Hi. Hello.
Good morning, Siobhan.
Sorry to bother you today.
Oh. Uh, hey. Sharon. Uh, hi. No problem.
I wanted to discuss your results and I didn't know,
but I thought you would want the chance to be aware,
if you're up to it.
Yeah, sure. Okay.
I won't draw it out. It's a good result.
The journey we went on with the amniocentesis
after what the blood test showed us...
everything looks healthy.
Okay. Good.
Great. And you're still well? No spotting, no bleeding?
No. No.
Okay.
Well, in terms of all the results I have for you,
there is nothing I think we should be concerned about.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
- Great. - So, Davina will reach out
to make an appointment for your 20-week scan.
But I'm thinking of you at this time.
And if there's anything I can do...
Okay. Great. Thank you. Thanks, Sharon.
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You know, you fucked me.
You fucked me right in the ass here.
What you've done, Juliet, is you've taken a strap-on
and you fucked me right in the ass, yeah?
Call me. Please.
- Have a seat. - Thank you.
- I will see you later. - Okay.
Yeah. Thanks.
Oh.
- Hello, Marcia. - Hi, Kendall. Hi.
Mes condolÃ©ances.
Sorry for your loss.
- Thank you. Uh, likewise. - Yes.
It's a terrible shock.
Right.
And, uh, where... where have you...
When did you get in?
We spoke every morning and afternoon,
- so I came as soon as I heard. - Okay.
Yeah, I mean, uh...
I honestly... I didn't think you guys were...
- You know? - We were very close.
It was complicated,
but we spoke intimately every evening.
Right. Okay. Um...
- Graham, Janet. - We're so sorry.
Thank you so, so much
for your sending of flowers.
- Praying for you, Ken. - Oh, thank you.
It's so nice to see you, dear one.
- Hey, brother. - Sorry, Ken.
Thank you. Thanks, Cyd.
Sorry for your loss.
- So sorry, Kendall. - Thank you, Penny. Thanks.
Thanks, Mark.
- Hey. - Hey.
- How you doing? - Ah.
- Hey. - Hey.
What's up with Marcia?
- Oh, the belle of the ball? - Mm. Death becomes her.
And, like, where... where's... You know, where's Kerry?
Uh. In Marcia's trunk.
Inside an anaconda. Inside a sarcophagus.
You know that Marcia hasn't seen Dad
in, like, seven weeks. Says on his calendar.
Intimate calls every night.
- Did you get that one? - No.
I think I might sue her for making me think of Dad doing phone sex.
No?
Oh. Yeah. No. I could do a phone sex bit if you want.
I just thought you wouldn't be in the mood.
Yeah, I'm actually... I'm fine.
Like, I'm sure it'll crush me, eventually.
Freight train a-coming! But today I'm... Yeah, I'm okay.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I feel knocked out.
- Yeah. - I didn't sleep.
I wonder if maybe I've just thought about it so much,
one way or another that I don't know,
- I've maybe pre-grieved. - Well, good for you. I mean,
I don't believe you, but...
No. Well.
Either way, we should, you know, huddle
- 'cause... - Yeah, yeah.
for some of us, it's a sad day. But for others,
it's Coronation Demolition Derby.
Mm-hmm.
- What's the schedule? - Uh.
Work call is 11:00, I think.
Hmm.
Hey. How we doing?
Oh, you know.
It's so strange being here...
- Yeah. - ... without him.
Indeed. Indeed. So, what have I missed?
Mm. A lot of incoming.
- Lot of incoming. - Yes.
Presidents. Prime ministers.
Yep. Just trying to keep everything stable.
Board on the line in, what, an hour, to pick a new top dog.
And what's your sense, Frank? What are the, uh, CEO vibes?
Would anyone care for...
a look at the china?
He was gonna fire half that room.
Do people know that? Should we get that out there?
No. We don't want it to look like a shit show.
You know, it's chaos narratives...
fratricide narratives, bad narratives.
- Hey. Hey, guys. - Hi.
Oh, man.
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry for your loss.
- Thanks, man. - Thank you.
It's just great that we can all...
The family can support each other and stay strong through this.
- Yeah. - Thanks, Greg.
My guys.
My lovely guys.
Okay. Hey, hey. You know, we're not, like,
playing Chutes and Ladders. Okay? Our dad just died.
- And... - No, I'm sorry.
- I'm sad. - Mm.
And just thinking about how things will shake down.
Right? There's the board meeting coming up...
any minute, and I talked to Ewan and he'll have a say.
- So... - You... You need to get
a new mommy. Okay?
We're not your mommy.
I'm... I'm getting a call here. Could you maybe...
- Thanks, Greg. - Yeah. No, I mean it. Seriously.
- Fuck right on off. Thank you. Uh. - Sorry, guys.
Matsson. Do I?
- Uh. - Yeah.
Let's just... Let's... Let's...
- just do five... - Yeah.
And get our ducks in a row. Yeah? I mean, we...
We fucking blurt and he puts it on his socials,
and suddenly we sold Manhattan for glass beads.
- Right? - Okay. I'll let it ring out.
