Succession
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Hes set for a vast overpay.
He aint pretty no more, he sneers to his wife after the fight.
Thats Logans psychology to the core.
He doesnt want these Shakespeare-quoting, Ph.D.-accumulating, Brookings Institution snobs to feel like theyre better than he is.
They have a price, too.
For $25 billion, he gets to make the world see that they aint pretty no more.
It would be an unsatisfying victory for Logan to give them anything other than money.
He may want them to sell, but heneedsthem to sell out.
No doubt Shiv is collateral damage, though.
(Poor Tom, though.
Logan is totally fine with him not overseeing the news.
On that point and that pointonly hes willing to compromise.)
The scenes between Shiv and Tom are maybe the first time Ive been convinced that their relationship is real.
I really want this, she tells him in a break at dinner.
I want to be sitting at that table.
And does his best to pick her up and assure her that shes already there.
It almost doesnt matter that he gives her the confidence to make a truly shocking mistake when they return.
He loves her and has her back.
), but comes back to her with an insight.
Dont block your own escape, he says.
Just imagine getting out from under all this.
Chefs kiss, as they say.
And I want an onion to taste like a fucking peach.
Logan knows exactly where he stands in this negotiation before it even happens.
Somereallytough looks from Marcia on this episode.
Merci beaucoup, she says.
Im very excited to be getting top marks along with your other pupils.
Oh boy, Romans sexual peccadilloes.
This show is nothing if not bold.
Why couldnt this dad be dad?
Men are gilded loam or painted clay.
Mine honor is my life; both grow in one.
Take honor from me, and my life is done.
Again, all credit to Kendall for getting a yes vote out of her.
Wonderful bit of staging with Logan scanning the table as his children are each fucking up their assignments.
Watching you people melt down is most deeply satisfying activity on the planet earth.
Oh cool, is Naomi aSuccessionfan, too?
