Absolutely love this show. My favorite show on television the last couple of years. If someone asks me to explain it, I usually compare it to Billions if Billions had much better writing, a much better story, much better acting, better humor, better drama and a non-ridiculous vibe. So I guess it's really nothing like Billions at all.

There were some great lines in this episode. But I laughed out loud when connor's girlfriend said that she thought selling seemed cool. Roman's reaction was great.

Also loved the last scene with Kendall acting like Logan's abused dog and giving Logan's threatening message to Stewey (think that's his name). Their reactions were great.

I could see Logan dying before letting anyone know about Shiv taking over. I feel like they are hinting at that by making it obvious that they will not tell anyone for the time being. Either way, it obviously won't be a smoothe transition one way or the other.

Finally watched last night. Kendall's "CNN" appearance was just absolutely painful television- he plays the beaten dog role really well.

Ha, man, I think Roman is on fire this season. I love him so much. I especially loved seeing him hold his own against Kendal in the meeting with Logan and seeing how he used his particular skill set to get the down low on the union and all that. That was the first time he's actually been competent and effective and that was just fun to see.

Silky Johnston said:

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What was the significance at the end of the episode of Kendall stealing a pack of batteries and then immediately throwing them away?

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I hope it was the first flash of Kendal returning to his former self and breaking away from this robotic version. Starting with pulling the wool over Vaulter's eyes, and then a small gesture of **** you for not paying attention to your customer.

The battery stealing is just a little thing he can do to still feel like he is alive and in control of anything. Even the trip to the store is him being chauffeured by the motorcycle guy.

They've done a better job of rounding out Roman so far. He was so extreme last season that it was almost a caricature. But this season he's still extreme and fun, but they've made him a bit more realistic and savvy. It's a good change.

The frequency they show Kendall's motorcycle chauffer situation is cracking me up. It's like they are trying to match the number of "**** offs" with the number of times they show Kendall arriving on the back of a bike and handing his helmet over.

I was starting to get a little weary with depressed robot Kendall, but then the manner in which he gutted Vaulter was frickin awesome. I do think he'll be breaking out of that depressed robot style much more soon.

My dad told me to.

Yeah I think we're all growing a little weary of robot-Kendall (which is surprising that it took less than 2 episodes to reach that point), so the cold, precision, uncaring way he just gutted Vaulter with no liabilities/loose-ends and every ounce of value squeezed out of it including any intellectual property that the company can claim was created under their employment ("I even made a list of all the ideas people had and most are **** but a few might have some worth") was just beautifully surgical.

https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/succession-hbo-vaulter-blog-headlines.html

Yes!

https://deadline.com/2019/08/succession-renewed-season-3-hbo-1202672468/

Really having a tough time figuring out the Logan/Shiv situation. Something is off there, I wish there was some kind of hint because the Marcia thing added weirdness. I can't put my finger on it.

Loved the Logan/Kendall/Roman interaction with Vaulter, takes Roman's idea but has Kendall execute it. He's playing all the kids.

Kendall stealing the batteries to throw them away feels like one of two things. He felt like he could do anything after doing a good job for his dad and being brought into the office to help with the investors perhaps. Or he feels completely dead inside at this point and stole something to see if he felt anything.

Finally, Presidential candidate Connor Roy has a nice ring to it, let's keep that going.