So, the aim is, we'd like to make an announcement today.
Stating who we think would take over in the interim,
- ready for Monday. - Right. And here's my position.
I wonder if we don't wanna take control of the plane here.
Yeah, well. The... I guess the first thing is the GoJo deal.
The board, the shareholders, everyone's very keen.
- So... - No, exactly. And I tell you,
I worry about the kids' commitment to the deal.
If we called around the board, Frank,
you would hold a lot of sway on the interim appointment.
They'd like senior management input, yeah.
Right, and if the message we gave was to be, you know,
"But that the kids are... are..."
Screw ups and dipshits.
Maybe, uh, not constitutionally well-equipped
- at this point... - Mm.
- ... to take on the role. - Yeah.
I guess the question then, uh, would just be,
"Who might we favor?"
Gerri, obviously, is a safe pair of hands.
- She's done it recently. - Yeah.
Although, obviously, generally speaking,
the CFO might be considered the natural interim.
- Yeah. - Mm.
I guess you've already had your tilt at the windmill on here.
Exactly. I've already done it. And quite successfully.
- And it's an interim role... - Oh.
to do the deal. I'd get it done.
Buckle you into your golden parachute, Karl.
Well...
Don't push me out the plane so fast there, Gerr.
- Oh. - Well, with the old man gone,
I can't help but wonder if I don't have a little left to give.
Look. I think you're a corporate legend.
What you did in the '90s with cable?
- Huge. - Logan was souring on you.
Well, Logan's not around anymore.
Oh.
- I would just like to say... - Yeah.
to this senior group of very respected greybeards
that all I have ever personally asked
is the chance to serve.
I mean, I'm sick with grief.
- Oh. You're sick with grief? - But I...
Well, you might wanna put down that fish taco.
You're getting your melancholy everywhere.
Very funny, but...
were the opportunity to arise,
all I would say is that if there's a ring,
my hat's in, respectfully.
Well, I would just say, um,
if we were to recommend you to the board...
- Mm-hmm. - ... the question they might ask,
would... Can... can... Can I frame the question for you?
- But as a friend. - Sure.
- Just so... so you'd be... - Sure.
be prepared. The negative case would go...
you're a clumsy interloper and no one trusts you.
The only guy pulling for you is dead.
And now, you're just married to the ex-boss' daughter.
And she doesn't even like you.
And you are fair and squarely fucked.
Jesus, Karl.
Uh. Frank.
- Can I grab you for a second? - Oh, sure. Yeah.
Hi. This is, uh,
Oskar on Lukas's phone.
Um. Oh, hey, Oskar. Uh, this is Roman Roy.
Uh. Lukas called but I was just rounding up
my chimpanzee friends 'cause they wanna say hi too.
Is he there?
Uh. Oh, uh. No. He, uh... He won't now, he says.
Uh. Yeah, okay. All right.
Um, so can you get him, please?
Yeah, well. He was... he was calling last chance,
unfortunately, because, y'know, we... we have this, uh,
a company strategy sesh this week.
Hey, this is Kendall. Come on, man.
We dropped a call because we wanted to all be on
out of respect. Can you grab him?
It wasn't a power play.
Oh, sure, man. No, that's cool. No, we know.
It's, uh... This isn't from him.
He's just on a super tight schedule now.
Okay. Well, does he just not wanna say hi?
You know, is he still buying the company?
Oh, sure, man.
Maybe, if you don't squeeze too tight. No, no.
He's, uh... He's excited to speak to you guys.
Uh. Who will be leading?
Uh. We're just huddling on that now.
- We're a pretty fluid group. - Yeah.
But listen, it seems like maybe
your retreat has come at a good time.
Yeah?
You guys get your ducks in a row.
We do our board, pick our captain.
We can reconfigure in a week or whatever.
Yeah. Well, we d... we don't... we don't wanna lose momentum.
Uh-huh. Okay. No, nor us.
Uh. Y... you obviously know what happened here
yesterday, right?
Oh, sure. Yeah, yeah. We really feel for you guys.
Bad one.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, bad one. Thank you for that. Thanks.
Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, could you guys
or whoever, one of the old guys you have,
like, be here in 24 hours to do this?
Y... Sorry, our... our dad just died,
and we have the election coming up.
Uh. How would you feel about doing a meet in the U.S.?
To have here... This... This is the annual retreat.
We can't just drop it.
Oh. No. I totally see that. Fine.
- Marcia. - Yeah.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Thank you. See how they run.
Yes. Scurrying like little rats.
- Oh. - Hi, Marcia.
- Hi. - I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
To you too, Connor.
- Okay. Hi. - Oh.
- Thank you. - Marcia, we'll catch up later.
- Yeah, of course. - Okay.
Okay.
- Congratulations. - Hmm. Thank you.
- Look how far you've come. - Yup.
Well, look at us both. Right?
Um. I'm sorry about everything. I mean,
after your wedding, to have to do this.
Oh. Uh, we're gonna head off next week.
You know, we've got a little trip planned out.
- Hmm. - Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan, Pennsylvania.
Mm, the honeymoon states.
- Ah. - Yeah, sorry.
