This week on 'Succession,' Waystar stumbles at the finish line of the GoJo deal, while Kendall hits a new rock bottom. Alan Sepinwall's recap
There is a lot to unpack in both scenes, and in “Chiantishire” as a whole. But the notion of a family member being defined by their absence feels like the most important place to start. After all, Kendall is largely absent from the episode, in part because Caroline has chosen to appease Logan and her status-seeking fiance Peter by banning her son from many events of the wedding weekend, in part because he is no longer significantly involved in anything involving Waystar-Royco.
Critics will not get to see the finale in advance. This should not necessarily be taken as a sign of Kendall or someone else dying, since HBO has withheld screeners for many recent finales. Just making clear that any speculation you read here or elsewhere about the finale will be exactly that: speculation.
And even when he’s nowhere near water, Kendall seems to be drowning. His coup attempt failed. No one at Waystar is going to prison. The hostile takeover bid has proved meaningless, as we see here when Stewy and Sandi feel sandbagged by news of the planned GoJo acquisition. He is being shunned by the whole family, but also can’t really get away from them until Logan agrees to buy him out, and the old man is clearly enjoying Kendall’s suffering too much for that.
But even before we get to the offending item, the non-Kendall portions of “Chiantishire” consistently sing at peaklevels. It is as quotable as any installment I can remember , and packed with great and deeply uncomfortable bits of business for every major character, from Willa wavering on Connor’s ill-conceived marriage proposal to Cousin Greg deciding to use Comfry as a “date ladder” to gain the attention of even more desirable women.
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