Succession
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No duck-and-cover drill could prepare you for the atomic cringe explosion of our No.
But never mind about that.
Ive gone anti-fragile, he tells his girlfriend, Naomi Pierce.
I can accommodate anything.
This is a lie.
He is the most sensitive of the Roy children, the most fragile.
Beneath all the hurt is self-loathing, too.
He believes that he deserves to be humiliated.
As usual, its his family that knows how to hurt him the most.
Logans card is aDead Dove: Do Not Eatsituation: What could it contain that would not damage Kendall?
(Now I gotta turn my back on you.)
The card eats away at Kendall from that point forward.
(It just feels like an assholes birthday party.
The presents were a sign that all might not be lost, but now theyre gone.
Shiv and Romans ulterior motives make it worse.
Earlier, the two had riffed on Kendall bragging Who isnt?
But Shiv and Roman are absent, too, in all but the most malevolent of ways.
They just keep twisting the knife.
Here, Kendall starts to fret again about what might be happening at the birthday bash hed abandoned.
Naomi settles him: Its just a party.
Roman wasnt the only one to notice Shivs disappointment that her husband wasnt going up the river.
That it doesnt cost him a date with her puts their relationship on solid footing.
Are they playing from the approved playlist in the main room?
Because my thing was all bangers, all the time.
Lets not forget that while Kendall is a pitiable figure, this is definitely an assholes birthday party.
Comfrys efforts to exchange Connors jacket for a VIP cashmere sweater earn her a noxious rebuke from Willa.
Connor seems turned on by it, but its not for his benefit.
She just wanted someone to abuse.