- I'm just gonna... - Right. Hmm.
I wanted to say, because...
these things could happen in a flash.
But if and when the time comes
for you to consider selling this place,
I would be...
I'm worried to even say the words.
- But I... I would be... I... - No need to be ashamed.
We're family.
I will be looking for between 60 and 70 million.
Oh, right. Okay. Wow.
- Yeah. - So, like...
Yeah.
- Sixty-three or... - Done.
- Done? - Yeah. Done.
Okay.
Yeah.
- Done. - Great.
Wow.
- Karl, hey. - Mm-hmm.
Come here a second. I wanna talk to you about something.
In my role as executor, I've, uh, had passed to me
a rather worrying piece of paper.
Mm.
M'kay. And...
Who else knows?
As of now, as far as I know, just you and me.
So what are you thinking?
Well, I honestly didn't even wanna start thinking
till you were here.
I mean, could it, might it just go away?
I mean, it might get lost.
I hope it doesn't.
But what if your hand goes a little wobbly
and the draft takes it away,
and it gets flushed down a toilet by mistake.
- I'm kidding, of course. - No, sure, you're...
You're speculating in a comic mode.
- Yeah. In a humorous vain. - Mm-hmm.
We're not gonna let the little princess screw things up.
Right, Frank? If Gerri's going to block me, I want out.
I want my fucking package.
I am halfway in on a Greek island...
- Mm. - ... with my brother-in-law.
- Say, what's up, boys? - Oh. Hi.
- Okay, um, well... - Well,
I've just been handed a piece of paper, Gerri.
Uh. It's, uh... It has a list of wishes
in the event of Logan's death.
- Funeral arrangements, so on. - May I?
Mm-hmm. Paragraph three.
And where was this found?
In his private safe.
And this penciled addendum is what?
We haven't touched it. The underline in the pencil is his.
Undated, apparently.
Not even shared with his lawyer or myself, so...
So, what are you thinking?
Well, legally, since the family doesn't have full control,
- legally, it... it wouldn't... - Legally,
it's up to the board to decide who's next, so...
- Right. - ... this is not germane.
Right, it's not germane. Not germane.
We were joking that it could fall in the toilet.
Yes. Well, that is a very funny joke.
You know,
they say it's a bad idea to make big decisions right after...
Sure. But they also say
it's pretty smart not to pay realtors fees.
And it's such a bitch to get into these good buildings.
All right, well...
- Hey, guys. - Hey.
- Hey, Con. - Hey.
How are we faring?
- How are you? - Oh, you know.
Seen the obits?
Hmm. Sure. You like the Globe photo?
Did any of you guys ever see him laugh like that?
Only if a hobo was on fire.
Yeah. I mean, to be honest, uh, Dad sounds amazing.
I'd like to have met Dad.
But you guys are okay, really?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
Yeah, Roman has pre-grieved. Already gave at the office.
They don't fucking believe me.
You know, from where I'm sitting,
you're the ones that look naive, okay?
I've been worried that this was gonna happen for ages.
How you doin'?
- I have no clue. - Hmm.
- I'm okay. - Yeah?
Yeah, I'm okay.
- You okay? - Me?
You're gonna laugh but in the middle of the night,
I did a talk,
like, a session. My therapist recommended someone,
and I got to him and he's... he's kind of good.
I have his number if you want.
Like, it's dumb but there's actually things you can do.
I mean, sounds like you've got the best grief guy.
I have a great grief guy. Fuck you.
You're gonna destroy this.
Hi, guys. Uh, some more hard copies.
- Obituaries. - Ah. The reviews are in.
Great.
Yeah. They're mostly five stars.
And I think the board will assemble now at noon.
Okay, thanks, Hugo.
- Okay. Uh. Ken. - Yeah?
Can I, um... Can I ask you something?
Just for one second, sorry, just something quickly.
- Yeah. - Just take a second.
- Uh-huh. - Oh.
Private.
Ken, um, I may have, um...
caught myself up in a little bit of something.
Uh. Probably nothing but, uh...
I'm... I'm sorry to bother you with this.
Okay. What?
I just found out that my daughter,
she happened to sell a bunch of Waystar stock
just before the news about your father went, um...
- went public. - Uh-huh.
A total coincidence.
But I, uh... I don't want it to come up as an issue, y'know?
Did you speak to her on the day?
What are the phone records gonna say?
I can't recollect.
Hugo.
I don't even have a relationship with Juliet,
that's the sad fact.
The irony is, we hardly talk and, uh...
Thanks, Ken.
Anything good?
The Courier. You need a...
code book for this one. You ready?
Yeah.
- "A complicated man." - Uh.
Threw phones at staff.
- It's good. - "Sharp reader of the national mood."
Uh. He's a bit racist.
Well, then. "He was very much a man of his era."
- Again, racist. - Mm-hmm.
Also, relaxed about sexual assault.
"Business genius."
Never paid a penny in U.S. tax.
- Oh, that's... Yeah. - Boom.
"Well connected."
"Well connected." Now, that's not fair.
I feel like well-connected is...
generally accepted to be a euphemism for pedophile,
and no one ever suggested that he would, you know...
