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* Kendall proves once again that he's become a "killer" in the end of episode 4, when he secretly blackmails Hugo to paint Logan in a negative light in the PR campaign [[spoiler:after his death]]. And he is probably correct when saying that that is what Logan would have wanted.
* In the 6th episode, it seems as though the product launch of Living+ is going to be yet another epic Kendall-style crash-and-burn affair as a fairly manic Kendall micromanages the planning, makes increasingly ridiculous demands and has a brief moment of panic just before the speech as it seems things are definitely not going to go according to his plan, all with his siblings and associates making very little secret of predicting the failure of the launch as long as he's at the helm. [[spoiler:As it turns out, while the launch certainly has its fair share of cringeworthy moments, on the whole it's a genuine success. Despite Matsson attempting to sabotage the proceedings with a tweet [[GodwinsLaw comparing Living+ to the Holocaust]], Kendall keeps it together enough to both read the tweet and form a reasonable response in real time, to the extent that Matsson is seemingly forced to concede defeat and deletes the offending tweet.]]
* Ewan's speech at [[spoiler: Logan's funeral]] in "Church and State", wherein he offers a scathing (yet ultimately fair) assessment of his brother, while also admitting that he loved him in his way and providing context (though not excuses) for many of the latter's actions.

--> '''Ewan''': “[[ShamingTheMob What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price?]] It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story. And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him. I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry. And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”

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* Kendall proves once again that he's become a "killer" in the end of episode 4, when he secretly blackmails Hugo to paint Logan in a negative light in the PR campaign [[spoiler:after after his death]].death. And he is probably correct when saying that that is what Logan would have wanted.
* In the 6th episode, it seems as though the product launch of Living+ is going to be yet another epic Kendall-style crash-and-burn affair as a fairly manic Kendall micromanages the planning, makes increasingly ridiculous demands and has a brief moment of panic just before the speech as it seems things are definitely not going to go according to his plan, all with his siblings and associates making very little secret of predicting the failure of the launch as long as he's at the helm. [[spoiler:As As it turns out, while the launch certainly has its fair share of cringeworthy moments, on the whole it's a genuine success. Despite Matsson attempting to sabotage the proceedings with a tweet [[GodwinsLaw comparing Living+ to the Holocaust]], Kendall keeps it together enough to both read the tweet and form a reasonable response in real time, to the extent that Matsson is seemingly forced to concede defeat and deletes the offending tweet.]]
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* Ewan's speech at [[spoiler: Logan's funeral]] funeral in "Church and State", wherein he offers a scathing (yet ultimately fair) assessment of his brother, while also admitting that he loved him in his way and providing context (though not excuses) for many of the latter's actions.

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--> '''Ewan''': “[[ShamingTheMob [[ShamingTheMob What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price?]] It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s there's a little sob story. And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t wasn't well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t don't even know if that’s that's true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him. I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t can't help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s men's hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry. And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re you're warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t don't know. I try. I try. I don’t don't know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.
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--> '''Ewan''': “What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price? It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story. And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him. I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry. And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”

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--> '''Ewan''': “What “[[ShamingTheMob What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price? price?]] It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story. And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him. I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry. And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”

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--> '''Ewan''': “What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price?

“It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story.

“And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him.

“I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry.

“And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”

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--> '''Ewan''': “What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price?

“It
price? It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story.

“And
story. And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him.

“I
him. I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry.

“And
hungry. And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”
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* In the 6th episode, it seems as though the product launch of Living+ is going to be yet another epic Kendall-style crash-and-burn affair as a fairly manic Kendall micromanages the planning, makes increasingly ridiculous demands and has a brief moment of panic just before the speech as it seems things are definitely not going to go according to his plan, all with his siblings and associates making very little secret of predicting the failure of the launch as long as he's at the helm. [[spoiler:As it turns out, while the launch certainly has its fair share of cringeworthy moments, on the whole it's a genuine success. Despite Matsson attempting to sabotage the proceedings with a tweet [[GodwinsLaw comparing Living+ to the Holocaust]], Kendall keeps it together enough to both read the tweet and form a reasonable response in real time, to the extent that Matsson is seemingly forced to concede defeat and deletes the offending tweet.]]

