The siblings try to shrug it off, and then to make him feel better about what happened to the dead kid. They can’t help but be drawn into Kendall’s dark energy (generated, of course, by Strong). The two of them appear to be rattled, and then moved. But it’s hard to argue with the results in this episode, as Kendall confesses to Shiv and Roman that he is responsible for a young man drowning. Maybe Strong could be a little more chill and maybe his methods are exhausting to his colleagues. The scene that follows, in a way, answers some of the questions surrounding that New Yorker profile. Shiv and Roman run to Kendall to get his advice and support, and find their brother still mired in a funk and difficult to rouse.
Worse, they get the news that the Waystar inner circle is meeting with the bankers to talk about selling to Mattson … and that none of the children have been included. Connor hips Shiv and Roman to the possibility that Logan might be taking an herbal supplement to boost his sperm count, in hopes of fathering a child that could replace all of them. (As for Willa, she finally accepts Connor’s proposal, musing, “How bad can it be?”)Īfter Connor’s outburst, though, the remaining Roy kids are put on high alert. Put any two Roys in a room and each will insist the other one is the family joke. One of the many weaknesses of the three younger Roys is that each of them thinks they are better than anyone in the family not named Logan. “What do I get from you chumps but chump change?” Connor asks. We’ll get to that.) While Shiv is trying to reassure Kendall that they care about him, he counters that they have no idea how it feels to be jerked around “as the eldest son.” That’s what causes Connor finally to crack, and to stop being the clueless buffoon everybody loves and nobody respects.Ĭonnor is genuinely upset that no one has bothered to keep him looped in on the GoJo deal - “Matsson wants to de-platform guys like me,” he grumbles - and also that no one has congratulated him for proposing to Willa. (The first is a scene between Logan and Matsson. The “intervention” scene between Kendall and his brothers and sister is the second indication that this episode is going to be something special. Maybe - as Shiv and Connor both insist - they even love him. They may think he is conceited, and they may be furious with him for trying to wreck Waystar, but they don’t want him to kill himself. For the first time in a while, all of his siblings seem concerned about him.
Yes, Kendall survived passing out facedown in the swimming pool after what he insists was “one too many limoncellos.” Comfrey fished him out and got him medical help. This episode addressed the first of those topics early, after a bit of a tease at the start. “Succession” fans (and even some people who have never watched the show) have spent much of the past week posting on Twitter about two things: whether or not Kendall drowned at the end of the previous episode, and whether or not The New Yorker’s profile of Jeremy Strong makes him look like an impressively committed actor or someone who is obsessive to the point of being a little dangerous. The energy crackles among these actors, as their characters swing between being playfully mean and unforgivably cruel.Īnyway, judging by what happens in this episode, they will all be face-to-face much more in Season 4 … whether they like it or not. This season they have been scattered and embittered, lobbing bombs at a distance.īut in the best Season 3 episodes - “Mass in Time of War,” “Too Much Birthday” and now this week’s finale, “All the Bells Say” - Kendall, Shiv, Roman and even Connor have spent time in the same space, talking out their problems in person. The biggest change between the two? In Season 2, the Roy kids were all together most weeks, zipping around the world with Logan and nipping hilariously at each other.
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I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the differences between “ Succession” Season 2 - one of the most thrilling and funny TV seasons of recent years - and Season 3, which has been just as intensely dramatic and absorbing but overall not as much of an out-and-out pleasure.
‘Succession’ Season 3, Episode 9: ‘All the Bells Say’