually embarrassed Willa?) It's a harder lift in a serial family story that's only funny some of the time. All rights reserved. While Kendall's intent was very different, rooted less in viciousness than recklessness, the same tonal note applies to the somber treatment of his car accident. Craig Blankenhorn/HBO The miniseries concludes by mourning a career-long public servant and the institutional norms he represented under Trump. Even on Succession, killing an innocent is not funny, darkly or otherwise. The loser of the shitcan battle was, of course, Kendall, who goes from defeated and self-effacing company skull to whistleblower on his own father by episode’s end. Had he planned it all along?
Logan admitting he never thought Kendall had the killer instinct for the top job? But yeah, Logan’s fucked. Cousin Greg wasn’t the sacrificial lamb, and instead he’s charged with escorting Kendall back home.
A lot of people make sense — Frank, Karl, Gerri, Tom — but it’s like waiting to see who won’t get the final rose as the family convenes to pick the special son. The finale seems to mark a maturation of sorts for Roman – we see him offering rare honest advice to Logan, sincerely, if awkwardly; defending Gerri in the breakfast summit; expressing genuine concern for Kendall when he seems defeated by Logan’s blood sacrifice. Lady Caroline Collingwood is the second wife of Logan Roy, and mother of Kendall Roy, Roman Roy and Shiv Roy. Stop positing in Gerri’s direction, you clowns! Some Vultures who congregated to watch the episode together considered that maybe he intentionally chose Kendall because he knew Kendall was the Roy kid who’d stab him in the back and give him an exit strategy that keeps the company intact. The proxy battle is the one true reckoning, and the shareholder meeting is still on the horizon, and it looks like Sandy and Stewy are still on the upswing. Kendall’s impressive showing last week in “D.C.” proved to be his undoing this week while yachting: Showboating in front of Congress made him “the face” of the brand, he’s been in a leadership position, he’s blood. — under the bus to be fired! It's a poison. Available for everyone, funded by readers. What other play currently running on Broadway gives you drama, intrigue, and bug bites?!