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* In the 6th episode, it seems as though the product launch of Living+ is going to be yet another epic Kendall-style crash-and-burn affair as a fairly manic Kendall micromanages the planning, makes increasingly ridiculous demands and has a brief moment of panic just before the speech as it seems things are definitely not going to go according to his plan, all with his siblings and associates making very little secret of predicting the failure of the launch as long as he's at the helm. [[spoiler:As it turns out, while the launch certainly has its fair share of cringeworthy moments, on the whole it's a genuine success. Despite Matsson attempting to sabotage the proceedings with a tweet [[GodwinsLaw comparing Living+ to the Holocaust]], Kendall keeps it together enough to both read the tweet and form a reasonable response in real time, to the extent that Matsson is seemingly forced to concede defeat and deletes the offending tweet.]]]]
* Ewan's speech at [[spoiler: Logan's funeral]] in "Church and State", wherein he offers a scathing (yet ultimately fair) assessment of his brother, while also admitting that he loved him in his way and providing context (though not excuses) for many of the latter's actions.

--> '''Ewan''': “What sort of people would stop their brother speaking for the sake of a share price?

“It is not for me to judge my brother. History will tell that story. I can just give you a couple of instances about him. You probably all know we came across the first time during the war for our safety. But the engines of our ship let go and the rest of the convoy sailed on without us, leaving us adrift. They told us children that if we spoke, or coughed, or moved an inch that the U-boats would catch the vibrations through the hull and we would die in the drink right there in the hold. Three nights and two days we stayed quiet. A four year old and a five and a half year old speaking with our eyes. So, there’s a little sob story.

“And once we were over, our uncle, who, so to speak, was a character, well, they had a little money and they sent Logan away to a better school and he hated it. He just hated it. He wasn’t well, he was sick, and he mewed and he cried and in the end he got out and he came home, under his own steam. But when he got back, our little sister, she was a baby, she was there by then, she…uh…He always believed that he brought home the polio with him, which took her. I don’t even know if that’s true. But our aunt and uncle certainly did nothing to disabuse him of that notion. They let it lie with him.

“I loved him, I suppose, and I suppose some of you did too, in whatever way he would let us and we could manage. But I can’t help but say he has wrought some of the most terrible things. He was a man who has here and there drawn in the edges of the world. Now and then darkened the skies a little. Closed men’s hearts. Fed that dark flame in men, the hard mean hard-relenting flame that keeps their heart warm while another grows cold. Their grain stashed while another goes hungry.

“And even has the temerity to tell that hard but funny joke about the man in the cold. You can get a little high, a little mighty when you’re warm. Oh yes, he gave away a few million of his billions but he was not a generous man. He was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. Perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe I do about me too, I don’t know. I try. I try. I don’t know when but sometime he decided not to try anymore and it was a terrible shame. Godspeed my brother. And God bless.”
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* Kendall proves once again that he's become a "killer" in the end of episode 4, when he secretly blackmails Hugo to paint Logan in a negative light in the PR campaign [[spoiler:after his death]]. And he is probably correct when saying that that is what Logan would have wanted.

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* Kendall proves once again that he's become a "killer" in the end of episode 4, when he secretly blackmails Hugo to paint Logan in a negative light in the PR campaign [[spoiler:after his death]]. And he is probably correct when saying that that is what Logan would have wanted.wanted.
* In the 6th episode, it seems as though the product launch of Living+ is going to be yet another epic Kendall-style crash-and-burn affair as a fairly manic Kendall micromanages the planning, makes increasingly ridiculous demands and has a brief moment of panic just before the speech as it seems things are definitely not going to go according to his plan, all with his siblings and associates making very little secret of predicting the failure of the launch as long as he's at the helm. [[spoiler:As it turns out, while the launch certainly has its fair share of cringeworthy moments, on the whole it's a genuine success. Despite Matsson attempting to sabotage the proceedings with a tweet [[GodwinsLaw comparing Living+ to the Holocaust]], Kendall keeps it together enough to both read the tweet and form a reasonable response in real time, to the extent that Matsson is seemingly forced to concede defeat and deletes the offending tweet.]]
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** As terrible as he feels after, being made to fire Gerri is too far for Roman, and he actually manages to tell his father off, calling him a cunt.

