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* TheBadGuyWins: Lampshaded by a despairing Kendall, who knows he can't compete with his father's mastery of corruption; he outright labels Logan "evil." Defied by Logan, who dismisses the accusation as melodramatic and hypocritical.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Some outdoorsy Tuscans like what they see when Willa and Shiv explore Chiantishire in their flattering dresses.
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* SuddenlyShouting: Logan's furious summons of Roman get a flinch out of Shiv.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Logan calls over Iverson and feeds him some of the meal Kendall had the chef [[BitterAlmonds specially prepare]]. Of course, this [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome isn't that kind of show]] (or [[PaperTiger Kendall]], at least, isn't that kind of guy), but the point is made regardless.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Though Roman admits to not being much of a feminist, he pleads with his father to not fire Gerri for receiving dirty pictures from him, since it really wasn't her fault.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
** Though Roman admits to not being much of a feminist, he pleads with his father to not fire Gerri for receiving dirty pictures from him, since it really wasn't herfault.fault.
** Deconstructed by Logan when Kendall tries to claim that, unlike his father, he has standards about what he'll do to win. Logan bluntly points out that Kendall caused a man's death, fled the scene instead of trying to get help, and got Logan to cover the whole thing up and make it disappear;
** Though Roman admits to not being much of a feminist, he pleads with his father to not fire Gerri for receiving dirty pictures from him, since it really wasn't her
** Deconstructed by Logan when Kendall tries to claim that, unlike his father, he has standards about what he'll do to win. Logan bluntly points out that Kendall caused a man's death, fled the scene instead of trying to get help, and got Logan to cover the whole thing up and make it disappear;
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Logan confronts Roman about his fling with Gerri, his main concern is the "fucking disgusting" age difference, all while he's having an indiscreet affair with his roughly 50 years younger secretary.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** When Logan confronts Roman about his fling with Gerri, his main concern is the "fucking disgusting" age difference, all while he's having an indiscreet affair with his roughly 50 years youngersecretary.secretary.
** He's on the giving end to Kendall when the latter tries to claim that unlike Logan he's a good person, however, noting that good people don't recklessly cause the deaths of waiters and then get their wealthy daddy's help to make it all disappear.
** When Logan confronts Roman about his fling with Gerri, his main concern is the "fucking disgusting" age difference, all while he's having an indiscreet affair with his roughly 50 years younger
** He's on the giving end to Kendall when the latter tries to claim that unlike Logan he's a good person, however, noting that good people don't recklessly cause the deaths of waiters and then get their wealthy daddy's help to make it all disappear.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Kendall tries to claim the moral high ground by claiming that he's a better person than Logan and ill-equipped to play the game his way, Logan absolutely skewers him by pointing out that it's only thanks to Logan that Kendall is not serving the jail sentence he rightly should be for causing someone's death; Kendall is in his way entirely as corrupt as Logan, he's just more self-deluding.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In her conversation with Shiv, Caroline mentions restructuring the divorce settlement with Logan. This becomes important in the finale.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In her conversation with Shiv, Caroline mentions restructuring the divorce settlement agreement with Logan. This becomes important in the finale.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In her conversation with Shiv, Caroline mentions restructuring the divorce settlement with Logan. This becomes important in the finale.
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I don't think this is an example because the show repeatedly makes it clear that Roman's impulsiveness and carelessness is one major trait that keeps him from succeeding Logan. This is just him being impulsive and careless
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I don't think this is an example because the show repeatedly makes it clear that Roman's impulsiveness and carelessness is one major trait that keeps him from succeeding Logan. This is just him being impulsive and careless
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* IdiotBall: You gotta admit, Roman deciding to send Gerri a dick pic in the middle of a public meeting while on a celebratory high and ''not checking who he's sending it to'' wasn't very wise.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Though Roman admits to not being much of a feminist, he pleads with his father to not fire Gerri for receiving dirty pictures from him, since it really wasn't her fault.
* FailedASpotCheck: Roman ends up putting Gerri's career in jeopardy by accidentally texting a dick pic to his father. This results in Roman and Gerri's previous relationship becoming public, which becomes another scandal Waystar has to deal with.
* FailedASpotCheck: Roman ends up putting Gerri's career in jeopardy by accidentally texting a dick pic to his father. This results in Roman and Gerri's previous relationship becoming public, which becomes another scandal Waystar has to deal with.
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* IdiotBall: You gotta admit, Roman deciding to send Gerri a dick pic in the middle of a public meeting while on a celebratory high and ''not checking who he's sending it to'' wasn't very wise.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Had Roman decided to adhere to Gerri's request to stop sending her pictures of his penis, Logan likely would've never found out about their secret flirtation. But of course, he just ''had'' to keep going with it, and even worse, accidentally sends one directly to his father, spelling both problems for him and Gerri.
