Succession Page #5

Season #1 Episode #1

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Go, Rava!

Psych your mind!

Go!

That's a strike.

- Got her looking!

- That's good pitching.

- Change sides!

- Hey, man.

It was balletic, though,

kinda came around..

I hear you're the new kid. Yeah?

Oh, well, I mean,

I'm just kinda starting...

- I hear you're coming in.

- Yeah.

Yeah, eyes on the prize.

Well, I have got my eye on you.

Yeah, you need any help,

seriously, any help,

any advice, just, you know,

don't f***in' bother, okay?

I'm only razzing you, cuz.

You're dreaming, really.

I'm razzing you.

- Okay.

- That was a joke.

No, really.

You know, the thing,

I may look really fun,

- you know?

- Yeah.

But the thing about me

is that I'm a terrible, terrible prick.

I got you again. I just got you again.

F*** me, man, your face.

Pals. Yes?

Yeah.

Would you kiss me?

- What? Kiss you?

- Would you?

If I asked you to?

- Would I kiss you?

- If I told you to? Huh?

I don't...

Come on.

I'm joking. I'm joking.

- All right, Siobhan.

- Bring it!

Batter swing!

Just like that!

Hold up. Hang on, hang on. Sorry.

- Apologies.

- Boo! Boo.

Honey, boo him.

- Yeah. okay. Sorry. I gotta run.

- Boo!

It's the crunch.

Frank, will you be link man here?

Uh-huh.

- Dad?

Of course.

Come here, sweetie.

Well, if Kendall's going, we

need one more to make it fair!

Keep it up, slugger.

The kid. Hey! Hello!

Hello! Kid. Yeah. Yes.

You. You. You wanna play?

Dad, can he play?

Yes. Sure.

Thank you, Dad.

Yeah, hey, what's up?

I just got some background

for the story I heard you had cookayin'.

That's right. Yeah, I know Kendall Roy.

And he's saying Logan's lost it.

Yeah, that's right.

Some board members and

senior management,

they want him out.

That's what I'm hearing from

people close to the family.

Those disloyal fucks.

Just... Just say source

close to the family.

- That's high.

- Too high.

You're gonna be fine.

Relax, don't worry about it.

- Can you hit a ball?

- Yeah.

Great, because I will give you

one million dollars

if you hit a home run.

- I'm dead serious, okay?

- For real?

Yes, for real. A million dollars.

Honey, where's the... your bag?

Hey, I'll do it for a million.

Give me that.

Just kidding. You're good.

All right.

I don't know why you're smiling.

I am dead serious.

I will give you

one million dollars, cash,

for a home f***ing run.

Rome, don't be an a**hole.

I'm not being an a**hole. I want

him incentivized. This is fun.

It's a game. Jeez,

stop being so serious.

Witnesses.

Good luck. I believe in you.

All right, let's do this!

One million dollars.

Okay, come on.

- That's it.

- Run, kid!

That's a hit. That's a damn hit.

Come on, Shiv! I'm here, Shiv!

- Come on!

- Tom!

Come on! Come on, run faster!

- No! No!

- Bad luck, kid.

Oh, no! You were so damn close!

That was so close!

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, that is so sad! Oh, I'm sorry.

I can't give it to you. That

would have counted, by the way.

That was almost a home run,

if you went all the way around.

But it was a really good effort.

Really. Quite tremendous.

So take this back to your life.

It's a quarter million. Enjoy.

Son... magnificent effort.

- Thank you.

- Magnificent.

- Come here.

- It's okay.

Hey, Lawrence.

Sorry the other offer fell through.

I don't know what happened.

But we fattened

the goose nice now, right?

The number is 140.

Cash, with a stock alternative.

You're on our board.

Take the stock, you'll own

a nice piece of us.

Well, that is an appealing package.

It is, yeah. It's appealing.

You better play nice, though.

Because I'm the whole company.

Yeah, I think you're gonna stick around

because I'm gonna stuff

your mouth with so much money

you're gonna sh*t gold figurines.

Non-disclosure agreement.

Non-voting shares. Non-compete.

I'm going to lock you in a golden

cage, f*** you with a silver dildo,

and pay you so much

you sing whatever song I want.

- Easy. You still need me to recommend this.

- No, I don't.

This is a deal so f***ing

good you have to take it,

or we'll see you in court.

Dude.

How you doing, sir? How's everything?

I'm Colin. I work for Mr.

Logan Roy and the Roy family.

We'd like to keep this quiet

today, if you'll agree to that.

We'd like to have you sign

a non-disclosure agreement.

- You wanted five?

- Oh, Frank. Yeah.

I've been thinking

if now isn't a time

for a new role for you.

Okay. As in what sort?

Light duties.

Light duties.

Are you kidding me? Logan. Me?

There should be a press

release on your phone.

Proof it.

You might want to give it a

bit of color, it's quite dry.

That's it? To me. That's it? After 30...

Jesus Christ. Here?

You are what you do, Logan.

You know that?

In the end, you're just what you do.

Don't worry, you'll get your nut.

Connor!

Shiv! Roman!

The other helicopter.

Colin, see to it.

Well, officially the

deadline has passed.

So... what do you say, kids?

What's the Frank situation?

Frank's out of the picture.

Yeah?

Frank's dead. Tom's stepping up,

and Shiv's thinking about a new role.

So, are we good?

Um... Shiv?

Rome?

Con?

I'm with these two. What they say goes.

Our position is

this doesn't quite work for us.

At present.

You what?

It's not sufficiently

attractive as a proposition.

Are you f***in' joking?

We get that. We do.

And we would love to help.

I would love to help.

Then help.

But why would I

when I'm giving away power?

Why would I do that?

So... so Kelly, uh...

Who's Kelly?

Kelly will set up some figures.

He should see that, uh...

Dad?

- Dad?

- Yeah, he...

- Dad, it's just a first position.

- Dad?

Get a grasp of what... what...

- Dad! Dad!

- Dad!

Dad!

- Dad! Dad!

- Dad! Dad!

Just, yeah. A hospital.

Take us to a hospital.

Okay, yeah, now!

Has he fainted?

- He fainted? He's hot.

- He's really hot. I don't know.

- Kendall?

- Yeah.

Have you heard the news?

What?

Deal.

It's all very exciting.

I can't wait to...

- We got a deal?

- Yeah.

- Serious?

- Yes?

Oh, dude.

Listen, I think...

I think you've made

a really great decision

and I hope there's no hard feelings

over all the sh*t-talking.

Oh, no, no, it's cool.

It's cool.

So, the news I was talking about

is that your dad just

had a brain hemorrhage.

What?

Yeah. I'm so sorry.

- Are you...

- But...

you just invited me

into the chicken coop.

And without Daddy around to protect you,

I'm gonna eat you all.

One by f***ing one.

Hello?

Kendall. Thank God.

We've been trying to reach you. Um...

Dad is in the hospital.

He's...

We were in the helicopter,

and we got here really fast,

but they think...

We don't know. They think

he's had a brain hemorrhage.

If you could get here really soon,

that'd be good.

I'm sorry.

Um...

Most first-time homebuyers would

love to live in Newport Beach.

But average home price in Newport

Beach is over $1 million.

So, most of the homes...

There is a degree

of stock market volatility.

As Waystar Royco's chairman

is reported to be

in critical condition

following a major medical incident...

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