Photo: Peter Kramer/HBO Spoilers ahead for season two, episode four of Succession, “Safe Room,” which is streaming early this week on HBO Go and HBO Now.
3. Logan Roy Last week Logan was panicked; this week he’s regained at least a little bit of his prowess. He’s going all in on this Pierce deal, against everyone’s judgement — but isn’t part of the thrill of Succession just assuming that Logan knows something we don’t? For how much Logan time we get on this show, not a lot of it is spent watching him interact with people outside the family.
Rhea is slick, though, and a deal-maker. She seems to trust Logan, but will her bosses? There are so many glass balls up in the air right now, and Rhea is central to at least three of them: the PGM acquisition, the Pierce family themselves, and who has the best hair this season. 8. Brian “Me? I’m an enigma. You can’t pigeonhole me. I’m there and then I’m gone. I’m intellectually promiscuous but culturally conservative.” Do you hear that? That’s the sound of about nine Hinge profiles being furiously edited to reflect this line of dialogue, and I have swiped left on every single one.