- Fuck a child. - Yeah.
Yeah.
He wouldn't even hug his grandkids.
Aw.
Hey, guys. Sorry. Uh. I think they wanna see you up in the library.
All right, let's go.
Thanks.
Hey, Ken.
- Hey, Tom. - Hey, um, Ken, I just wanted to say, you know,
I know there's a lot of water under the bridge, a lot of history.
But as far as I am concerned, the... the big man passing
cleaned the slate. So, yeah. I just... Yeah.
I just wanna say that and you know, I wish, maybe,
there's some things...
I could maybe take back, some words.
And I'm sorry for your loss. But I want you to know
that I'm... that I'm here to serve. Right here.
I like you, Tom.
Good luck.
- Hey. - Hello.
- Yeah. Come on in. Have a seat.
What's up? Yeah, I know. We're in. Okay?
- No, thanks. - How are you doing?
- Yeah. Hanging in. - So, look. Uh...
I'm one of the executors of your dad's affairs.
- Mm. - This is not a legal matter.
But certain wishes have been discovered.
And it appears at a certain point, undated,
it was suggested that it was your dad's wish that
Kendall take over as CEO.
- Uh. Uh-huh. Eh. Uh. From when? - Well, it was in the safe.
Uh. Between pieces on the Raymada acquisition
and the first U.S. Virgin Islands reorganizations.
- So, it's... - It's old. It's... it's...
So, as far as we can tell, from four years ago or so.
Yeah. Then, it looks like there are
pencil addendums from another time, I...
We don't know its status. And I mean...
it doesn't hold any legal value.
But we wanted you to know,
but we wouldn't want it to feel more significant than it should.
Because the family no longer has majority control
of Waystar, so any such suggestions are non-binding.
Dad was the founder.
- So... - O... of... of course,
it is from some time ago and things changed.
And Logan was a man of different moods.
Yeah. Yeah.
There are some additions in pencil
that he put in about artifacts.
- Uh. And I think... - Can I?
We think from context,
uh, they were added maybe in the last 18 months.
Oh. So, he underlined recently?
- Underlined or crossed out? - Shiv.
Oh, no, no, no. I'm not saying for or against.
I'm just... As a matter of fact, it's...
- Are you serious? - I mean,
- it's kinda... - I mean... Okay. Okay,
let me see the thing.
It's underlined or crossed out, it doesn't...
It doesn't really matter because it's...
Legally, it's the board,
- yeah, who will choose. - Exactly.
The market, the shareholders, the board,
we all want the sale to go through.
So, it's an interim position, really.
Sure. I mean, anyone could do that.
And since he said... I mean... I mean,
- he has said... - I mean, Ken.
Sure, man. I get it. But like, this... this thing is old
and you've tried to put him in jail, like,
- twelve times since then. So... - I...
I wonder what was the, you know...
the underlining or the crossing out
and the unknown age
if it... The document isn't essentially moot.
You know, it's im... Impossible to decipher.
Well, it sure as fucking shit doesn't say "Shiv."
- Okay. - Um. So, what else
is in the fucking... Can you... I don't wanna...
Music, burial in the city, Catholic. You can see.
Should I get Greg now?
- Hmm. - Just clear this up.
Excuse me.
There's a mix of, uh, business and personal.
A watch for Colin.
Honestly, it looks like he drafted it himself,
never sent it to his lawyer and just put it in the safe.
- Mm-hmm. - I mean, mo... more of
a selection of musings, really.
Some thoughts on the tax position
- or some artwork in storage. - What... what does he have?
He's got, like, a shit ton of, like, investment impressionisms.
Right? Like, he's got, uh, three Gauguins
no one's seen for tax reasons, so...
I think his suggestion was,
it might be smart tax-wise to just leave them in the Geneva vault.
Oh, fuck it. Why not just burn them for the insurance, no?
Yeah, that would be the dream. Financially speaking.
- Hey, everyone. - Yes. Uh.
- Hey, Greg. - Greg.
- Hey. - Um.
In case it comes out,
we wanted you to be aware that you're on a piece of paper.
Uh, a side letter left by Logan with...
- some wishes and disbursements. - Okay. Uh. Eh. Yeah.
In... in what, uh, capacity? In... in what fashion?
You're in addendum of miscellaneous matters
in pencil...
- with a question mark. - Nevertheless.
Dad may have said he wanted me to take over.
And so then, maybe the natural conclusion might perhaps be,
I'd be his number two.
Nice try, kid.
He... he probably wrote it down so he can remember your name.
- Hmm. We had a good rapport. - You had a good rapport?
I feel like he already wanted to see less of you.
That's probably, like, 50/50,
fire Greg or kill Greg.
Mm. I think that it's not that kind of question mark.
I think it's, uh, um, possibly... It's a wonder.
It's a doodle. We just wanted you to be aware.
Oh, hey.
Sorry. Marcia wanted me to let you know that there's some words,
- down, some informal... - Okay.
Well, there's a lot to consider.
Should we reconvene before the board meeting
- to pool thoughts? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Is it real, Frank?
I don't know.
