HBO Maxs succession is a show that describes bad decisions, both in business and personal matters. For the Roy family, led by Logan Roy, CEO of media conglomerate Waystar, and his nest of emotionally neglected children, these two realms often intersect, forcing the characters to choose between their ambitions and each other. They choose wrong more often than not.
Sometimes the mistakes the ensemble makes are humorous, even when the viewer witnesses their fallout. Some mistakes are likely to haunt their performer until the end of time. A mash-up of the funny and the tragic, here are ten of them succession’s worse phone calls.
10 Kendall Drunk Driving
In a series riddled with characters who make bad choices, Kendall’s fateful drive is distinguished by the most horrific consequences and consequently the most intense impact. With plans to hostilely take over Waystar, a high-schooler leaves Kendall Shiv’s wedding with a caterer to end up with his car in a lake.
Kendall tries to save the caterer, but when his efforts are fruitless, he runs into the arms of his over-eager father. Not only Kendall’s plans to seize Waystar are being crushed right now, but so is he as a human.
9 Connor spends over half a million on fake antiques
Connor is easily the most eccentric of his siblings, which are quite unusual in their own right, and his acquisition of what was supposed to be Napoleon’s preserved penis sums this up. With the family already writing off this expensive purchase as yet another example of Connor’s trademark absurdity, the discovery that he’s lost a huge amount of money to a worthless object bolsters his image as an absolute fool.
Connor invests in many other bad (and expensive) ventures, but this one stands out as really ridiculous. Though not unrealistic given that Napoleon’s appendage was actually auctioned off and is in the possession of the buyer’s family to this day.
8 Shiv quits her political career
Logan often humiliates his kids about their lack of independence and inability to lead Waystar, but in this case, viewers see Logan can’t resist clipping his kids’ wings when they try to leave the nest. After learning that her father has no plans to retire and appointing his third wife, Marcia, as his successor, Shiv takes on a position on U.S. Senator Gil Davis’s team, where she quickly lands a promotion as his presented to the chief of staff.
Once Shiv gets the chance to create her own legacy, Logan dives in with (false) promises to make her Waystar’s CEO. Shiv falls for his lies, torpedoing her professional relationship with Gil and eventually clouding her reputation in an effort to protect her father’s company.
7 Nickname Lester “Mo”
While it’s understandable why it would be hard to resist a perfect opportunity for a darkly comedic (and very appropriate) pun, the Roy family’s nickname for Lester McClintock, a former Waystar board member, comes back to bite them. .
The struggle to explain why they would refer to Lester as “Mo” when they had no clue that he was indeed a molester is one of the most hilarious plot points in the series, but comes completely at the expense of Waystar and the Roy family credibility. Perhaps their cover-ups should be carried out with less humor in the future.
6 Logan names Rhea his successor
Before even officially declaring that the former head of a competitor will be Waystar’s new CEO, Logan’s favor of Rhea puts him at odds with Shiv, who is not only suspicious of Rhea but also resents that a stranger has taken in. what she considers to be her place as her father’s successor.
Logan’s fixation on Rhea strains his relationship with Marcia, who suspects the two are having an affair. As if escalating family tensions weren’t enough, Rhea abandons ship when Waystar’s sexual misconduct scandal takes a nasty turn, leaving Logan behind and Waystar looking as unsteady as ever.
5 Logan tries to scapegoat Kendall
Kendall spends most of the season as Logan’s puppet, partly because he’s in debt to Logan and partly because the fire has drowned him. However, ambition in Kendall is rekindled when Logan tells him to fall on his sword for Waystar and that he will never become CEO.
While this may have been a deliberate test on Logan’s part to see if Kendall really had a “killer” in him, the backlash from Kendall’s rebellion destabilizes an already shaky Waystar to the point where even Logan scrambles to try and keep his company afloat. .
4 Greg chooses Logan over Ewan
Although Logan’s older brother Ewan prides himself on maintaining strong morals unlike his brother, he threatens to cut his grandson’s 250 million inheritance if Greg doesn’t stop working in the devil’s lair, also known as Waystar. After Greg not only continues at Waystar, but also turns over incriminating documents to Logan in favor of a senior position, Ewan follows through on his threat.
Greg has not only chosen a morally darker path, but one where the light at the end of the tunnel is not guaranteed, especially with the Roy family as architects.
3 Novel who accidentally sexts his father
In a scene that made many viewers wince, Roman accidentally sends a picture of his dick intended for Waystar’s general counsel, Gerri, to his father. Aside from humiliation in the form of a worst-case sexting scenario, Roman’s mistext leads to him losing his temporary place as Logan’s ever-changing favorite child.
While it’s questionable whether Logan really intended to name one of his children as his successor, seeing his son’s penis in the middle of a meeting convinced him that Roman was not fit to be Waystar’s CEO. to be.
2 Shiv mistreats Tom
While Tom is no saint, Shiv’s emotionally abusive behavior verging on him has earned him a lot of sympathy from viewers. Over the course of the show, she cheats on him, pressures him into a non-monogamous marriage he doesn’t want, and even tells him she doesn’t love him under the guise of dirty talk.
While there are times when she feels guilty about hurting Tom, she continues to put herself above his needs. Karma comes for Shiv when Tom, fed up, reveals her and her siblings’ plan to nullify Waystar’s sale to Logan. Shiv is completely taken by surprise, in a poetic parallel to Tom’s emotions on their wedding night.
1 Logan doesn’t sacrifice himself
A near-perfect solution to Waystar’s cruise scandal is presented to Logan by his shareholders, with him claiming responsibility for the cover-up and handing over the reins. It was an opportunity to dismiss the misbehavior as the ways of the old and obsolete, to usher in a new and progressive era for Waystar. However, in a way that defines the series, Logan can’t bear to give up his power.
Though his business is shaky, all his family relationships are in shambles, and his own body is deteriorating, Logan still clings to the foundation of his authority. Ironically, his inability to loosen his grip leads to loss of control over his children and his real golden child, Waystar.
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