Succession: The Roy children try to determine the future of their father’s company after the shocking death of Logan Roy
After the shocking death of Brian Cox’s Logan Roy in last week’s episode of Succession, Logan’s children try to determine the fate and the future of their father’s company, Waystar Royco.
The family was preparing for Connor Roy’s (Alan Ruck) wedding when Logan suddenly passed away on a flight.
Logan’s death comes at a particularly precarious time, with the company’s acquisition by Lukas Matsson’s GoJo is still not finalized.
It was also revealed briefly in last week’s episode – after Logan’s death – that the stock price of Waystar Royco has plummeted severely.
Sunday’s episode – Honeymoon States – follows the Roy children discussing a pivotal recommendation to the Waystar board.
Shocking: After the shocking death of Brian Cox’s Logan Roy in last week’s episode of Succession, Logan’s children try to determine the fate and the future of their father’s company, Waystar Royco
Suddenly: The family was preparing for Connor Roy’s (Alan Ruck) wedding when Logan suddenly passed away on a flight.
The episode begins with Kendall (Jeremy Strong) sitting alone in his home, while we get a glimpse at Roman (Kieran Culkin) starting his day.
Shiv (Sarah Snook) is at home when she gets a call from her doctor, saying everything looks healthy for her to have children, saying there is nothing she should be concerned.
The doctor adds she is ‘thinking about her at this time’ asking if there’s anything she needs, but Shiv just hangs up and gets back in bed, as the title sequence begins.
Kendall is seen getting out of a car as he’s swarmed by paparazzi photographers before heading inside to his father’s house, when he’s surprised to see Logan’s ex Marcia (Hiam Abbass).
She tells him, ‘We spoke every morning and afternoon, so I came as soon as I heard,’ which also surprises Kendall.
‘We were very close. It was complicated, but we spoke intimately every evening,’ she adds, as he walks through the home, getting condolences from everyone he passes.
Kendall goes to see Roman and Shiv, asking what’s up with Marcia, ‘the belle of the ball,’ as he says.
Kendall asks where Kerry is and Roman jokes, ‘In Marcia’s trunk. Inside an anaconda. Inside a sarcophagus.’
Shiv adds, ‘You know that Marcia hasn’t seen Dad in, like, seven weeks. Says on his calendar. Intimate calls every night.’
Tom goes to speak with the rest of the inner circle Frank (Peter Friedman), Gerri (J. Smith Cameron), Karl (David Rasche), asking what they are thinking in terms of who the new CEO would be.
Roman gets a call from Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard), though they want to hold off the call until they get their, ‘ducks in a row.’
The inner circle discusses who would take over as CEO, as they think Gerri be best to do the job, since she already did the job.
Karl says Gerri was falling out of favor with Logan, but she adds Logan isn’t around anymore.
Tom (Matthew McFadyen) says he would like to throw his hat in the ring to take over as CEO, though Karl explains how those who oppose him might frame it.
‘You’re a clumsy interloper and no one trusts you. The only guy pulling for you is dead. And now, you’re just married to the ex-boss’ daughter. And she doesn’t even like you. And you are fair and squarely f***ed,’ Karl says, as Tom says, ‘Jesus, Karl.’
The kids call back Matsson but they get one of his subordinates named Oskar, as they all wonder if Matsson is still interested in buying the company.
Oskar tells them they are at an ‘annual retreat’ and they want one of them to be there at their retreat in the next 24 hours.
They can’t go overseas right now since their dad died and the election is coming up, asking if they can meet in the United States but Oskar says they can’t just drop the retreat.
Meanwhile, back at Logan’s home, Connor catches up with Marcia, asking what she might consider selling the home for.
She says she’d consider selling it for $60 and $70 million, and he says $63 million and she agrees, as they come to a handshake agreement – both spitting on their hands and shaking on it.
Karl and Frank meet up as Karl reveals he found, ‘a rather worrying piece of paper’ that he shares with Frank.
They’re joking that this piece of paper could just get lost or flushed down the toilet, ‘by mistake,’ as Karl worries that ‘the little princess’ may ‘screw things up.’
Frank says that the piece of paper, ‘has a list of wishes in the event of Logan’s death,’ pointing her to ‘paragraph three.’
She asks where it was found and Frank says, ‘in his private safe,’ adding the worrisome adding was written in pencil and never shared with his lawyer or any of them.
‘Well, legally, since the family doesn’t have full control, legally, it’s up to the board to decide who’s next, so…This is not germane,’ Gerri adds.
Hugo pulls Kendall aside and tells him he found out his daughter just happened to ‘sell a bunch of Waystar stock just before the news’ of Logan’s death.
Kendall asks if he spoke to her on that day and he says he can’t recollect, adding he doesn’t even have a real relationship with Juliet, his daughter.
Tom goes to Kendall and apologizes for things that were said in the past, adding that the slate was cleaned when Logan died, adding he is there to ‘serve.’