My dad wanted me to take over?
Well,
sometimes. You know that he did. Sometimes.
He made me hate him, then he died.
I feel like he didn't like me.
- Oh. - I disappointed him.
No. No. Come on.
We think these grand horror things,
at times like these, these ice shelves are gonna
come at us in the night and take our heads off. It's not true.
He was an old bastard. And he loved you.
He loved you.
You think?
I think so.
If I get them in behind me, will you follow?
Ken, you've got stuff cooking.
You seem so well.
You really want back in?
Part of me is just like,
"Well, let's just give the poor orphan what he wants."
Mm-hmm. Hmm.
Sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me. That's not good.
Mm-mm. No, no, no. I get it, yeah.
I mean, it is interim.
Well...
So long as it is.
What do you mean? What are you thinking?
It's felt good. Us, right?
- Yeah. - And now, does this...
feel good? Like, does that feel good? It's...
Um.
- Hey. How're you doing? - Hey.
Uh. I don't know.
You?
Well, he wasn't my dad but, you know,
he's...
It's sad.
Yeah.
I guess you already picked the wrong horse.
- Yeah, you might've picked the dead horse. - Don't.
You'll regret it. Let me show you some kindness.
Not my thing.
You know, honestly,
I guess I'm just,
uh, slowly coming to accept that...
- we killed him. - Oh, Shiv.
No, we did. He died on the plane.
And he wouldn't have been on the plane,
except that we made him get on there,
- so that's just very cool. - Anything could've happened.
A million things could've happened.
I just don't wanna fake myself out.
If we had said yes to GoJo, then...
he might've been around for 20 more years.
So he could rock his grandkids to sleep.
As he was evidently so keen to do.
Yeah.
Well, that's fucked now, isn't it? So...
Don't. Just stop.
I'm angry.
My dad died. And my mom is a fucking disaster.
And my husband is...
And Kerry, and Marcia, and...
It... it... it feels like I'm the only one who lost something
that they actually fucking wanted here and it's not coming back, so...
Yeah.
Siobhan, do you remember when
we first, uh, knew one another?
The first time in France when I flew to you?
And it was that very difficult time for you.
And I'd sent you... all those handwritten notes.
And then the first time
that you were wearing that very... fine silk shirt.
And I put my arm around you.
I said, I kept asking, "Do you like this?
Do you like this?"
And you said, eventually, "l like it all."
Yeah, well...
That was a while ago, wasn't it?
Not that long.
No, it was a while back.
- Colin does jeans? - Yeah.
He doesn't know what the fuck to do with himself. Look at his arms.
He looks like a dog without its person.
Oh, fun.
Colin has a kid?
Oh, shit. Didn't even notice.
- Oh, what the fuck now? - What do we think?
There's a dog... There's a dog in the house.
Um. Hi. Marcia.
Marcia, uh, so, what's with the... the "ruff-ruff"?
The Secret Service are conducting a sweep.
Jeryd Mencken is en route.
I'm not sure that I want that today actually.
- I don't wanna see him. - Yeah, he asked.
He was a friend of your father's, no?
Come on. They spoke. But no, it was transactional.
Oh, yeah. Not like all his real friends
from his men's group and choir.
- His two best friends. - Oh, come on, Rome. He didn't know him.
'What's-his-face" and "Get-that-fucker-away-from-me."
He called him the spooky embryo.
Yeah, okay. Look. It's just there's all these fucking ghouls here.
- So, come on. - I just don't wanna see
his smirky, little autocratic face.
Probably gonna be president this time next week.
Okay. Well, I think I have a veto. My dad just died.
Oh, I think I have a counter veto
'cause, weirdly, my dad just died too.
Guys, I think on a business level,
we need to have a relationship.
- Mm-hmm. - Oh, yeah. You do?
Now you do, huh?
Yeah, all right.
- Friends. - God.
- This fucking day. - Good friends, all.
When a great man passes,
the angels of heaven weep. But when...
a giant of the conservative movement passes...
Oh, God. Now, we're having a kids' entertainer?
Who the fuck made him the king of the day?
Logan Roy was such a giant.
He was a man of humility, grace, dignity.
Who died fishing his iPhone
- from a clogged toilet. - In public,
- he was a great communicator. - Really?
- A powerful man. - Oh, man.
So they say. Karl blocked it.
- No. - The man lives
on Wonder bread and steak frites.
He hadn't had a shit for 20 years.
He was a man of wisdom.
A man of humility. A man without vanity.
He was a man who wasn't wearing his compression socks
- so he could look hot for Kerry. - ... to make the world a better place.
He molded the country like clay in his hands,
and made it into something beautiful.
- Into the shape of a dick. - Come on.
He made it stronger. More coherent.
When I think of L.R., I think
- of a great lion of freedom. - Can you believe this shit?
He's trying to make Pop into a neoconservative.
He wasn't a neocon, he was a paleo libertarian.
He was practically an anarcho-capitalist.
Yeah, sure. I mean, if you like Benny Hill and Sinatra,
- does that make you one of those things? - They're trying to body snatch him.
History's being written. The next 48 hours are crucial.
