As she pulls away, Logan commends his son for his work in the room, then offers Shiv nothing but a wide stare. Rhea eventually relents and tells the Roys she’ll bring the Pierce family their offer of $24 billion. Then it’s Logan and Kendall, who continue to increase the size of the offer from $20 billion upward, all to Shiv’s chagrin. First it’s Shiv, who opens her up to the idea that the two news organizations could share a symbiotic relationship. Trapped in their windowless cocoon, the Roys break Rhea’s wall. Roman and Gerri of ‘Succession’ Are TV’s Richest Couple The Dreadful Network: ‘Succession’ Turns Its Eye Toward ATNīut before the line of inquiry progresses, there’s a gunshot heard in the Waystar building, and Tom and Greg are sent to one panic room, while Logan, Shiv, Kendall, Gerri, and Rhea are shepherded to another. But his wedding was at a chapel at Hitler’s Bavarian compound, and his dog was named after the Fuhrer’s dog, and he’d read Mein Kampf a few times.
It’s all coincidence, they hope, as he’s great with key demographics. Though not as low as Tom, who has been tasked with conducting an investigation of an ATN host with possible (read: clear) ties to white supremacists. It’s a start, and his idea wins a pitch contest. Roman, still ostensibly co-COO, has been whisked away to management training camp, hoping to raise his profile and improve upon his less-than-stellar reputation. But the Pierce CEO drops the best “fuck off” of the season so far when she gives the Roy boys an unambigious “no.” I beg of you, Jesse Armstrong: Give me more Holly Hunter (and Cherry Jones, too, please). Naturally then, she’s excluded when Logan and Kendall meet with Rhea to discuss the potential purchase. Shiv’s eventual ascension to the throne is still a secret, and her brother, as far as she’s concerned, is still a threat.
“I don’t know,” she tells Kendall when he asks why his sister is around. She’s being whisked from room to room in the Waystar building without being told what, exactly, she’s supposed to be doing.
Shiv-in for her unexplained first day at the company-is suspicious of the trio’s secrecy. “This is us three,” Logan tells Kendall and Frank when strategizing before the meeting. With Roman’s insubordination in the rearview, Kendall is able to convince Pierce’s CEO, Rhea Jarrell (American icon Holly Hunter), to agree to a tête-à-tête with the Roys. Let’s continue with the fourth episode of Season 2, “Safe Room.”Įditor’s note: HBO released Succession Episode 4 on Friday (instead of its regularly scheduled Sunday) for the Labor Day weekend. Every week, The Ringer will break down the biggest developments, track who’s leading the literal line of succession, and catalog each episode’s most savage burns, Cousin Greg–isms, and more. Well, no more! The Roys and their slimy subordinates are back, and rest assured they’re still the same bunch of power-hungry, incandescent messes we love to hate and hate to love. After Succession went supernova in the back half of its first season-improving upon each excellent episode to a hilarious and devastating degree-it became one of the best dramas on television, which made its hiatus all the more excruciating. HBO’s most dysfunctional and obscenely rich family this side of the Lannisters has returned.