Karl, Frank and Gerri go see the kids… revealing that Logan wants Kendall to be named as the CEO.
Gerri says they don’t know its status or if it ‘holds any legal value,’ since the family doesn’t have majority control in the company after Logan’s death.
They add that the board will choose who will take over as CEO, and the shareholders and the board all want the GoJo sale to go through.
Roman is clearly upset adding Kendall tried to put him in jail like 12 times since the document was crafted.
Shiv says the document is ‘impossible to decipher,’ but Kendall says, ‘Well, it sure as f***ing shit doesn’t say “Shiv.” –
They add that he has ‘a s**t ton’ of investment impressionism paintings, like three Gaugin paintings that no one has seen for ‘tax reasons.’
Frank adds, ‘I think his suggestion was, it might be smart tax-wise to just leave them in the Geneva vault. Oh, f**k it. Why not just burn them for the insurance, no?’
Karl adds, ‘Yeah, that would be the dream,’ as Greg enters and they tell him he was mentioned on the paper too.
Greg: Hey, everyone. -Frank: Yes. Uh. Greg. -Roman: Hey, Greg. -Hey. -Frank: Um. In case it comes out, we wanted you to be aware that you’re on a piece of paper.
‘You’re in addendum of miscellaneous matters in pencil… -With a question mark,’ Greg is told, as Kendall says, ‘Dad may have said he wanted me to take over.’
Greg adds, ‘And so then, maybe the natural conclusion might perhaps be, I’d be his number two,’ as the whole room laughs.
Roman jokes, ‘He probably wrote it down so he can remember your name,’ though Greg adds, ‘Hmm. We had a good rapport.’
They all leave together since Marcia has some ‘words’ as they agree to reconvene before the board meeting.
Kendall stays and talks to Frank, adding, ‘My dad wanted me to take over?’
Frank says, ‘Well, sometimes. You know that he did. Sometimes,’ as Kendall adds, ‘He made me hate him, then he died. I feel like he didn’t like me. I disappointed him.’
Frank adds, ‘No. No. Come on. We think these grand horror things, at times like these, these ice shelves are gonna come at us in the night and take our heads off. It’s not true. He was an old bastard. And he loved you.’
Kendall says, ‘If I get them in behind me, will you follow?’ as Frank says, ‘Ken, you’ve got stuff cooking. You seem so well. You really want back in?’
Kendall says, ‘Part of me is just like, “Well, let’s just give the poor orphan what he wants.”
Shiv talks with Tom a bit, as Shiv thinks that all of the kids essentially killed him by making him get on a plane.
Board: Sunday’s episode – Honeymoon States – follows the Roy children discussing a pivotal recommendation to the Waystar board
While, for a majority of the series, the Roy children have been at odds with each other, the last few episodes of Season 3 found them finally joining forces to stop their father Logan from selling off the family’s media conglomerate.
Little did they know that family black sheep Tom Wambsgans (Matthew McFadyen) betrayed his own wife Shiv and gave Logan a heads up on what they were doing, giving him enough to remove their power to block the impending sale.
The final shots of Season 3 seemed to indicate that Shiv realized her husband betrayed her, though it’s unclear how that will play out in Season 4.
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong first confirmed that Season 4 will be the end of the show in a wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker, where he was asked why he decided to confirm the final season before it debuted.
‘One, we could have said it as soon as I sort of decided, almost when we were writing it, which I think would be weird and perverse,’ Armstrong began.
‘We could have said it at the end of the season. I quite like that idea, creatively, because then the audience is just able to enjoy everything as it comes, without trying to figure things out, or perceiving things in a certain way once they know it’s the final season,’ he added.
‘But, also, the countervailing thought is that we don’t hide the ball very much on the show. I feel a responsibility to the viewership, and I personally wouldn’t like the feeling of, “Oh, that’s it, guys. That was the end.” I wouldn’t like that in a show. I think I would like to know it is coming to an end,’ he clarified.
He added, ‘And, also, there’s a bunch of prosaic things, like it might be weird for me and the cast as we do interviews. It’s pretty definitively the end, so then it just might be uncomfortable having to sort of dissemble like a politician for ages about it. Hopefully, the show is against bulls**t, and I wouldn’t like to be bulls****ing anyone when I was talking about it.’
Roy children: While, for a majority of the series, the Roy children have been at odds with each other, the last few episodes of Season 3 found them finally joining forces to stop their father Logan from selling off the family’s media conglomerate
Shiv: The final shots of Season 3 seemed to indicate that Shiv realized her husband betrayed her, though it’s unclear how that will play out in Season 4
Idea: ‘We could have said it at the end of the season. I quite like that idea, creatively, because then the audience is just able to enjoy everything as it comes, without trying to figure things out, or perceiving things in a certain way once they know it’s the final season,’ he added
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