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** As terrible as he feels after, being made to fire Gerri is too far for Roman, and he actually manages to tell his father off, calling him a cunt.cunt.
* Kendall proves once again that he's become a "killer" in the end of episode 4, when he secretly blackmails Hugo to paint Logan in a negative light in the PR campaign [[spoiler:after his death]]. And he is probably correct when saying that that is what Logan would have wanted.
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* Even in the middle of his own grief at his father dying, Kendall is the most decisive to act. He tries to get the relevant doctors together as soon as possible, and once it is confirmed Logan is dead is the first to realize the siblings need to get ahead of the market and the political maneuvers necessary to maintain their "freedom of movement", as he puts it. He's then able to rally the rest of the siblings to make sure they maintain their standing in the company and can put out a statement -- all before Logan's plane touches the ground again.

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* Even in the middle of his own grief at his father dying, Kendall is the most decisive to act. He tries to get the relevant doctors together as soon as possible, and once it is confirmed Logan is dead is the first to realize the siblings need to get ahead of the market and the political maneuvers necessary to maintain their "freedom of movement", as he puts it. He's then able to rally the rest of the siblings to make sure they maintain their standing in the company and can put out a statement -- all before Logan's plane touches the ground again.again.
** As terrible as he feels after, being made to fire Gerri is too far for Roman, and he actually manages to tell his father off, calling him a cunt.
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** After so many examples of abuse from both Logan and Caroline to all three of them, Shiv genuinely wants to talk about it and how their past has affected them, instead of sniping and lashing out at each other. Big for a woman who usually hates to be vulnerable.

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** After so many examples of abuse from both Logan and Caroline to all three of them, Shiv genuinely wants to talk about it and how their past has affected them, instead of sniping and lashing out at each other. Big for a woman who usually hates to be vulnerable.vulnerable.

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* Even in the middle of his own grief at his father dying, Kendall is the most decisive to act. He tries to get the relevant doctors together as soon as possible, and once it is confirmed Logan is dead is the first to realize the siblings need to get ahead of the market and the political maneuvers necessary to maintain their "freedom of movement", as he puts it. He's then able to rally the rest of the siblings to make sure they maintain their standing in the company and can put out a statement -- all before Logan's plane touches the ground again.
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!!The Books
* Nara's entire trial.
** Especially the badass ceremonial guard stopping an assassination attempt. Not just there to look pretty.

!!The Series

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* Also in the finale, Connor calling out Kendall, Roman and Shiv for as much as he’s looked after them, they keep forgetting about him and the fact that he is the eldest son. Even better, he does this while still stressing that he loves and cares about them.

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* Also in the finale, Connor calling out Kendall, Roman and Shiv for as much as he’s looked after them, they keep forgetting about him and the fact that he is the eldest son. Even better, he does this while still stressing that he loves and cares about them.them.
** After so many examples of abuse from both Logan and Caroline to all three of them, Shiv genuinely wants to talk about it and how their past has affected them, instead of sniping and lashing out at each other. Big for a woman who usually hates to be vulnerable.
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** Mattson being so confident that he tells Logan Roy to his face that he wants to buy him out, in such a convincing manner that a truly desperate Logan finally agrees to part ways with his company.

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** Mattson being so confident that he tells Logan Roy to his face that he wants to buy him out, in such a convincing manner that a truly desperate Logan finally agrees to part ways with his company.company.
* Also in the finale, Connor calling out Kendall, Roman and Shiv for as much as he’s looked after them, they keep forgetting about him and the fact that he is the eldest son. Even better, he does this while still stressing that he loves and cares about them.
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* Yes he had to get high to do it, but Kendall ''finally'' calling his dad out on the abusive way he treats his kids, especially Shiv.

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* In “The Disruption”, seeing the FBI raid the Waystar Roco building is an awesome moment of catharsis, as Logan realises he can’t tell these people to “fuck off” like he does to everyone else, and has to accept that he’s been beaten here.



** In a tragic but also brilliant subversion of expectations, Tom’s power play. Having stated earlier in the season in “What It Takes” that “he’s never seen Logan get fucked, not once”, and after a seasons worth of realising that Shiv and many others doesn’t value him like he wants them to, Tom betrays them all and locks himself (and Greg) in for a top position at the new company whereas the Roy siblings who have looked down at him will likely get nothing. The final shot of the season, with Tom comforting Shiv as the camera zooms in on her expression realising what just happened, echoes the final scene of Film/TheGodfather.

