![]() “Shall we have a real conversation?” he asks, to which Shiv readily retorts, “With a scorpion?” Sarah Snook in “Succession” Courtesy of Macall Polay / HBO Tom, who asked to be left alone upon first exiting to the balcony, has been needing to get all this off his chest, so it’s no wonder he gives in and gets into it. Written by Will Tracy, the scene is searing and tense, fitfully funny yet heartbreaking from start to finish. Tom and Shiv give fresh, piercing meaning to the term “irreconcilable differences,” as the now-former couple’s barbs grow sharper and more poisonous with each exchange. One more marriage is strengthened through honest, open communication. And thus the conversation Tom tried to have in Episode 1 comes to fruition. Maybe she would have backed him later, when push came to shove and the pink slips were in the offing (she has in the past!), but word spreads of Tom’s impending termination faster than Greg (Nicholas Braun) can fire 100 staffers (aka, it spreads very, very quickly.) Tom, understandably, can only hear about his future unemployment so many times from so many people “at this party, in my house,” before he snaps. She does it again - albeit out of Tom’s earshot - when Lukas says he’s going to make major leadership changes at ATN (aka, he’s going to fire Tom.) Rather than chart a path forward for she and her husband, together, Shiv protects herself. She needs to be the messenger, and she balks. Sure, Tom could’ve said it, but he knows he holds no power with Lukas, just as he knows Shiv needs to maintain that relationship for her own power play with GoJo to pan out. ” Lukas being Lukas, he brings up their divorce right in front of them both, and neither tells him the divorce is off. At the party, Shiv repeatedly fails to confirm what she and Tom agreed to ahead of time: that they “had a little break, and now they’re back. Tom ( Matthew Macfadyen) and Shiv had the talk, and it went about as well as shared emotional annihilation can.įor as quickly as Tom and Shiv’s balcony dust-up escalates to a full-blown marital meltdown - and it must seem especially rapid to Shiv, who’s gotten used to busting her husband’s balls sans consequence - there were signs of trouble all along. Smith Cameron) gets a time-bomb! Nate (Ashley Zukerman) gets a time-bomb! Roman gets a time-bomb! (That speech at the funeral? My nerves are already shredded.) - but Episode 7, “Tailgate Party,” will likely be remembered for the bomb that finally went off. Plenty more clocks are ticking - Gerri (J. TV Upfronts Start with WGA Protests, Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted,’ and No Linda Yaccarino ![]() Tick tick tick… that’s the time-bomb on tomorrow’s election, which will certainly affect ATN, the acquisition (in whichever direction it goes), and the Roy family’s political capital (especially if Connor’s “exploding” poll numbers in Alaska - three electoral votes - tip the electoral math in his favor!) Tick tick tick… that’s the time-bomb on the Roy siblings’ superficial pact for shared power. Tick tick tick… that’s the time-bomb on the deal. “One head, one crown,” he tells Frank (Peter Friedman), after suggesting they “go reverse Viking” and push Waystar to buy GoJo, rather than the other way around, as planned. The smile on Kendall’s face says it all: He’s finally got the leverage he craves to make a serious play for power - one his dad would, in theory, be proud of, and one that allows him to push out his hangers-on sibs. She claims all those blood bricks Lukas sent her are the least of his worries, and maybe she’s right - though it’s kind of hard to forget about the blood bricks - since Lukas and Shiv ( Sarah Snook) are considerably shaken once news about GoJo’s bullshit India numbers reaches Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin). His uncontrollable antics could force or sink GoJo’s deal with Waystar, but there’s also his perilous ‘ship with Ebba (Eili Harboe) to worry about. ![]() Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgärd) is a nuclear option unto himself. ![]() As “Succession” enters its final three episodes, time-bombs are everywhere.
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