Whoever gets the job will be the face of Waystar during what looks to be a bloody skirmish over Brightstar and they’ll only be a figurehead while Logan retains the real power.
Frank sounds a meek “ahem” and Logan quickly says (correctly, given that Frank is in constant contact with Ken) that he’s untrustworthy, and that he’s as unimpressive as “mashed potatoes.” That leaves Logan’s sneakily ambitious daughter Siobhan (Sarah Snook), his anarchic jokester son Roman (Kieran Culkin), and his faithful counsel Gerri Kellman (J. And he surprises everyone - and gives this episode its title - by saying that he’s ready to take a step back and name someone else CEO. Logan sounds the alarm with the pundits in Waystar’s pocket, warning them they’ll end up looking stupid if they turn on him now. He refuses to be bled dry by this Brightstar scandal, which he sees as an opportunity for “chancers” who’ve suffered no real harm to siphon off his billions. Kendall’s most questionable decision this week sees him holing up at the home of his ex-wife Rava (Natalie Gold), insisting he needs the emotional grounding of seeing her and their kids, but also inviting his occasional girlfriend and drug buddy Naomi Pierce (Annabelle Dexter-Jones) to drop by.Īs for Logan, he drags his son-in-law Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) and Waystar veterans Frank Vernon (Peter Friedman) and Karl Muller (David Rasche) to a Sarajevo airport hotel, where he plots his own next moves while ducking any potential extradition. Relishing his moment in the spotlight, Ken has dozens of plans he wants to roll out immediately, to rebrand himself as the courageous whistle-blower putting an end to corporate sexism.īut there are already signs that Kendall is overconfident and in over his head - besides his overreliance on Greg, who is supposed to be tracking his cousin’s media presence but so far can only figure out that Ken is out-trending “tater tots” on Twitter. In the Season 2 finale, he dropped a bomb on Logan, revealing to the press that he had evidence - secured by his cousin Greg ( Nicholas Braun) - that the Waystar higher-ups had covered up sex-crimes committed by a longtime employee of their Brightstar cruise line. Kendall, for the most part, seems to have the upper hand at the moment. This episode barrels forward, generating much of its tension and humor from the people who are on the periphery of Logan and Kendall’s feud and are scrambling to keep up. The show’s creator and head writer Jesse Armstrong, working alongside the most frequent “Succession” director Mark Mylod, doesn’t waste much time.
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Given that the cleverly titled “Secession” is the first new “ Succession” episode in nearly two years, it has a lot of work to do, getting viewers back up to speed on where we are in the story - all while reminding us why it’s such a treat to spend an hour each week with some of the most selfish, meanspirited characters in TV history. That’s why when the veteran Waystar fixer Hugo Baker (Fisher Stevens) meets the Roys at a private airport and tells them he’s secured “a nice room” to wait in, he immediately lowers their expectations and admits it’s not as nice as it probably should be.
It matters what they wear, where they’re seen, and who they’re seen with. Both factions know they have to project strength to win over the press, the public and the politicians. It’s an immediate reminder of what this show is about: ridiculously rich people, rushing from one ritzy location to another, doing endless damage control while living the highest lives imaginable.įor the rest of this episode, the Roy family and their inner circle of associates spend time in private jets, lavish apartments, luxury hotels, limousines and high-end offices, as they hustle to secure allies in the coming fight between the media conglomerate Waystar Royco’s CEO Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his rogue son Kendall (Jeremy Strong). The “ Succession” Season 3 premiere opens with a shot of two helicopters speeding across the sky, with a stunning mountain landscape in the distance.