We begin season 2 ofSuccessionwith a fallen-from-grace Kendall Roy chin-deep in a hot tub at a Scandinavian spa.
“I saw their plan.
It’s barely convincing.
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At least his family is happy.
And cue those amazing opening credits!
Just like that,Successiondives right back into the drama of the Roy family.
Season 1 was all about who would take Logan’s place as the CEO of Waystar Royco.
Kendall thought it would be him, but that very much turned out not to be the case.
Although the wicked premiere does appear to place one of Logan’s offspring ahead of the others… Logan summons all his children to mansion on Long Island to hear their thoughts on the question.
There’s a horrible smell when the entire family shows up.
It takes some time, but they finally discover a raccoon’s carcass in the chimney.
“I saw their plan.
Dad’s plan was better.”
Neither of them buy it.
Time for the family meeting which doesn’t yield anything.
Logan sits his children down and asks them if he should sell or not.
Almost everyone is too scared to say what they actually think because of the atmosphere Logan has created.
So Logan tries another tactic and agrees to meet with each of them individually.
His meeting with Roman, who assumes he’s the heir apparent, yields nothing.
But Logan assures her he’s not effing around, and so she says yes.
(I still don’t fully believe this is a genuine offer.)
Both of them decide to keep it a secret.
Roman is not happy.
The Roys are going to war.
