Succession
Sundays 9:00 PM on HBOSuccession Season 2 Episode 1: "The Summer Palace" Quotes
Roman: You realize how fucked you're gonna be as soon as you're no use to him, right? He's got you eating humiliation gumbo on TV and then what?
Shiv: Yeah, dad's going to play a merry tune on you and then throw you out the fuckin' window. I mean, you know that, right?
Roman: He's like a sex robot for dad to fuck.
Shiv: He's like an old beaten dog.
Roman: Well, he's both of those things and also a piece of shit.
Shiv: He's a pathetic little fucking narcissist who repeatedly puts his own self interests above everything else and then tries to justify it with half-assed appeals to the fuckin' market.
Roman: You're a fucking prick!
Kendall: Uh huh. Maybe I am.
Roman: Come on, fuckbag. Fight back!
Kendall: Guys, I just. I can't get into it.
Roman: Oh, you can't get into it? Fuck you. Come on. Treat us. Why did you actually back out?
Kendall: I'm sorry, Shiv, about the wedding.
Shiv: How dare you apologize to me.
Roman: You look like shit, by the way.
Dad, I think it is possible that you have sometimes chilled the atmosphere of free-flowing debate.
Shiv
Logan: You know, Kodak was trading at about a hundred dollars a share back in '97.Yesterday, you could pick it up at about three bucks. That could be us. If we cash out, we could walk away with about ten billion. Roman, what do you think?
Roman: I don't know. I fuckin' love money, but I'm really scared of you, so...mmm. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd like to give my strategic advice in a public forum when I could be a player in any future moves.
Logan: Well, obviously, I always wanted one of you kids to take over.
Shiv: Uh huh.
Logan: Well? What about it?
Shiv: [snickers] Yeah, we've done that. What about Tom?
Logan: So, no? If I keep going, if we fight, I have to name Kendall.
Shiv: Yeah. Yep! I see what this is! I see it! You know, I fucking see it. You've done a little dirty deal. What? So you keep Kendall on to kill the bid and then he takes over when you step down in a year? Squalid little back room deal. He blackmailed you, didn't he?
Logan: Oh, Shiv.
Shiv: No! No. If he takes over, I'll sell my shares. Yeah! I'll join Sandy and Stewy. I'll get Gil to go for you. Yeah. I mean, I'll kill him. I'll fucking kill him!
Logan: Shiv, why so angry? I haven't done a deal with Kendall. I do what I want. And what I've decided I'd like to do is to formally ask you to come in and be the next chief executive of this company.
Shiv: I don't think I'm the right person.
Logan: Oh, I'm pretty smart, and I think you are. You are, Shiv. You're the one.
Shiv: Are we actually having this conversation?
Logan: Yeah, we're actually having this conversation.
Shiv: And selling? Is that real?
Logan: Of course. If you don't come in, yeah. Roman? No. Connor? I might as well sell, right?
Shiv: Why didn't you never ask me, huh? I would kill this. I'll fucking destroy it. Yes.
Logan: This is wonderful, Shiobon.
Shiv: This is real?
Logan: This is real. Remember this, the slant of light. Remember this. This is it.
In three or four years, there will only be one legacy media corporation left. Well, I say, let that be us. One firm to stand up to tech. One firm left, last man standing. We're going to be the number one media conglomerate in the world.
Logan
Stewy: We had the whole world in our hands, and you fuckin' walked man. Why?
Kendall: Yeah, I, I saw your plan, and my dad's plan is better.
Kendall: Um, my dad wanted me to ask is there any way through this, you know, ah, uh, an asset swap, something else, ah, that leaves you happy and him in control.
Stewy: As you know, our position is that we're really after the whole thing.
Kendall: Right, then he wanted me to tell you to say, yeah, obviously our public line will be to say we're considering the offer, but it doesn't matter what you say. He'll never recommend this to the board. You are going to bleed cash. He's going to bleed cash. It will never end, and maybe you'll kill him, but if you don't he'll kill you. He will go bankrupt or go to jail before he lets you beat him. He will kill you on the business, and if that doesn't work, he will fuck you around. He will send men to kill your pets and fuck your wives, and it will never be over, so that's the message.
Sandy: Good. Well, let's move ahead with that process, shall we?
