Succession Season 3 Episode 6 centered around two primary topics. The first was the president.
Logan’s news network ATN had attacked the president’s mental state, so he decided
that he would not run for reelection in 6 months. So now the GOP is scrambling for a
Republican nominee. In America, corporations are allowed to buy out politicians due to
Citizen’s United. So basically rich people and corporations choose the Republican and
Democrat nominees. In the case of the show, the right-wing donors
got together at the Future Freedom Summit. At the beginning of the summit, one of the
biggest donors, Ron Petkus, gave a speech. Afterwards, he and Logan began to discuss
the options. The initial front-runner was the current Vice President Dave Boyer. Boyer
knew that Logan had a lot of influence, so he waited to chat with Logan in the lobby.
Logan made it clear that he would not back Boyer unless Boyer would get rid of the current
deputy Attorney General who is coming after Waystar Royco. And after a private meeting,
Boyer caved on that issue. Nonetheless, Hugo began to hear rumors that the case against
Waystar was weakening. So that issue became less of a factor.s
Moreover, Shiv said that Boyer is old news. She believed that the democrats would run
on change and blow him away. Shiv suggest that they support a democrat, but if not,
then they should support Rick Salgado. Rick is a tradition conservative who often discusses
policy. On the other hand, Roman backed Jeryd Mencken.
Shiv warned Jeryd Mencken was very toxic. He is Medicare-for-all, abortions for none.
Mencken talked about burning Korans, licensing press credentials, and he is anti-union. In
other words, Mencken is a fascist. On top of that, Mencken is a viral personality. Popular
on Youtube. And he mocked both ATN and Logan Roy as being irrelevant. Nevertheless, Logan
chose to back Jeryd Mencken. A good little boy who got Logan the Coke that he asked for,
suggesting to Logan that, in office, Mencken would do his bidding.
At the end of the episode, Logan asked Shiv to take a family photo with him, but she said
no. At least, she initially said no. That goes to show that Shiv still does have principles.
But once again, she caved to Logan. So for now, Mencken is the favorite to be the republican
nominee. Logan backs him. Ron Petkus will also back him.
Let’s quickly discuss another option: Connor. Connor wants to be president. And he has some
support. Logan was open to the idea. But unfortunately, his own sister Shiv did not support him. And
Greg said he owed it to his country to say that they should not crown Connor as president.
And there’s a lot more data to work with. Earlier in the episode, people asked Connor
where he met Willa, and they both said the internet, which is not entirely true. Later,
Connor said that his lack of experience is a positive since they can’t hold anything
again him. In other words, the Connor and Willa scenes may just be throw-away scenes
with no long-term implications. Or, the show may be setting up both Ron Petkus and Logan
Roy to back Connor, after which, his campaign will be attacked in regards to his relationship
with Willa. Now, let’s discuss Kendal’s War.
The DOJ questioned Kendal, and the session did not go very well. The case against Waystar
Royco is not very strong. Lisa told Kendal that he undermined her, and as you can see
by his reaction, he did not like that. As a result, Lisa Arthur, is no longer part of
his team. Kendal told Comfry that they should notify the world of that, and paint Lisa as
toxic. Kendal also continued to obsess over his image, and his PR Team licked his boots.
The show may be setting up Kendal for a major publicity fall.
Now let’s discuss Gojo Go. This is subtle, but potentially important.
In episode 3, Logan mentioned buying Gojo Go, which is a streaming interface. In episode
4, Kendal mentioned buying Gojo. And in episode 6, Logan said that Boyer would be okay with
Waystar acquiring Gojo, and Roman also mentioned Gojo Go. So this appears to be a future plot
point. Waystar will attempt to acquire the Gojo Go streaming service as a way to become
more modern. As a way to reach a larger, or rather, a different demographic. And Kendal
and Logan both want to do this. So they may not realize it, but there is a shared middle
ground for them. Okay, now the ending. No, not the family photo.
The real ending. First off, Kendal, Shiv, and Roman’s mother
Caroline has decided to get married to Peter Munion (CEO of Lavender Park Care Home). And
Caroline invited Logan to the wedding. So that event is on the horizon.
But more importantly, Tom is about to blow up.
During the episode, Tom had 2 meetings. First, he met with Greg, and Greg told him that Kendal
might burn Greg. Then, Tom met with Kendal. Inside the diner, Tom told Kendal that he
had kept notes on him. That came across as a joke, but it may actually pay off. Kendal
wanted Tom to say that nothing gets done without Logan’s sign off. Tom would not agree to
that. Outside, Tom warned Kendal that it was his
hunch that Kendal would get screwed because he has seen Kendal get screwed and he has
never seen Logan get screwed. Then, Kendal took a picture of him as a threat. Big mistake.
Tom may use the notes that he had warned Kendal that he had taken about him and be the one
to screw Kendal – as was his hunch - in order to save his buddy Greg, and maybe even
himself.