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* CentralTheme: Kicking the dog just to see if it will come back. Shiv is near tears by her mother saying she shouldn't have kids, and she in turn humiliates Tom by saying she doesn't love him as dirty talk. Roman tries to hide the fact that he's not terrified after Logan accidentally receives his dick pic, and when Kendall finally just asks to leave, Logan decides to YankTheDogsChain.
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* CentralTheme: Kicking the dog just to see if it will come back. Shiv is near left on the verge of tears by her mother saying telling her she shouldn't have had kids, and she she, in turn turn, humiliates Tom by saying she doesn't love him as dirty talk. Roman tries to hide the fact that he's not terrified after Logan accidentally receives his dick pic, and when Kendall finally just asks to leave, Logan decides to YankTheDogsChain.
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This episode is a couple days before the wedding
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* WeddingEpisode: The episode is set at Caroline's wedding in Italy, although the ceremony itself is not shown.
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* CentralTheme: Kicking the dog just to see if it will come back. Shiv is near tears by her mother saying she shouldn't have kids, and she in turn humiliates Tom by saying she doesn't love him as dirty talk. Roman tries to hide the fact that he's not terrified after Logan accidentally receives his dick pic, and when Kendall finally just asks to leave, Logan YanksTheDogsChain.
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* CentralTheme: Kicking the dog just to see if it will come back. Shiv is near tears by her mother saying she shouldn't have kids, and she in turn humiliates Tom by saying she doesn't love him as dirty talk. Roman tries to hide the fact that he's not terrified after Logan accidentally receives his dick pic, and when Kendall finally just asks to leave, Logan YanksTheDogsChain.decides to YankTheDogsChain.
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* CentralTheme: Kicking the dog just to see if it will come back. Shiv is near tears by her mother saying she shouldn't have kids, and she in turn humiliates Tom by saying she doesn't love him as dirty talk. Roman tries to hide the fact that he's not terrified after Logan accidentally receives his dick pic, and when Kendall finally just asks to leave, Logan YanksTheDogsChain.
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* InternalHomage: To the "number one boy" scene, as Logan methodically tortures his son (Kendall finally just wants out, Logan would rather he rattle around the mailroom) before leaving Kendall to cry. And this time, Kendall tries to kill himself.
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Back in Italy, Kendall dips his face into the pool water, and keeps exhaling.
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Back in Italy, the villa, Kendall dips his face into the pool water, and keeps exhaling.
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* WhamShot: Roman sending a dick pic to Gerri... only for the camera to show he's accidentally send it to ''his father,'' destroying his rising respect from Logan and his future success.
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The Roys are in Chiantishire for Caroline's big Tuscan wedding. Though Roman is concerned about their stepfather-to-be, Matsson's weird tweets causing his stock price to skyrocket become a more urgent issue as it threatens their planned acquisition. Meanwhile, Kendall has been exiled from much of the proceedings because Caroline's fiance wants to appease Logan. He demands that Logan meet him for dinner; later that evening, Kendall accepts Logan's buyout offer, but Logan himself is more tentative, reminding Kendall that he is still his son and Logan still cleans up his messes.
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The Roys are in Chiantishire for Caroline's big Tuscan wedding. Though Roman is concerned about their stepfather-to-be, Matsson's weird tweets causing his stock price to skyrocket become a more urgent issue as it threatens their planned acquisition. Meanwhile, Kendall has been exiled from much of the proceedings because Caroline's social-climbing fiance wants to appease Logan. He demands that Logan meet him for dinner; later that evening, Kendall accepts Logan's buyout offer, but Logan himself is more tentative, reminding Kendall that he is still his son and Logan still cleans up his messes.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Logan meets with his prodigal son Kendall, Kendall defiantly says he's better than his corrupt father. Logan reminds him that Kendall is also corrupt, since Logan covered up that Kendall killed a man.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Logan meets with his prodigal son Kendall, Kendall defiantly says he's better than his corrupt father. Logan reminds him that Kendall is also corrupt, since Logan covered up that Kendall killed a man.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Logan confronts Roman about his fling with Gerri, his main concern is the "fucking disgusting" age difference, all while he's having an indiscreet affair with his roughly 50 years younger secretary.
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!!"Chiantishire"
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[[caption-width-right:350:"We'll get back to him."]]
->''"How long was that kid alive before he started sucking the water? Couple minutes? Three, four, five? A long time, two minutes?"''
