But this isn't really a "merger of equals," at least not to him. He respects Logan and everything he built ("You're a legend. He can see that the two companies fit well.
Slab Of Gravlax: Roman was right about one thing: Lukas Matsson is not a clown, or a nut-nut, or a "Twitter panty flasher." He's a serious person who saw that there was a better deal here for him, and he grabbed the opportunity. Go on, go on, fuck off, you nosy fucking pedestrians."ģ. So Logan gives them a kiss-off: "Why? Because it works. You talk about love? You should have trusted me," Logan responds. "Love? You come for me, with love? You bust in here, guns in hand, and now you find they've turned to fucking sausages. They have no other play, so he tries.love. Roman makes one final appeal that is doomed to fail. "Mom, you just slit our throats," Shiv says. "We agreed the arrangements were a little antiquated," he gloats. What they didn't consider was that Logan would get to Lady Caroline and rearrange the terms. The kids thought that he needed them onboard with any change in control, because they controlled the supermajority in the holding company, and their mother got them that in the divorce. He's been three steps ahead of them the entire episode, and now he gets to flaunt it (which also explains why everyone else in the room, especially Gerri, looks so uncomfortable once they arrived). They get that education: the coup fails miserably. "This is an opportunity for you kids to get an education in real life." I know this is a readjustment, but blood is in the water, and I need to control the situation," he says. "If I don't do the best deal at any given point, what's the point of anything? If I don't get out, I leave five billion on the table." It's not just that this is the best deal for his bank account-this is a chance to put his kids in their place, to remind them why he's the king, to show them what a killer instinct looks like.
"This is the best move we can sell," he explains. The deal has to happen now, he says, because he feels it in his bones. It is a gift for Brian Cox, as Logan completely loses his patience with his ne'er-do-well kids and finally lets them know how he really feels. It makes it so obvious that Logan knew exactly why they were coming, what they were trying to do, and explains his initial weirdly cheery behavior. I Fucking Win: It's amazing to rewatch the final scene after you know what's about to happen. It upended the power structure of the show as well-instead of Shiv, Roman and Kendall jockeying for the top positions under Logan, they've all been jumped over by the likes of freakin' Tom and Greg.Ģ. It deftly set up new and exciting stakes for the next season, completely defying the naysayers who said the show was stuck in limbo this season. It was like one of the exciting status quo-changing episodes of Mad Men, the ones where the core players band together to pull off an unlikely plan and it feels like a heist movie, except in this case, they fail miserably, and probably deservedly. It had an unforgettable ending with a shocking "betrayal" that makes total sense. It gave the siblings tons of quality time together where they were just talking to each other, finally, like people.
Killer instinct season 3 tier list series#
How many of you watched Deadwood season two live on Sunday nights, or the fifth season of The Sopranos? I'm not saying Succession is definitely up there in the pantheon of all-time great television series just yet, but after tonight's season finale, I think it is certainly making a case for itself.Īnd this finale was undoubtedly an all-time great episode for the series-it was funny and thrilling, it kept everyone in motion while withholding a couple crucial pieces of information. Really, the audience should be at the top of this week's power rankings, because we get to enjoy a top tier HBO show in its prime. There are lots of very, very good shows I would recommend from this year- For All Mankind, The White Lotus, What We Do In The Shadows, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Yellowjackets, The Underground Railroad, etc-but Succession is operating on another level from almost every other ongoing American television drama currently on TV. It's Not TV, It's HBO: I just want to take a moment at the top of the power rankings to appreciate just how electric this show is right now.