Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) have a whole host of new problems.
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If you missed last week’s episode, catch up here first. And needless to say, recaps are full of spoilers.
Life as a Roy, in a nutshell: The wedding was so sad, and the wake is so funny.
This episode tells a number of stories, in contrast to the singular focus of “Connor’s Wedding.” So let’s do a quick summary, and then we’ll work through the stories one at a time.
The day of Logan’s wake is also the day the board picks a new interim head of Waystar. The sibs are still enjoying the bonds they developed the day before (the day of Logan’s death), and they’re really, really trying to stick together and be decent to each other. But it’s complicated, because a showdown of sorts develops between the sibs and the “Old Guard” (Gerri, Frank and Karl). After Kendall calls on Stewy for support, the sibs gain the advantage. And once Kendall and Roman are able to convince Shiv to take a back seat for the moment, they are appointed as interim co-CEOs. Unfortunately, Kendall’s first act as co-CEO is to betray Roman and blackmail Hugo, so that’s … not great. Elsewhere, Tom and Greg continue to try to figure out best options, now that they’re without real allies on either side.
Natural light, windows and focus
The first story is the visual one. As the sibs (Kendall, Roman and Shiv) prepare for Logan’s wake, in spite of their devastation, we can see that their worlds have opened up. All three are shown at home — Kendall sitting on the floor, Roman brushing his teeth, Shiv taking a phone call — and all three are up high, surrounded by huge windows that frame the city below. Nothing is…
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