The Roy family and their WayCorp conglomerate have been left in shambles in the Season 3 premiere of Succession, after the bombshell in the Season 2 finale.
Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) dropped a bombshell in the Season 2 finale, exposing his father as complicit in sexual abuse and other allegations.
As Season 3 begins, both Kendall and his legendary father Logan Roy (Brian Cox) both struggle to find their footing as a the Roy family wages civil war on each other.
Shambles: The Roy family and their WayCorp conglomerate have been left in shambles in the Season 3 premiere of Succession, after the bombshell in the Season 2 finale
Bombshell: Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) dropped a bombshell in the Season 2 finale, exposing his father as complicit in sexual abuse and other allegations
The episode begins with Logan in a helicopter circling some mountains as they land in a wooded retreat.
Kendall is seen trying to calm himself down in a bathroom while Greg (Nicholas Braun) waits for them.
Logan lands with the rest of his team and his family, with Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron) revealing that Logan spent a lot of time on the helicopter ride talking about his mother.
Greg asks Kendall if he’s OK and he comes out and talks about ‘action stations’ and has them ‘get into this’ as the title sequence rolls.
The episode, written by series creator Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod, continues with Kendall starting to lay out his strategy to Greg and Jess (Juliana Canfield).
Jess adds that they are in a company vehicle, adding he probably doesn’t work for the company anymore after his bombshell announcement in the Season 2 finale.
Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are with their father’s team and watching footage of Kendall, as Roman asks Shiv what she thinks of all this.
She says she thinks they should back dad... but what she’s really thinking is he’s toast.
Hugo (Fisher Stevens) tries to figure out a strategy when Logan asks the kids if they knew Kendall was going to do that.
Roman adds Kendall is ‘mentally insane’ as Logan asks where his phone is.
Kendall is driving as Jess answers a call from Logan as they trade barbs through Jess, with Kendall telling him to step aside to avoid jail time.
Logan tells the team that he gave Kendall a chance, as Gerri suggests calling the Department of Justice, as Logan asks if they cooperate with the government.
Gerri says they don’t know what they have so they have to play ball as Roman suggests destroying Kendall.
Logan wonders if they admit wrongdoing there are ‘billions out the door,’ with Logan suggesting they get the President.
Greg tells Kendall that he is the ‘number one trending topic on Twitter’ and that the Pope followed him… but it doesn’t seem to be the real pope.
Kendall calls Frank (Peter Friedman) telling him that there is a place for him at the company he’s going to be running.
Gerri tells Logan that the President is supportive, and tells the President’s person that he’s not asking for favors.
She asks if there any danger of the government going after them but it’s unclear.
They get to the airfield as Kendall calls Shiv but she doesn’t say anything as Greg tells Kendall that the
