He wants to get out of town with his bullshit intact.• Kendall’s inability to square up to Jennifer and end their fling face-to-face is a reminder that he is, in fact, a weak and craven human being. The second approach would involve conceding some wrongdoing within the company, thus making it a difficult sell to Logan, who takes any criticism of Waystar as persecution. He was the tip of the spear in gutting his precious Vaulter against his own advice, and he was instrumental in making the Pierce deal possible by turning an influential “no” into a “yes.” It’s no mistake that this episode opens with Kendall browbeating the Waystar negotiators on Logan’s behalf, echoing his father’s caterwauling by using the word “fucking” as a modifier eight times in as many sentences.
In the end, though, Shiv finds a more substantive way to screw over Rhea than to make things awkward with Marcia or to touch on one of Logan’s sore spots inadvertently. A recap of ‘Argestes,’ episode 6 of season 2 of Succession on HBO. (“What’s next? )• Roman’s streak of failed party surprises, like the satellite launch during Shiv’s wedding or the call to a Pierce surrogate during the Hungarian retreat, continues with his purchase of the wrong local soccer club. And his kids are ready to go in for the kill: Shiv speaks at a panel about the “dinosaur values” that can limit a company in need of fresh eyes, and it’s Roman’s giggling over his father’s live roasting that earns him a slap. (The hiring of a stand-up comedian for the Argestes awards ceremony is a final twist of the knife: “Ahoy, there!
(“It’s burning my eyes but I can’t look away.”)The warning signs have been there all along.Rhea faces some terrible blowback, especially from Marcia, who asks her if she is regularly tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Always get the wrong thing.”And so in “Dundee,” before the family members, business associates, and local officials gathered in Scotland for a surprise celebration of Logan’s 50th year in the business, we witness the mortifying spectacle of a tribute rap, with beats by DJ Squiggle and rhymes by the hollowed soul with the custom jersey and bowtie.
And so she decides to allow her father to enjoy his evening without knowing the accountant is prepared to come forward, and she gives him her implied blessing on Rhea as CEO, which has the added benefit of impressing her father with her magnanimity. This again sets the Roy children against each other in lobbying for their father’s approval: Kendall thinks the magazine should be threatened with coffer-draining litigation if they decide to publish it, while Shiv wants to take the more conciliatory approach of agreeing to work with the author, which might delay the piece until Waystar can close the deal on Pierce. Succession follows a dysfunctional American global-media family. Permission to never fucking board?”) The whole affair leaves Logan in an even weaker position against the takeover bid than he had before, with the prospect of continued fallout and lasting damage to a profitable part of the company. When news surfaces that a longtime accountant in cruises has damaging information on the payouts and shadow logs that covered up abhorrent misconduct in the division, Shiv comes to understand that a new CEO would suffer huge damage to her reputation. Trying to get into a groove that does not exist.The real rot underneath “Dundee,” however, is the phony mythology that props up the Logan Roy story. For this same man to defend his brother so instinctually is stunning to witness, especially after Roman had taken such rhetorical delight over Kendall’s misfortune. “We Hear You” isn’t much better, according to Greg, who likens the slim distinction to “Couldn’t help glimpse you changing” rather than “We put a spy cam in your shower.” The compromise version, “We Here For You,” is double-meaning gobbledygook at its most sublime.
“Sometimes I think I’ll never truly understand dad until I shit outside.”) But one glimpse at his cozy childhood home renders it such an obvious fiction that Logan won’t even get out of the car for a quick tour and a photo-op. Created by Jesse Armstrong. He’s returning to his humble beginnings in Scotland, where he’s been honored with a plaque and a tour of Dundee University, which features the Logan Roy School of Journalism. But when the sun rises again, the entire Roy family will still be on this dysfunctional cruise ship together, captained by a man with both hands firmly grasped to the wheel. Roman and Kendall are so far on the outs with their father that they crave this sort of flattery, especially coming from the woman who currently has his ear. Ironic enjoyment.