Succession

I can trust you, right?

No.

Because, um,

we're calling a vote of no confidence on my dad.

What the fuck...

You do this, you gotta look worst case.

Lawrence, Ewan, Ilona, all in play.

One more makes us sure winners.

Three years ago you were still in the nuthouse.

Dad, it's called rehab, and I'm in recovery.

You should be working for a winner like Gil,

with an exciting bastard like me.

I tried playing with you, you broke.

I'd like us to be...

exclusive?

It's obviously the dream.

If you wanted, you could live with me in New Mexico...

No.

Dad's not well.

- The only way he'll respect you is if you try to destroy him. -

I love my father,

but he is currently unfit to run this company

and I'm calling for a vote of no confidence

in him as CEO and chairman.

Bullshit. No.

All in favor?

You better be smelling your fucking armpit, Romulus.

Against.

I'm chairman. Casting vote. It's fucking over.

What's the vote?

My son, that was your best shot. You lost.

Mr. Roy.

Hey, Logan Roy! Mind if I get a quick photo?

I'm a big fan. Step back.

Big, big fan. I- I love your work.

I love everything you do. I love all the racism, misogyny...

Step off.

It's really cool stuff! Security!

Logan, over here!

My fuckin' piss!

You're fuckin' monopolist scum!

Did it get in your eye? I hope you die!

Can you open this up, please?

I want no one else in here. All right, stay back.

Can we get another shirt down here?

We had an incident outside with Mr. Roy.

How many people do you think pissed in that bag

to get all that piss?

I mean, it's just urine.

I'm good, I'm good.

No fuss, no fuss, I'm good. OK?

Are you OK? Fine.

Don't get all over me.

OK? OK.

These trust fund YouTube shits.

Ugh. God, we had a couple of these guys...

I'm here. OK?

Now, I understand

you want me to go through my every thought with you.

I appreciate finally getting a chance

to talk through these very major moves you're considering, yes.

We've become aware

of some very desirable assets that are available.

A block of local TV stations.

Highly undervalued.

Teevvvee...

Oh, I remember those.

We still have one of those in my gym.

Oh, it's so great to have the wisdom of my son's

college drinking buddy in the room.

I just love the way he asks me for money.

No, I get it.

But there is a pressing issue, right?

Well, it's part of a larger strategy.

No, I- I get all that.

I'm just- All right.

I think the issue here, sir,

is that everyone fucking hates you.

It's cloudy, it's sunny.

You want to push through a massive

politically sensitive buy-up,

and I'm reading this over my morning cappuccino.

It says your family is a horror show

and it's destroying America.

Hmm.

Maybe we should buy this.

Kendall launched a lawsuit against you.

You have fired half of your board.

Your COO is a fucking joke. Whoa.

Bro, that's what people are saying. Who cares if it's true?

People say that he's a coked-up dauphin

that doesn't know shit from Shinola,

and that the two of you aren't even talking to each other,

which I am getting a vibe of.

Now, I could care less,

but even the advance whispers of this local TV deal

have people so mad at you

that they're throwing piss at you on the street.

We don't know that it was actually piss.

It was piss.

You want to go on a shopping spree.

I trust you, but can we please fix the visuals?

This is a family business.

But the family is fucked,

and it's hurting the stock.

Whenever war has tested this nation,

we have won out.

And that is what I believe we face right now.

Nothing less than a war

against human inequality,

a war we must fight

to stop unimaginably vast power and riches

falling into the hands

of an impossibly small number of men.

I'm not afraid of this fight.

I know you're not either.

This fight starts here.

I'm Gil Eavis, and I approved this message.

I don't know, this class war shit,

don't you find it a little jejune?

Jejune? Yeah. It means juvenile.

Yeah, I- I know what it means.

I just thought only assholes said it.

No, I do not find it jejune. Is this you pulling my hair?

Because why did you bring me in for this? I'm not a good fit.

I genuinely believe he's gonna be the next president of the United States.

And you know me, I don't believe in anything.

Are you finished with Joyce now?

Yeah. That's as far as she'll go.

OK. Gil could really use someone like you.

And this wouldn't be a problem?

What?

The atmosphere.

I think as long as we have clarity.

Yeah. Right. Clarity. Right.

And to be clear,

at absolutely any place at any time,

with absolutely no consequences,

I would fuck you,

and will want desperately to fuck you.

And that is just a permanent state of affairs.

I just want you to know that is my position.

You have all the power.

You can do whatever you want with it.

When did we start having to do this shit, Gerri?

The journalist is Leo Lorenzetti.

The piece will be, "After the turmoil, the coming together."

At your son's ranch.

A family, a dynasty,

an American story.

It'll be a very compelling package.

And what's this shit? Who's this guy Alon?

Very highly regarded corporate therapist.

Harvard Business School.

Former CFO at a Fortune 500.

He just worked with the Sultan of Brunei,

and the Bolkiah family.

Do they all have to be there?

Does the traitor come too?

Well, obviously, that's your choice.

But the message, I think,

is a family reunited in the desert.

A time to reflect, regroup.

Family unity is kind of what you're going for.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And frankly, Logan,

if you can get Kendall to drop the lawsuit,

everything becomes cleaner for us, acquisition-wise.

OK. Well, I'm not groveling.

Get Romulus on the phone.

Let's do the email.

Hey, Shiv.

It's Con. Listen, did you get this email from Dad

about therapy?

'Cause, I mean,

this is, like, wow!

So I just need to check that it's not

one of those spam things or something.

All right, so call me.

I like Gil - people like Gil, he's great...

But I have a sneaking feeling that if he won an election

he'd probably like to line me up and everyone I know and shoot us.

Holy fuck. No way. What?

Hang on.

Hmm.

Hey. Have you seen this?

I can't believe it. Dad's doing therapy?

I thought you weren't talking to me because

I didn't tell you about the vote.

I'm not. But what the fuck.

Oh! Very much the fuck.

Very much the fuck indeed.

The big man is breakin' down, and everyone's invited.

Well, not Kendall.

Everybody. This is bullshit.

What's he doing?

Gotta go. See ya. Please, Mr. Roy...

I need to talk to Kendall. He's not available.

What do you mean he's not available?

What is he doing, playing with his fucking Legos?

He's nothing but available.