Godspeed, for surely soon,
Logan Roy will be running rolling news in heaven.
- How's it going? - Hey.
- Shiv, I'm so sorry. - Aw. Thank you.
- Hey, I'm so sorry, Shiv. - Hey. Thanks.
- Thank you for coming. - Hey.
Good of you to be here.
Oh, yeah, I'm so sorry. My dad was very affected.
Yeah.
And so, why is he doing that with his face, can I ask?
That's just how his face looks these days.
Oh, yeah? Frozen into a smile?
- Please. - He's... He's sad.
He knew your dad for a long time.
Mm. I'm sure... I'm pretty sure he just fucking winked at me.
- The news world... - Sandy, it's Kendall.
is broken.
What is he doing?
I mean, I guess,
they were close, Dad and him, so...
Yeah. Plus, he still has a board vote.
But, you know, I guess, who would you prefer,
one of us or one of the old guard?
Mm.
- Everything all right? - Yep.
Oh, dear. Yes.
Look who's crawled out of the woodwork.
I told her not to do this. I don't understand.
Oh, God. Oh, she's coming over.
Oh, it's so distasteful.
- Hi. - Hello.
I got your message but I just wanna go...
I just have some things of mine upstairs that I need.
They're in a bag.
Kevin. Melanie.
Uh. I just need to go up, so...
- Please. No. - Thank you.
Not upstairs.
I don't want her up.
- Okay. I know... - Come on. Easy. Easy.
Don't look, Marcia,
- it's too unpleasant. - Sorry, what's uh...
What's going on? You okay? Is this yours? You okay?
Yeah, I'm good. I'm good.
- I'm... I'm good. - Mm. Cool? You're good?
Um, do you need me to help you...?
Sorry. I don't know if I have your private number.
Can you send that to me?
Okay.
It's fine. I got it, I got it, I got it.
Goddammit.
We were talking about getting married,
and he was making arrangements about us, so could you check?
- Yeah? - Uh. Yeah, yeah. And, um...
He was gonna... He was gonna make a note.
He was gonna write his lawyer or something.
Please, can you check?
- Can you check on it? - I'm gonna check on it. I got it.
Do I have your private number? I think...
Go ahead, take her out the back, yeah?
I can get it. I can get it.
Oh, God. Here come the waterworks.
Out the back, Billy.
"Take her out the back, Billy." That's always nice to hear, huh?
Marcia, that was unnecessary, right?
We're calling Kerry a taxi to the subway so that she can go home
to her little apartment.
Nice.
Jesus.
- How's your friend, Sandy? - Yeah. "Who are you?
Why is this sex party so sad?"
- Mm-hmm. - Shiv, should we talk?
Yeah. We... we don't need to... Nothing needs to change too much.
Like, whatever you're thinking, you can... you can say.
Fine. We should... We should definitely talk. Okay.
Hey. Hey, Rome.
- How are you doing? - Hi. Great. How are you?
Yeah. I'm good. I'm okay.
I just want to say, uh, tell me... tell me to fuck off
if you like, really, but, you know, the, uh...
the piece of paper situation?
- Yeah. - Yeah. I heard about it.
And I, uh... I didn't wanna... I don't wanna t... talk out of turn,
but we both know that Logan only wanted one person
to take over, and he just asked you back in.
Look at you. Tommy-wommy. Tightrope Tommy.
Riding his little subtle cycle across Niagara Falls, huh?
- Tip-toe Tommy. - Here to serve.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm... I'm here to serve.
Lip balm, Tom-wom. Lubing up his lips to kiss my butt.
- Hey. - Hey, dude.
- That old fucking bastard. - Yeah.
Yeah.
I thought he'd be like my dad.
Ninety-five and just started suing the neighbor.
- What was it? - Uh. Embolism. Pulmonary.
Because I heard he saw your Pierce business plan and choked laughing.
You fucking prick.
Hey.
Come on.
It's all right.
Hey.
So, uh...
Listen.
You gonna do the board call from here?
Mm-hmm. Uh, here or car.
Because there's, uh...
there's a piece of paper with me on it.
That Dad said it should be me.
Oh?
Okay.
- Wow. - Can you swing in for me?
You know me, you know my flaws.
It's short term.
I mean, you're really selling me right now. I mean...
Uh. I guess.
You know, my pubes got a little singed
- the last time I went with you. - Yeah.
- Remember? Yeah. - Yeah.
Well, yeah. That was, uh... That was a different...
different thing. For my family, I had to back down.
There was no card he wouldn't play against me.
Do you even fucking like the deal?
Yes. Yes, I do. Look, the deal has to happen.
We can't live in a haunted house.
I have plans with the sibs.
We... we'll take news and maybe fuse with Pierce,
but, you know, it'll be a feather in my cap
to bring in the deal.
And you could bring it home? Dude. Ken.
Is your fucking head on straight?
I'm twin track. I'm dead but I'm alive.
Yeah? Dive into work?
Dude, what are we gonna do?
Sit in the dark and d... drink Laphroaig?
Mm-hmm. And...
what's in it for me, Ken?
