Navigating a Misstep - Succession
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Kendall is a mess. He's grieving on the floor. Roman gets ready for his day. Shiv is in bed when she gets a call from Sharon. She's got medical results. She's pregnant.

Everyone is assembling at Logan's apartment. Hugo is in the lobby saying Juliette fucked him in the ass. When he gets upstairs, Kendall sees Marcia, who tells him she and Logan spoke intimately every evening.

Shiv and Roman are already there, steering clear of the well-wishers. They wonder about Marcia and why she's there.

Roman says he's fine, but maybe a freight train is coming. Kendall says he's wrecked and didn't sleep. Shiv agrees. But they need to huddle because, for some, it's sad, but for others, it's a coronation demolition derby.

The various execs, Tom included, are gathered, trying to read the room and imagine who will be the new top dog, which is being picked in an hour. They move into a room alone, and Roman notes Logan was going to fire half of that room. Should we get that out there?

Greg offers condolences, and it doesn't go well. Roman shoos him away. This isn't shutes and ladders, and we're not your mommy. Fuck right on off.

Matsson calls, but they put him off.

The execs are worried about the kids screwing up the deal. Gerri tosses her hat into the ring to bring through the deal, and Karl is like, uh, maybe me. It's going to get ugly.

Tom tosses hit hat into the ring, and after doing so, Karl takes the roundabout way to say Tom is fucked.

Roman calls Matsson, and his phone is called by Oscar. Matsson is feeling put off by the fact they didn't answer right away. Kendall says it wasn't a power play. They all just wanted to be on the phone. They get the idea that maybe they don't even know what happened. It's a surreal conversation in which they try to get at least one of them to come over to finish the deal. Shiv says given what's happened that maybe they can come to the US. But it's the corporate retreat! Surreal.

Connor and Willa are going on a Presidential bid honeymoon. Connor tells Marcia when the time comes to sell Logan's place, he'd love the opportunity. She tosses out numbers, and he is like WTF, and says like 63, and she says done. She's a snake!

Frank is the executor. He found a worrying piece of paper. Karl wonders if they can just make it go away. It's a business letter with handwriting on it and sections scratched out. It sends them into a tizzy.  Whe Gerri arrives, Frank says it's arrangements in the event of Logan's death found in Logan's personal safe. They wind up to the point that it could fall into the toilet.

Connor finally joins the other siblings. Kendall did a therapy session in the middle of the night and offers his number to the others. Hugo tells Kendall that he might have caught himself up in something. His daughter sold a bunch of Waystar stock just before his father, you know. Juliette is his daughter, and that's who he was talking to in the lobby. He claims they hardly talk.

Shiv, Roman, and Kendall translate the obits determining what really meant racist and easy on sexual assault. Then Tom interrupts because they're wanted in the library. He then offers to Kendall that he's here to serve. Ken says I like you Tom, Good luck.

Frank says that at some point, Logan wanted Kendall to take over. They note it was from some time ago and has written addendums and that it's not legal, especially since he's no longer the majority owner. The board has to do it. Ken takes the paper and notices that it was underlined recently, but Shiv wonders if it was crossed out instead if maybe it's moot. Kendall isn't pleased.

There are also notes about artwork that Logan has in the Geneva vault for tax purposes. Shiv says why not burn them for the insurance? Karl agrees that would be the dream, financially speaking.

Greg enters the room next. His name is on the sheet of paper, too, in paper, with a question mark. Greg decides that thinks he's obviously up for number two.

Everyone leaves but Kendall and Frank. Ken wonders if it's real. His dad wanted him to take over. Frank says sometimes. Kendall says his dad made him hate him, and now he's dead.

Roman and Shiv wonder if they could get behind Ken. She's concerned because working together has felt good, but does this?

Shiv has slowly been coming to the conclusion that they killed him. If they had just said yes about the deal, then maybe he would have been around for another 20 years to rock his grandkids. They have a very sweet talk.

Colin arrives in jeans and with his kid, and behind him comes the secret service and dogs. Jarod Mankin is coming, and Shiv says that was transactional and not the day for it. Roman and Shiv argue over it before Kendall says that, on a business level, they need to have a business relationship.

As some dude talks about Logan, Tom whispers into Greg's ear that Logan died fishing his iPhone out of the toilet and that he wasn't wearing his compression socks to look good for Kerry.

Connor gets annoyed that the guy is making it seem like Dad was a neocon when he was a paleolibertarian.

Sandy arrives with her wheelchair-bound dad. Kendall goes over to say hello, and Shiv wonders what he's doing. Roman wonders if she'd prefer one of them or one of the old guard at the helm. She doesn't have an answer.

Marcia is annoyed that Kerry is here. She wants to go get some of her stuff upstairs. Marcia has bagged it. Marcia says no, and Colin has to block her. It's quite a thing. Roman helps her with her bag, and she says Logan was going to marry her, so will he check? Roman tells Marcia that was unnecessary.

Kendall wants to talk with Shiv. She walks away.

Tom corners Roman to talk about the piece of paper situation. He says only they know that Logan just asked him back in.

Stewie makes Kendall laugh, which makes Kendall cry. Kendall tells Stewie about the piece of paper and asks him to swing in for him. Stewie reminds him that the last time he took a swing for him, he got his pubes singed. Kendall says he wants the deal. He's got plans with the sibs, but it will look good to bring home the deal.

Kendall asks the sibs to talk. He wants it to be one of them so they can do the deal and then move forward with Pierce, etc. Shiv thinks it needs to be her, too. They're doing what they do together. Roman reveals that it doesn't feel good for it to be just Kendall, especially knowing what he did by being close with Dad.

Kendall keeps bringing up the piece of paper. Shiv takes offense, but Ken reminds her she has no experience. So far, it's Ken and Roman together. But they can't see the board going for three. They're trying to sell it that it's just to sell the company.

They all feel really good with each other and working together. They promise it's all equal. But if they fuck her on this... This is a dad promise on yesterday. They promise not to fuck each other.

When they present the plan, the execs push back, fronting themselves. Stewie steps in with his two cents. Shiv doesn't look as invested as she did a few minutes ago.

They voted it through. Ken and Rome step up. As they're applauded, Shiv leaves. She gives people the what for and then falls on her fucking slippery shoes walking into the living room.

Roman and Kendall are stepping foot into Logan's office for the first time with Karolina and Hugo. They're having a hard time, but Hugo and Karolina want to begin burnishing their reputations.

They want to tarnish Logan Roy to burnish Roman and Kendall. Roman takes offense at their ideas. Kendall agrees that they should not shit on Dad. Roman says don't bring us this disgusting shit ever again. Score one for the new team.

Kendall has a scan of the letter on his phone, and he looks at the underscore strikeout continually.

Ken steps away from Roman and tells Hugo that the bad dad stuff would be exactly what Logan would do. This is going to get ugly.

 

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Succession
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Succession Season 4 Episode 4 Quotes

Kendall: What's up with Marcia?
Roman: You mean the belle of the ball?
Shiv: Mm. Death becomes her.
Kendall: And, like, where's, you know, where's Kerry?
Roman: Oh, in Marcia's trunk, inside an anaconda, inside a sarcophagus.

Well, either way, we should, you know, huddle, 'cause for some of us, it's a sad day, but for others, it's coronation demolition derby.

Shiv