#Karl Roy

[hotch-girl]

FALL OF ROME 

SUCCESSION — 4.09 “CHURCH AND STATE”

[alcubierre-warpin]

Gerri we need to acquire Balenciaga

[you-belong-among-wildflowers]

“Someday…” ‘Someday, what? They’ll sing your praises? They’ll write your story? You don’t have a story, little one. You’re simply a footnote in mine.”

Succession in the Memoir and Non-Fiction Section

Inspired by @hannahpahl

[impossiblegirl24601]

Obsessed with this

[romecel]

how the episode should have gone

[cinematicnomad]

SUCCESSION ▸ 4.05 kill list

[romanroylesbian]

i love these three so much

[captaincanonly]

business show but make them psychic part 2?!

part 1

[brotherconstant]

J. SMITH-CAMERON as GERRI KELLMAN in SUCCESSION (2018-)

“How does this advance my personal position?” You need to think about that.

[attentionhoard]

[hotch-girl]

ROMAN ROY and KARL MULLER

SUCCESSION 2.03 | 4.09

[kenzie-ann27]

anyway

[divorcedtom]

Boar on the floor!

[loveandthings11]

Understanding in 1x02 vs 4x03:

*deep breath*

Early on, this is what Shiv sees:

This is what she doesn’t see:

Kendall is cornered into talking about the business. Wordlessly, gently threatened into it when he said he didn’t want to right now. Gerri and Karl aren't in mourning. They are doing their jobs, and they’re testing him to see if he can do his. If he said no and walked away, the company would be taken out of family control, Logan would be furious, and he'd lose out on his dream forever.

Shiv sees none of that happen, and Kendall doesn't even tell her about it- maybe because he thinks she wouldn't listen, maybe because she said she thinks he’s weak already, or maybe because he just almost never defends himself in general. But she can’t see his perspective without knowing what happened.

The lack of understanding between them results in this disaster:

She thinks he’s being cold by talking to the nominating committee, but we see how he really feels. He just always turns to reason and order in times of crisis and she doesn’t really know that.

He has not forgotten this conversation or Shiv’s perception of him here. He doesn’t want that:

Shiv’s been inside Waystar now. She knows now that talking business for a minute during a dark time doesn’t mean you don’t care. In fact, she did it while Kendall was confessing his worst moment, but it didn’t mean she loves him less. She knows him better now and has seen that he’s anything but emotionless. No one criticizes him for turning to reason and order this time. They ask for it.

No matter what happens, he won’t forget this nice conversation either. He won’t forget that his siblings finally see him the way he’s always hoped they would: as the big brother who can make hard decisions in seemingly impossible moments. He’s the one who can shepherd them through it. There’s trust there now and they finally know how it feels. The door will be open for togetherness now, even if it looks like it might close for a while. It’s not that they changed as people, it’s that they’ve learned how to read each other.

Not seeing each other’s perspectives led to having to be alone:

Now, it seems, even though they will struggle for a while, they have an understanding.

🤍

[driften-sea-snake]

why is no one talking about how at one point in the finale roman’s third eye senses something and he without prompting turns around to see frank mario kart drifting around a corner

[cinematicnomad]

SUCCESSION ▸ 4.09 church and state