'Succession' season premiere recap: The Roys are racing to hell. Who's leading?
What happened this week
In the aftermath of Kendall's press conference, Logan scrambled to stabilize Waystar and undertook a chaotic search for a temporary CEO as his children and loyal-ish helpers tried to figure out whether he was still the horse to bet on. Logan felt the pressure of both public scrutiny and a possibly cooling relationship with the regulatory powers who might be in charge of investigating the fresh and very public allegations against him. A re-energized Kendall set up a war room in his ex-wife's apartment, invited his girlfriend over, and started putting together a crackerjack team of gifted women he refuses to listen to.
The road to hell: speed rankings
If by "moral ruin" we mean "ethical nihilism," or, say, "hell," then it's safe to say that all the Roys and many of their associates are well on the way. But how quickly are they traveling? Let's look at the major players in order.
90 MPH: Logan
A question: Is Logan actually trying to pick the new CEO when he comes up with "it's Roman or Shiv, but it's also Shiv or Gerri, and it's also Roman or Gerri," or does he just enjoy tying everybody is what Logan is actually feeling, since he's naturally deceitful and there's almost nobody to whom he tells the truth. (This is why people speculated at the end of last season that maybe he Kendall to hold that press conference. You can project onto Logan pretty much endlessly.)
