Logan's in. He's on the floor.
Explain to me exactly what he's doing.
GREG HIRSCH: Terrifyingly moseying.
He's wearing sunglasses inside.
He looks like if Santa Claus was a hitman.
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Logan, he's constantly testing people.
He's testing loyalty.
And he's testing their own sense of how idiotic are they.
One email.
Please, don't exhaust yourself. (CHUCKLES WRYLY)
Playing Logan, there's a sense of mystery
that you have to hold 'cause people go,
"I don't know who this guy is, and I don't like this guy,
but at the same time I'm kind of drawn to him, in a way."
I'm going to be spending a lot more time in here
with you lot.
Because I love it in here.
-I fucking love it! -(CROWD CHEERS)
I'm sorry, can I possibly, please, uh,
grab you just for five minutes quickly please?
Yeah, why not?
You've already grabbed every other woman in Manhattan.
(CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY) Thank you.
NICHOLAS BRAUN:
where I tell Kerry that her audition tape
to be a newscaster isn't very good,
and that she has, "rubbery" arms.
The arms aren't right?
This is on TV, and it can happen
that they shoot weird, the camera--
So who was in this focus group, Greg?
Just you?
That's the first time Greg has brought somebody
into a room.
And sort of fired them.
That felt like it broke some new ground and felt good
to be the one shitting on somebody a little bit.
This focus group isn't real.
I'm gonna take you apart like a human string cheese.
Understood.
(SOFTLY) I did the job.
JESSE ARMSTRONG:
is largely about trying to persuade people
who have some leverage over you.
Hey.
Oh, shit.
The reason that Logan is more voluble in that scene
is, to my estimation, it's simply power.
LOGAN ROY: Let's get this figured out.
And then I can let you get back to your fun.
This is an unusual position for him
in that the kids have power over him,
so he needs to deploy, you know, vinegar and honey
if he wants to try and catch those flies.
Aside from this, I wanted you there a bit
at my party.
Holy shit.
Did Dad just say a feeling?
BRIAN COX:
But he can't articulate it
because he doesn't want to.
Come on, guys, he's trying something.
He's often a person of few words.
I think back to the episode when he does family therapy
where he does say some stuff.
Usually it's because he needs to.
I'm sorry can we cut the shit?
Also, maybe, some people might see
the influence of Kerry.
Your father wanted to address the personal stuff
and not just launch into the business.
He seems to have had previous conversations
where she'd, either for, real emotional reasons,
or for tactical reasons, suggest it might be a politick
to make an apology or a gesture
in that direction to the kids.
Do you know what he's offering?
You can separate the personal and the business,
you can reset your dynamic as a family.
It may be more complicated than that.
Logan is trying to make this Waystar Royco work,
but he knows that it's a mess.
Look, I don't do apologies.
But if it means so much to you, sorry.
Logan, he's responsible to this thing that he's created
even though it's become slightly monstrous.
He still thinks he can be in control of it.
It's that element, which of course
is so brilliant in the writing, that sense of implicit honor
that Logan requires.
He doesn't require devious planning,
which the children are so busy doing time and time again.
This deal push could be worth 100 mil to us, Dad.
How many sorries do we get for that?
JESSE:
if I can feel what everyone in the room is thinking.
And usually, in this show, I feel like I can
with the help of my colleagues in the writers' room,
we know where everyone's at,
and I know their psychology pretty well.
And that's when an ensemble scene comes together
is when, as the writer, and then also,
you translate that to the audience that,
of course that's the thing that each person would say
at that precise moment, and it feels right.
That can be an enjoyable feeling in a group scene.
I love you.
But you are not serious people.
KIERAN CULKIN:
for the reason that he's probably the most likely
to get him on his side.
But, also, I do sort of believe that he is the most
like Logan in some ways.
If there is anybody that he could
pass over the company,
or could teach, it could be Roman.
I want you to come with me and see Mattson.
I could use your help.
Oh, yeah?
He's exhausted every element of his other children.
Roman is quite smart about things.
He's got a certain skillset about him
which is, I think, undeniable.
But we don't always see it.
And he knows that Roman is raw, and I think he has
great respect for Roman's rawness.
LOGAN: I need a firebreather.
A ruthless fuck who will do whatever it takes.
Maybe I should go.
KIERAN:
a comfortable place for Roman.
When Logan lets you in, it's like the sun shines on you.
And even though he left us in the dark, cuts us out,
they're trying to make their own life, and that's fine,
but just seeing him and feeling like
there's a little invite into the sunshine
is just really appealing.
And you really want me at ATN?
And more, Romulus.
I need you.