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** In a tragic but also brilliant subversion of expectations, Tom’s power play. Having stated earlier in the season in “What It Takes” that “he’s never seen Logan get fucked, not once”, and after a seasons worth of realising that Shiv and many others doesn’t value him like he wants them to, Tom betrays them all and locks himself (and Greg) in for a top position at the new company whereas the Roy siblings who have looked down at him will likely get nothing. The final shot of the season, with Tom comforting Shiv as the camera zooms in on her expression realising what just happened, echoes the final scene of Film/TheGodfather.Film/TheGodfather.
** Mattson being so confident that he tells Logan Roy to his face that he wants to buy him out, in such a convincing manner that a truly desperate Logan finally agrees to part ways with his company.
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** In a tragic but also brilliant subversion of expectations, Tom’s power play. Having stated earlier in the season in “What It Takes” that “he’s never seen Logan get fucked, not once”, and after a seasons worth of realising that Shiv and many others doesn’t value him like he wants them to, Tom betrays them all and locks himself (and Greg) in for a top position at the new company whereas the Roy siblings who have looked down at him will likely get nothing. The final shot of the season, with Tom comforting Shiv as the camera zooms in on her expression realising what just happened, echoes the final scene of TheGodfather.

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** In a tragic but also brilliant subversion of expectations, Tom’s power play. Having stated earlier in the season in “What It Takes” that “he’s never seen Logan get fucked, not once”, and after a seasons worth of realising that Shiv and many others doesn’t value him like he wants them to, Tom betrays them all and locks himself (and Greg) in for a top position at the new company whereas the Roy siblings who have looked down at him will likely get nothing. The final shot of the season, with Tom comforting Shiv as the camera zooms in on her expression realising what just happened, echoes the final scene of TheGodfather.Film/TheGodfather.

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The season finale All The Bells Say" features the Roy siblings *finally* uniting, driven by their efforts to stop their father from selling Waystar to Mattson and GoJo. Them plotting in the car, storming the proceedings, and Roman finally having the courage to defy Logan to his face, all a sight to behold.

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* The season finale All The Bells Say" features the Roy siblings *finally* 'finally' uniting, driven by their efforts to stop their father from selling Waystar to Mattson and GoJo.Mattson. Them plotting in the car, storming the proceedings, and Roman finally having the courage to defy Logan to his face, all a sight to behold. Unfortunately they still lose, thanks to…
** In a tragic but also brilliant subversion of expectations, Tom’s power play. Having stated earlier in the season in “What It Takes” that “he’s never seen Logan get fucked, not once”, and after a seasons worth of realising that Shiv and many others doesn’t value him like he wants them to, Tom betrays them all and locks himself (and Greg) in for a top position at the new company whereas the Roy siblings who have looked down at him will likely get nothing. The final shot of the season, with Tom comforting Shiv as the camera zooms in on her expression realising what just happened, echoes the final scene of TheGodfather.
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** Tom finally stands up to Shiv, calling her out for being an awful wife to him, and then goes even further by pushing back against Logan, eating his chicken while staring him dead in the eyes.

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** Tom finally stands up to Shiv, calling her out for being an awful wife to him, and then goes even further by pushing back against Logan, eating his chicken while staring him dead in the eyes.eyes.

!!!Season 3
The season finale All The Bells Say" features the Roy siblings *finally* uniting, driven by their efforts to stop their father from selling Waystar to Mattson and GoJo. Them plotting in the car, storming the proceedings, and Roman finally having the courage to defy Logan to his face, all a sight to behold.
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* In "This is Not For Tears," Kendall appears at a press conference [[spoiler:apparently ready to take the fall and resign for the cruises scandal... But then abruptly goes off-script, laying the blame squarely at Logan's feet and exposing him as a liar and bully, revealing the document copies Greg secretly saved, and declaring that Logan's reign of terror is over before ripping up his PR statement as he leaves.]]

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* In "This is Not For Tears," Kendall appears at a press conference [[spoiler:apparently apparently ready to take the fall and resign for the cruises scandal... But then abruptly goes off-script, laying the blame squarely at Logan's feet and exposing him as a liar and bully, revealing the document copies Greg secretly saved, and declaring that Logan's reign of terror is over before ripping up his PR statement as he leaves.]]
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--> '''Kendall''': Okay, you know what, I'm sorry, Madam Chairwoman, can-- can I speak for a moment? Because you know, I--I'm here in good faith today, I'm very willing to talk you, Senator, and this committee through our operations, but, uh, let's cut the BS, shall we? Because it seems to me that this investigation, uh, is not about proper oversight of the cruise industry codes and standards, or some highly regrettable but isolated incidents from nearly two decades ago. What this feels to me it's about is your personal dislike of my father, and your ideological hatredof his newspapers and his news channels, and in particular, of the, uh, success story which is ATN, on which you've appeared, I think, 14 times in the last four months, Senator. Senator Eavis, it seems to me that since you don't agree with us ideologically, that nothing we can say will be enough, no groveling will be low enough, and as much as you like to accuse us of bias, uh, today, you're the one with the bias. So, I say go ahead. Hit us as hard as you can. We can take it. We have nothing to hide.