-->-- '''Logan'''
The Roys are in Chiantishire for Caroline's big Tuscan wedding. Though Roman is concerned about their stepfather-to-be, Matsson's weird tweets causing his stock price to skyrocket become a more urgent issue as it threatens their planned acquisition. Meanwhile, Kendall has been exiled from much of the proceedings because Caroline's fiance wants to appease Logan. He demands that Logan meet him for dinner; later that evening, Kendall accepts Logan's buyout offer, but Logan himself is more tentative, reminding Kendall that he is still his son and Logan still cleans up his messes.
Connor tells Willa that journalists are looking into her work background, and proposes to her to ostensibly preserve their image. Greg cozies up with Comfry, but comments from Shiv and Tom spur him into pursuing a young and pretty countess at the wedding. Roman meets with Matsson.
Meanwhile, Shiv is still smarting at Roman sidelining her. After a painful conversation with her mother, she tells Tom she wants a baby. During their intercourse, however, she hits too close to home by telling Tom that she's out of his league and that she doesn't love him. The next day, she muses on freezing their embryos instead.
Before the banker's meeting to discuss the acquisition, Roman tells Logan that Matsson wants a merger, not an acquisition. Logan says it may be worth doing. Gerri congratulates Roman via text, and Roman sends a dick pic in response...except he accidentally sends it to Logan, who is furious.
Back in Italy, Kendall dips his face into the pool water, and keeps exhaling.
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!!Tropes in this episode
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Defied by Caroline, who bitterly tells her daughter Shiv that she regrets having children, but Logan wanted them. This conversation causes Shiv (whose marriage is not too healthy either) to rethink Tom's desire for a child and pitches sex with him on that front, but later backtracks and considers freezing their embryos instead.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Logan meets with his prodigal son Kendall, Kendall defiantly says he's better than his corrupt father. Logan reminds him that Kendall is also corrupt, since Logan covered up that Kendall killed a man.
* InternalReveal: Logan learns that Roman and Gerri have a weird flirtation going on, something that the viewers have known since the middle of last season.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Roman is disgusted when his mother preens about her new fiance.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Logan considers that his son might poison him, and has ''Kendall's son taste-test the food in front of Kendall'' as a power move.
* WeddingEpisode: The episode is set at Caroline's wedding in Italy, although the ceremony itself is not shown.
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->''"How long was that kid alive before he started sucking the water? Couple minutes? Three, four, five? A long time, two minutes?"''
-->-- '''Logan'''
The Roys are in Chiantishire for Caroline's big Tuscan wedding. Though Roman is concerned about their stepfather-to-be, Matsson's weird tweets causing his stock price to skyrocket become a more urgent issue as it threatens their planned acquisition. Meanwhile, Kendall has been exiled from much of the proceedings because Caroline's fiance wants to appease Logan. He demands that Logan meet him for dinner; later that evening, Kendall accepts Logan's buyout offer, but Logan himself is more tentative, reminding Kendall that he is still his son and Logan still cleans up his messes.
Connor tells Willa that journalists are looking into her work background, and proposes to her to ostensibly preserve their image. Greg cozies up with Comfry, but comments from Shiv and Tom spur him into pursuing a young and pretty countess at the wedding. Roman meets with Matsson.
Meanwhile, Shiv is still smarting at Roman sidelining her. After a painful conversation with her mother, she tells Tom she wants a baby. During their intercourse, however, she hits too close to home by telling Tom that she's out of his league and that she doesn't love him. The next day, she muses on freezing their embryos instead.
Before the banker's meeting to discuss the acquisition, Roman tells Logan that Matsson wants a merger, not an acquisition. Logan says it may be worth doing. Gerri congratulates Roman via text, and Roman sends a dick pic in response...except he accidentally sends it to Logan, who is furious.
Back in Italy, Kendall dips his face into the pool water, and keeps exhaling.
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!!Tropes in this episode
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Defied by Caroline, who bitterly tells her daughter Shiv that she regrets having children, but Logan wanted them. This conversation causes Shiv (whose marriage is not too healthy either) to rethink Tom's desire for a child and pitches sex with him on that front, but later backtracks and considers freezing their embryos instead.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Logan meets with his prodigal son Kendall, Kendall defiantly says he's better than his corrupt father. Logan reminds him that Kendall is also corrupt, since Logan covered up that Kendall killed a man.
* InternalReveal: Logan learns that Roman and Gerri have a weird flirtation going on, something that the viewers have known since the middle of last season.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Roman is disgusted when his mother preens about her new fiance.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Logan considers that his son might poison him, and has ''Kendall's son taste-test the food in front of Kendall'' as a power move.
* WeddingEpisode: The episode is set at Caroline's wedding in Italy, although the ceremony itself is not shown.
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