But no: His plan at his party is to sing Billy Joel's "Honesty" in a tuxedo while flying up to be hung on a cross. Meanwhile, you might have thought Kendall's rap in Season 2, performed as a tribute to his father, was the most mortifying thing he could come up with as a public spectacle. You are so pitiable and also so terrible. And of course, he takes it out on his staff and on Greg, whom he calls a parasite and a tapeworm, and on Naomi, whose gift he treats with utterly loathsome indifference. And when he realizes Shiv and Roman only came to look for a business connection, he's wrecked. He relishes what he considers to be teasing his siblings with front-page jokes about their futures, but the fact that they think he is a joke genuinely hurts his feelings. But at the same time, he's devastated by his father and siblings cutting him off, even though he's been all bravado all season, going on about how he will come out on top. The party is such a monumentally embarrassing endeavor - the spectacle, the pink tunnel, the dumb screens that show fire and show Kendall's picture, the ridiculous things Comfry had to do, like sourcing lunchboxes he didn't even use. My pity for Kendall and my distaste for him are both at an all-time high this week. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) wishes he were happier to see Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin). I guess if you're looking for something working in Roman's favor, he does seem reasonably good at dealing with Matsson, even if by pursuing a potential deal in the bathroom for the second episode in a row. Wouldn't she naturally object? If there's a formal anointing of a favorite child, this would seem to be it. He's got his father's favor, and he intends to keep it.īut it's hard to believe Roman is really surprised that Shiv is so angry about Roman getting hold of Kendall's shares. Put that together with the way he defends the surveillance of Kendall's kids - a bridge too far for Shiv - and you see that whatever hesitation Roman ever had about which side he should take, it's entirely gone. Not only does he participate in Logan's stunt to cut Kendall off at his own party, but he's also helping Logan cut Shiv out by, it appears, acquiring Kendall's shares.
Didn't you learn anything from Marcia's reaction to your dalliance with Rhea? 89 MPH: Romanīetween last week's embrace of Mencken and this week's merciless treatment of Kendall and Shiv, Roman is really sinking into his role as the brother who's decided to throw all his cards in, not just to be like Logan, but to be more Logan than Logan is. It should also be noted that if Logan isn't having an affair with Kerry, his somewhat mysterious assistant, his kids certainly think he is.
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Logan sends Roman to the party with a birthday card in which he has actually crossed out "Happy Birthday" and written "CASH OUT AND F*** OFF." The enclosed term sheet offers Kendall more than two billion dollars for his share of the company, but really, Logan is kicking Kendall out of the family for good, officially, full stop. But this week, Logan underscores that he's not the only one cutting Kendall off Roman is too.
The stunt Logan pulled a couple of weeks ago after the shareholder meeting - making Kendall wait around under the impression they were going to meet, then leaving - made it pretty clear that the father-son relationship was over. Meanwhile, Roman is close to cementing his position as Favored Child. In a particularly grim episode, Kendall holds a blowout fortieth birthday party and discovers that the hope he once had that his siblings might take his side against their father is long, long gone. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) is planning the most ridiculous birthday party in history.