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--> '''Kendall''': Okay, you know what, I'm sorry, sorry. Madam Chairwoman, can-- can I speak for a moment? Because you know, I--I'm I'm here in good faith today, I'm very willing to talk you, Senator, and this committee through our operations, but, uh, but let's cut the BS, shall we? Because it seems to me that this investigation, uh, investigation is not about proper oversight of the cruise industry codes and standards, or some highly regrettable but isolated incidents from nearly two decades ago. What this feels to me it's about is your personal dislike of my father, and your ideological hatredof hatred of his newspapers and his news channels, and in particular, of the, uh, the success story which is ATN, on which you've appeared, I think, 14 fourteen times in the last four months, Senator. Senator Eavis, it seems to me that since you don't agree with us ideologically, that nothing we can say will be enough, no groveling will be low enough, and as much as you like to accuse us of bias, uh, today, you're ''you're'' the one with the bias. So, I say go ahead. Hit us as hard as you can. We can take it. We have nothing to hide.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation; earlier in the show, he would have happily taken the short-term glory but instead he has the foresight and acumen to steer his father away instead.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation; earlier in the show, he would have happily taken the short-term glory but instead he has the foresight insight to recognize the hidden dangers and acumen the courage to steer his father away instead.away.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation.
** A moment for Roman, too. When he returns from his hostage situation, he has a bad deal that a desperate Logan is very willing to take. At the start of the season, Roman would have happily pushed the deal through without thinking too much about it, but he's gained enough insight and maturity to realize that the deal could very well sink them all. He advises Logan against taking such a risk, and in doing so argues against the more self-serving Jaime Laird. It might be the first time he's ever genuinely impressed Logan, and he did it through guile and honesty.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation.
** A moment for Roman, too. When he returns from his hostage situation, he has a bad deal that a desperate Logan is very willing to take. At
situation; earlier in the start of the season, Roman show, he would have happily pushed taken the deal through without thinking too much about it, short-term glory but he's gained enough insight instead he has the foresight and maturity acumen to realize that the deal could very well sink them all. He advises Logan against taking such a risk, and in doing so argues against the more self-serving Jaime Laird. It might be the first time he's ever genuinely impressed Logan, and he did it through guile and honesty.steer his father away instead.

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--> '''Kendall''': Okay, you know what, I'm sorry, Madam Chairwoman, can-- can I speak for a moment? Because you know, I--I'm here in good faith today, I'm very willing to talk you, Senator, and this committee through our operations, but, uh, let's cut the BS, shall we? Because it seems to me that this investigation, uh, is not about proper oversight of the cruise industry codes and standards, or some highly regrettable but isolated incidents from nearly two decades ago. What this feels to me it's about is your personal dislike of my father, and your ideological hatred
of his newspapers and his news channels, and in particular, of the, uh, success story which is ATN, on which you've appeared, I think, 14 times in the last four months, Senator. Senator Eavis, it seems to me that since you don't agree with us ideologically, that nothing we can say will be enough, no groveling will be low enough, and as much as you like to accuse us of bias, uh, today, you're the one with the bias. So, I say go ahead. Hit us as hard as you can. We can take it. We have nothing to hide.

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--> '''Kendall''': Okay, you know what, I'm sorry, Madam Chairwoman, can-- can I speak for a moment? Because you know, I--I'm here in good faith today, I'm very willing to talk you, Senator, and this committee through our operations, but, uh, let's cut the BS, shall we? Because it seems to me that this investigation, uh, is not about proper oversight of the cruise industry codes and standards, or some highly regrettable but isolated incidents from nearly two decades ago. What this feels to me it's about is your personal dislike of my father, and your ideological hatred
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hatredof his newspapers and his news channels, and in particular, of the, uh, success story which is ATN, on which you've appeared, I think, 14 times in the last four months, Senator. Senator Eavis, it seems to me that since you don't agree with us ideologically, that nothing we can say will be enough, no groveling will be low enough, and as much as you like to accuse us of bias, uh, today, you're the one with the bias. So, I say go ahead. Hit us as hard as you can. We can take it. We have nothing to hide.

