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'Succession' recap, Season 3, Episode 5: Keeping it in the family

On this week's episode, the family tries to hold on to Waystar Royco, and Logan's health takes an alarming turn for the worse.
Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) are all on tenterhooks at the shareholders' meeting.

This is the week Logan and his family have been waiting for: We've finally reached the shareholders' meeting where Stewy and Sandy 2 (and her father, Sandy 1) will try to wrest control of Waystar Royco away from the Roy family by persuading enough shareholders to vote with them. Everything gets very wobbly when Logan's physical and mental condition seem to abruptly deteriorate, but Shiv pulls off quite a trick by settling with Sandy 2, keeping control in the family while also agreeing to some power-sharing with Stewy and the Sandies.

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85 MPH: Logan

The most striking thing about Logan in this episode is how withering he is with Shiv after she makes the deal with Sandy 2. The whole thing really was about to go up in smoke, and he's completely unable to specify what

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