By episodeвЂ™s end, Logan names Roman permanent COO, solo. The finale seems to mark a maturation of sorts for Roman вЂ“ we see him offering rare honest advice to Logan, sincerely, if awkwardly defending Gerri in the breakfast summit expressing genuine concern for Kendall when he seems defeated by LoganвЂ™s blood sacrifice. Without the option to go private, the options for the company are *Shiv throat-slice motion, Tom tumbles off waterslide*. On the up from two brutal slaps this season вЂ“ Logan calling him a moron, Logan literally knocking out his tooth вЂ“ Roman rebounds with the uncharacteristically sober (and probably correct) assessment that the central Asian money is bullshit. Someone was going down, if not the company itself, a possibility heightened by the arrival of annoyed, and hostage-situation-chastened, Roman.

The Waystar Royco yacht cruise may abound in breezy linens and sunhats, but the mood was, as Tom said, вЂњdeath sentence vibesвЂќ. (The setting is ironic вЂ“ a cruise break from the cruise-line scandal вЂ“ but also evocative of the several real-life media mogul yacht dramas, such as Rupert MurdochвЂ™s fall on his sonвЂ™s yacht in Australia.) Logan was, again, not going to go out from the company quietly, and the public demanded at least one head roll for the cruise fiasco. Photograph: Home Box Office/Graeme HunterДЄfter a teasing glance at Cousin GregвЂ™s bumbling congressional testimony on the buried cruise mismanagement, Succession moved to the Mediterranean, where the Roys tower over lowly fishing boats in their huge yacht. HeвЂ™s also not immune to вЂњhow was your call reception?вЂќ pop-ups on his cell phone, notable in how striking it is to watch Logan have even a small brush with daily inconvenience. But the cruise scandal was toxic enough вЂ“ mysterious deaths, sexual harassment, вЂњno real person involvedвЂќ вЂ“ that even LoganвЂ™s power grip isnвЂ™t immune. The likelihood that this would ever happen, despite Logan seeming to consider it in public, was always close to zero throughout the season, any move toward answering the question of his succession has only entrenched Logan deeper into his increasingly maniacal reign. The shareholder tentatively floats the mood of his representatives: that Logan take the hit for the cruise scandal and step down. Case in point: the season finaleвЂ™s jarring image of Logan Roy at a highway-side coffee stop somewhere in Europe, avoiding an inconvenient automatic door while Facetiming a major shareholder (apparently no amount of billions can insulate you from the unflattering below-chin Facetime angle).

Several of the episodes have been contained to remote, inaccessible, lush locations вЂ“ a Hungarian hunting lodge, an Aspen-esque ideas festival, private jets, the peak of WASPness that is Tern Haven, the yacht вЂ“ and hinted at the small army of assistant, PR folk, and housekeepers who buffer their every interaction with the world. The second season in particular has highlighted the great insularity wealth provides the Roys and their ilk. 001% characters youвЂ™re not so much rooting for them in the world as rooting for them to fuck over each other.

Succession has always been careful to keep its distance from its.

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