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* Kendall's take-down of Gil Eavis in "Politics," which leads to a memetic moment of celebration from Connor.

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* Kendall's take-down of Gil Eavis in "Politics," "DC," which leads to a memetic moment of celebration from Connor.Connor.
--> '''Kendall''': Okay, you know what, I'm sorry, Madam Chairwoman, can-- can I speak for a moment? Because you know, I--I'm here in good faith today, I'm very willing to talk you, Senator, and this committee through our operations, but, uh, let's cut the BS, shall we? Because it seems to me that this investigation, uh, is not about proper oversight of the cruise industry codes and standards, or some highly regrettable but isolated incidents from nearly two decades ago. What this feels to me it's about is your personal dislike of my father, and your ideological hatred
of his newspapers and his news channels, and in particular, of the, uh, success story which is ATN, on which you've appeared, I think, 14 times in the last four months, Senator. Senator Eavis, it seems to me that since you don't agree with us ideologically, that nothing we can say will be enough, no groveling will be low enough, and as much as you like to accuse us of bias, uh, today, you're the one with the bias. So, I say go ahead. Hit us as hard as you can. We can take it. We have nothing to hide.
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** A moment for Roman, too. When he returns from his hostage situation, he has a bad deal that a desperate Logan is very willing to take. At the start of the season, Roman would have happily pushed the deal through without thinking too much about it, but he's gained enough insight and maturity to realize that the deal could very well sink them all. He advises Logan against taking such a risk, and in doing so argues against the more self-serving Jaime Laird. It might be the first time he's ever genuinely impressed Logan, and he did it through guile and honesty.

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** A moment for Roman, too. When he returns from his hostage situation, he has a bad deal that a desperate Logan is very willing to take. At the start of the season, Roman would have happily pushed the deal through without thinking too much about it, but he's gained enough insight and maturity to realize that the deal could very well sink them all. He advises Logan against taking such a risk, and in doing so argues against the more self-serving Jaime Laird. It might be the first time he's ever genuinely impressed Logan, and he did it through guile and honesty.honesty.
** Tom finally stands up to Shiv, calling her out for being an awful wife to him, and then goes even further by pushing back against Logan, eating his chicken while staring him dead in the eyes.
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* In "Which Side Are You On?", Logan quickly pieces together Kendall's attempted coup and quickly takes control over the board by sheer intimidation. After the vote fails, he quickly fires the dissenting board members, including Kendall.
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!!!In General




!!!Season 1

* Tom kicks the smug, adulterous Nate out of his wedding, but not before duly asserting himself and humiliating Nate in the process by making him give the wine he's drinking back.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation.situation.
** A moment for Roman, too. When he returns from his hostage situation, he has a bad deal that a desperate Logan is very willing to take. At the start of the season, Roman would have happily pushed the deal through without thinking too much about it, but he's gained enough insight and maturity to realize that the deal could very well sink them all. He advises Logan against taking such a risk, and in doing so argues against the more self-serving Jaime Laird. It might be the first time he's ever genuinely impressed Logan, and he did it through guile and honesty.
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* The [[MemeticMutationmeme-tastic]] earworm of a main theme, which won the show an Emmy in 2019.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience.

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** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience. And this is after he worked through said deal with a gun almost literally pointed at his head during a hostage situation.
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!!The Series

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!!The SeriesSeries

* Kendall's take-down of Gil Eavis in "Politics," which leads to a memetic moment of celebration from Connor.
* In "This is Not For Tears," Kendall appears at a press conference [[spoiler:apparently ready to take the fall and resign for the cruises scandal... But then abruptly goes off-script, laying the blame squarely at Logan's feet and exposing him as a liar and bully, revealing the document copies Greg secretly saved, and declaring that Logan's reign of terror is over before ripping up his PR statement as he leaves.]]
** In the same episode, after spending a season of being a humiliated and inexperienced ButtMonkey, Roman skillfully dismantles a bad business deal that other executives are ready to push through out of greed, showing that he really can be clever and insightful with the right experience.
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!!The Books



** Especially the badass ceremonial guard stopping an assassination attempt. Not just there to look pretty.

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** Especially the badass ceremonial guard stopping an assassination attempt. Not just there to look pretty.pretty.

!!The Series

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