I don't know, man. Maybe do a solid
for your oldest pal the day after his dad died.
How about that?
What do you think of the apartment, Mom?
Mm, it's very pleasant.
Hmm. We need to check all the walls
and see if they're structural. I'd actually like to make this,
- you know, bigger. - Willa's mom.
God love her. Her plate is groaning.
Hey, so listen. I think Stewy would swing behind one of us.
Oh. Okay. Does she know she can go back?
- And she dropped the grapes. - Yeah.
Her boat really came in, didn't it?
This is turning into the grand tour for her.
I guess the agenda for me is do we...
You know, do we agree to flying to Matsson?
You know that Connor's moving in, yeah?
Okay. What?
Well, Marcia gets it but she kinda,
- she... she sorta sold it to me. - She did?
Let's all move in.
Grow old together, share a bed like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
We've got, like, ten till board time.
Yeah, you've spoken to Mom yet?
Um. No. S... swapped messages. Shiv. Should... should...
- Can we... can we... Should we talk? - Peter Munion was flying to Spain,
and he tried to reroute to come directly here
because he wanted to be with us at this difficult time.
- Oh, man. - He sent a message
saying "It's a rum situation,"
and, "one in the eye for all of us,"
- and also... - Can you stop ignoring me?
Please, for fuck's sake, huh? Come on, please.
Let's talk about it.
We got somewhere. Us. We've got somewhere.
Yeah? Let's talk about it. I don't even care what happens,
but let's not just give it to the fucking keystone fucks
because we didn't talk.
Con.
- Oh, really? - Do you mind?
- Uh-uh. - Sorry, man.
Mi casa es su casa.
So, what do you think?
You have an issue with me because...
Yeah.
That's fine.
But I'd like it to be one of us. And yeah, uh, Dad said so.
Okay. Well, let's discuss but can you please just stop jonesing?
You're walking around the wake with a fucking hard-on.
I'm not. I'm...
All I am suggesting is that I swing it for us,
and then we move ahead, us three.
Pierce, ATN, everything.
Okay, good. Great.
Well, I have some thoughts.
Uh. Yeah. I guess I have some thoughts too.
You're not pulling for Gerr-bear?
What, me? Hell no. No, I'm... I'm done
helping old ladies cross the street.
But I do wonder about...
- About me? Yeah. - Yeah.
- Okay. - I think it needs to be me too.
Uh-huh. Okay.
Yeah. We're doing what we do...
- together. - Well,
ultimately, that's how I want it.
Man, come on. You're jerking over a piece of paper
that he scribbled your fucking name on.
There is an argument that you're the worst of both worlds.
Different, but the same.
That plays, Shiv, it does, with the board.
Same old but with a vibey new banner.
COO is on the draft plan, right? Like,
- right? - Yeah.
I'm the COO.
And I know Matsson. And I was very close with Dad.
We had a number of communications
that you were aware of and some that, honestly,
now's not the time, but you were not.
And yeah, I just think we were close and honestly, Ken,
it doesn't feel good, right?
For it to be just... you.
Yeah.
So, them's my words.
Uh-huh.
I see that.
Yeah. I see that, bro.
- You do? - Yeah.
I mean, Rome, it doesn't have to be just me.
I'm down. It makes sense.
M'kay.
And what about me?
Honestly, I just worry...
it looks like special pleading.
Like, it's the COO's.
It's in the draft plan.
I'm on the piece of paper.
It... It needs to look fucking dry
and clean and tough.
- And I don't? - Hmm.
Yeah? I look too teary eyed and mascara streaked,
and like I might fucking faint?
- It's clean enough. - Shiv, it's not... it's not...
really... I don't think it works.
You actually don't have experience.
It starts to look flaky.
I did the strategic review.
That was "Daddy make work."
And besides, I think two is cool but three is...
- Like, three is... - Three is a bit wonky.
I mean, two is... fucking,
and three is like some weird orgy for hippies.
I can't see the board going for three.
Well, I need to wet my beak.
We'd only be fronting it.
I don't need to be front facing, and it's not about ego.
Really, it's the threebie. It's the team.
Yeah, you're inside everything.
Okay? This is like... I'm not trying to fuck anyone, okay?
This is just to sell, and yesterday was...
Come on. Like, yesterday was fucking... That was real.
And I think we're...
I feel really good about this. This is... I think this is good.
- I need to be across everything. - Everything. Yeah.
Yeah. It's a holding position.
It's holding.
We'll do the deal. Spin ATN, fold in Pierce.
- Six months, eight months. - And that's all equal?
- Yeah. - Equal as fuck, to the gram.
'Cause you guys fuck me on this, and it's...
No.
This is a Dad promise. On yesterday.
- Yeah. - On yesterday.
On yesterday.
Not gonna fuck you.
You guys wanna talk?
- Ready? - Yeah.
Okay.
- Okay? - Mm-hmm.
Yeah?
Oh. Uh. Um. I think, uh, pre-board,
we were just hoping it would be just us.
Oh, no. This is a good group.
I'm just not sure it's appropriate for this discussion.
Well, if you're uncomfortable, Frank, you can fuck off.
