Succession Page #2

Season #1 Episode #1

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- So I don't...

- Shh.

Oh, sh*t.

Sorry. F*** you, man.

Every intern on the street

knows that you're stepping up.

Seriously, congrats.

I'm just so pleased to be out of here.

This place was essentially a cage to me.

I should take off. F*** it.

Hey, congrats, man.

- Thanks for coming by.

- Mm-hmm.

Mwah.

Look at all this f***in' bullshit!

Mm, yes, mm, very serious, mm.

Love you, brother.

Good.

Right.

Just keep everything straight, okay?

Good.

By the way, we need another setting.

Another family member is coming.

- Marcy.

- What?

I'm heading out,

as ordered.

Great. Till 1:
00...

Fine. But in here, yeah?

I don't want a f***in' heart

attack from the surprise.

And I don't want anyone in my face

when I come out of the elevator.

Right. Distance.

Have them here. And, uh...

- What?

- Not too loud.

Do you want me to email you the

exact details of the surprise?

Yeah?

- I'll see you later.

- Yeah.

Right. Get your coat.

Yeah, yeah.

Richard, get him his coat.

Of course.

- Just double-check.

- Okay.

When were you gonna look at that speech?

I'll be back by Sunday night so I'll

look at his speech with him then, okay?

Okay, but his office wants the

poll numbers by the preekend.

The "preekend"?

What the f***'s a "preekend"?

Preekend is Friday.

If he wants them by Friday,

can he not say Friday?

Thursday lunch through Friday

afternoon is the preekend.

Oh, fine. Get Rennie

to look at the numbers.

Shiv.

This is a f***in' disaster.

I got to strategize my gift.

What can I get him he'll love?

I don't know. My dad

doesn't really like things.

He doesn't like things?

No, not really.

It needs to say that "I respect you",

but I'm not awed by you.

And that I... I like you,

"but I need you to like me

before I can love you."

So what says that?

Just, look, everything that you get him

will mean an equal amount of nothing,

so make sure it looks like 10 to

15 grand's worth and you're good.

- Will you come in here and help me?

- Yes.

Please help me.

Yes. Get him a watch.

If we go stupid on the stock,

what does a really sexy package

look like? Hmm?

He's probably illiquid, right?

So, what, we throw in

another ten million?

Might need to throw in a blow job, too.

I'll throw in a blow job.

I'll throw in a blow job.

I'll throw in a reach-around.

Hell, I'll even cup his balls.

Dad.

I thought you'd be

in St. Barts by now.

- How's it goin'?

- Good.

Uh, yeah. Fine. Good.

Uh, why are you...

Are we okay?

Yeah, it's just some paperwork.

What, ahead of the announcement?

Putting Marcy on the trust.

It's... bullshit.

I, uh, I just felt like checkin' in.

Oh. Yeah, fine.

- So this is just the trust?

- Yeah.

Doesn't affect me stepping up?

No, no, no, no, no.

I think I told you about it.

Is that...

Sorry, Dad, I'm kind of

in the middle of...

Do you need... Do I need

to lawyer all this?

It's housekeeping.

Fine. Yeah. Yeah. Marcy's fine by me.

I mean, the others

might not feel the same, but...

I'll deal with that.

So, I'll see you in...

Yeah, look, Dad, on lunch.

I really want to be with you,

but the deal...

- Son.

- You know.

It's your call.

Just priorities.

There'll be plenty more.

Uh-oh. Wheat.

Bye, Frank.

All right, amigo.

I have five farms,

and underneath all my farms

runs a big, giant aquifer

that's like an underground lake.

- That's so cool!

- I have pumping rights.

That means I get to take the water.

- That's so cool!

- And it's very important

because someday water's gonna

be more precious than gold

and people are gonna kill each

other to try to get that water.

Oh, hey, hey, Tom, don't, don't.

- Don't listen to him.

- Right, right, sorry.

But I'm gonna have the water.

And I'll share with you.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Good.

- How are you?

- Good. You look great.

- What a beautiful color.

- Thanks. Same.

- Thank you.

- Love that.

Thanks.

- Hi, Tom.

- Hey, Marcia, how are you?

- Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you.

- How are you?

- Very good.

Hey, Global Tom. How you shaking?

You still f***ing sh*t up for us?

Still cleaning up your mess, pal.

Yeah, right.

- Hey, sis.

- Hi.

Politics still boring

the living sh*t out of you?

Yeah, you know, I'm burying the

bodies, counting the cash.

Look at you. You like, you

know, an actual human person.

- Well, thanks, buddy.

- Mm-hmm.

- Hi.

- Oh, what is that?

Date Rape by Calvin Klein?

Yeah, you wish.

"You wish"?

- Mr. Roy!

- Mr. Roy, please!

Mr. Roy. Over here. One shot, please.

Say, guys, can we back off?

- How 'bout a smile?

- Guys, back off. Private event.

Logan, Logan, you going today?

Is that right? Is that right?

- Back off, please.

- F*** off.

- Handle that, will ya?

- Just one shot!

Mr. Roy.

Hi. Hello. Hello there.

Whoa. Can I help you, sir?

Yeah, I'm actually...

I'm actually here to see you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Get your hands back!

Who are you?

- What are you doing?

- Greg! I'm Greg!

I'm Marianne's Greg. Your nephew?

- You know this guy?

- My Mom called Marcia

and I talked to that guy

and he said that I could go up.

- We're good?

- Right.

I didn't know you were coming.

- Yeah, you did.

- Sorry about that, guy.

- I think you did.

- You all right?

- Sorry about that.

- I hope it's okay.

I wanted to say happy birth...

Happy birthday and many happy returns.

Oh, thank you.

I suppose you better come up.

He's a very good bodyguard.

Folks, he's back!

He's back. Find a place.

Hide for the surprise. Come on.

Oh, we're not surprising him, are we?

- Yeah.

- Oh, he's gonna love this.

Think last time I surprised him,

he took a swing at me.

You might know this,

but I got a little bit of help,

and I got onto the international

management training program?

The theme park tour?

And I was very into it?

And... I got sick.

Out of Doderick's eyeholes.

Surprise!

Great. Excellent. Wonderful.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Hi. Hi.

Okay. OK. Give me room. Give me room.

Thank you. Thank you. What a surprise.

- Marcia.

- What?

What did I say?

I said nobody by the elevator.

And what do I find?

Everybody's by the elevator.

- It's a surprise.

- Oh, a surprise.

Give me that.

In the office, please.

Connor, Primo! How are you?

Good. Excellent, Pa. Here you go.

Roman! Romulus!

Look at you! You look fantastic!

Yeah, of course.

Happy birthday.

Siobhan. Sweetheart.

Happy birthday.

Where's Tom?

He's here. He's just there.

Oh, well, never mind.

Everybody, this is...

Craig, by the way.

Cousin Craig.

"Craig"? It's Greg. N-No?

Yeah. Greg.

People sometimes, like,

mistakenly call me Craig, too,

so I'll answer to both.

Here. This is just a token of my

very real and enduring admiration,

- in the hope...

- Kendall?

You came?

Yeah, of course.

- Happy birthday, Dad.

- Uh-huh.

- Hey, Marcy.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Big day.

Congratulations... you bastard.

- Congratulations. Good luck.

- Thanks.

Hey. Hey, Kendall.

- How's it goin'?

- So! What's the news?

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