This is a lovely gang of pals having a chat. Okay?
Look, it's simple.
COOs are on the draft emergency plan.
It looks perverse not to honor that,
and it looks pointed for it not to be us.
Me and Roman step up.
Huh. Well, uh,
when was the last time you spoke with your dad?
- Like, 48 hours ago. - And how'd that go?
- It went well. - Well?
Ken, the DOJ's all wrapped up
and everything you said about Logan amounted to nothing.
You're damaged goods.
Whereas I shepherded in, um, a lot of cultural change.
I think we all know that Dad had soured on Gerri.
I don't think there's anything on paper to that effect.
Mm-hmm.
But I'm not gonna push it.
We're obviously the people to take over for Dad.
- We were closest to him. - I think the board could have concerns.
Well, Kendall's name is on a piece of paper.
Logan said it should be Kendall.
- But when? - A few times.
You've lost Logan.
And for his faults, he was the founder.
Ken and Roman.
I think a Roy at Royco works.
It's not for long.
So you can puppet master them.
- Who? Me, Frank? - Get the fuck outta here.
Come on.
There will be the renegotiation with Matsson.
I wanna do the deal and get out. We've got our own ideas.
With ATN refreshed, there's a shape for things.
- For us, we have things cooking. - Yeah.
I mean, we... we know that the board is very excited
about the deal. So are we, it's a good deal.
- It is a good deal. - Yeah.
- History is happening. - Mm-hmm.
- Can you smell it? - Sure.
Roses and the rotting corpses.
Okay. Okay, it's done.
It's done. They voted it through.
- Ken and Rome? - Ken and Rome step up from COO.
Let's draft it, Hugo, right now.
- Ken and Rome. All right! - And I'll reply to...
Long live the king!
And the other king.
Hi.
- Everything well? - Yeah. All great. All good.
Great.
Yeah. Shut the fuck up
and stop laughing. It's not a comedy night.
God. Ow! Ooh, shoot.
- Hey. Hey, honey. - No, I'm fine. I'm fine.
I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.
Don't fucking touch me.
Stop... stop smiling!
No one comes in here.
So, you're running the company.
Congratulations.
Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Great day. Great week.
Did you know he did Sudoku?
Uh...
Yeah. Yeah, I guess...
he did them. I... I think I... I think I knew that.
Oh, Jesus fucking Christ.
- You guys okay? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah. - Okay, yeah. I'm sorry that we have to...
you know. But we are putting together the statement
announcing you and...
we'll go through all the biographical details
with your offices, and yeah, just wanted to check in
on Comms and PR.
And there's also a lot of quite difficult decisions, so...
Yes. I guess what we wanted to say
from a Comms point of view,
and listen, this is strictly Comms, but the markets
are gonna open on Monday.
And, um, there are a number of ways
to solidify your guys' position. Okay?
When Logan was with us,
we did everything we could to burnish his reputation.
Now, you're taking over so we wanna do everything we can
to burnish your reputations.
Yeah. I guess there are two ways to go.
They're sort of...
Operation Embalm Lenin
or there's another way.
Yeah, for the first option, we, you know,
just put together a nice package of photos with you and your dad.
You're a safe pair of hands, mention the piece of paper.
And you're gonna follow what Logan Roy did to the letter.
Or there's a more complex, more fresh start.
- Go on. - And this is, again,
just a PR perspective, yeah?
There's gonna be an issue about your competence.
And so, maybe, if we stress, for example,
how involved you've already been previously.
So, toughest version, we say that he was...
losing his focus towards the end.
Okay. So, it's Operation Shit-On-Dad.
- No. - Mm-mm.
- Yeah. Yes, it is. - No.
I think the piece of paper is strong.
- Okay. - Okay.
You really think that people are gonna buy that
Dad was a fucking puppet?
It's just an option, Roman.
Logan Roy was a great man.
However, lately, the people around him
have been making the big decisions.
His kids have been pulling the strings.
I mean, we can go as far as you like.
I wouldn't, but it is our job
to say that we could go to Connor's mom.
Physical and verbal abuse. The Kerry situation.
Okay. Well. That's... All right. Okay? Yeah, I... I... I...
I do have, uh,
certain feelings of queasiness about, I guess,
shitting on our dad while he's still up at Frank E. Campbell's.
Yeah. Right now, I would say
considering our dad has just died,
we should maybe not shit on Dad.
Yeah. Thanks, Karolina.
You too, fuckface. But...
maybe don't bring us this disgusting shit ever again.
- Okay? - Sure.
- Thanks, anyway. - Understood. Understood.
- Sorry. Thanks, Roman. - Thanks, Hugo.
- Mm-hmm. - Yep. Apologies.
Hey, Hugo. Um...
You know the stuff?
What stuff?
The bad Dad stuff.
Uh-huh. Yeah.
It's what he would do. He'd want this for the firm.
Right. Okay.
So, action that. But soft, no prints.
Right. I mean, I don't wanna...
I'm a little concerned of freelance.
Can I get a sign off from Karolina and Roman?
No, pal. No. Down-low.
Just get on it.
Unless you want me to pull out the strap-on.
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