Siobhan “Shiv” Roy wants her power back in Succession Season 4, Season 5. She is the youngest kid in Roy Family, and for a few episodes, she has been sidelined by her brothers. Logan, who was the CEO of the Media and Entertainment Conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. He wasn’t stepping down from the CEO’s position even if he felt sick frequently. Logan’s kids hated to work under their dad, and each one of them had dirty politics running over their minds to get into the CEO position defeating others.
Kendall, who is the eldest one among the siblings, tries his best to prove his worth to the family but ends up losing because of his false deeds. However, when Logan was dying, he called his kids, but only boys joined, and Shiv was late. So, Shiv’s brothers became co-CEOs, and Shiv failed to share the title. Now, she feels that she is getting sidelined. And, now, in Succession Season 4 Episode 5, she takes a bit of her power back. Let’s see what happened as Succession Season 4 Episode 5 Ending is Explained here.
Succession Season 4 Episode 5 Ending Explained
In Episode 4, Kendall and Roman took over the position of CEO as their father, Logan, died. Succession Season 4 Episode 5 is certainly a new beginning that revolves around power play, plotting for the division of the family, and a retreat. Things are going to be awful as Wayster RoyCo. Has three eyes on it, Lukas Matsson, Kendall, and Roman.
At the end of the episode, we are directed to Norway, where the retreat is going to take place, and in a few scenes, we can sense that things are not working out. Logan being a good businessman, knew how to handle situations because of his carefree attitude, and Lucas’s behavior was similar to Logan so he acted like Logan, but Kendall and Roman weren’t supporting Lucas.
They called the Tribute band since these siblings are not like their father. Throughout the episode, the Roys were focussing on securing the deal and not letting Matson succeed in his plans. They wanted the deal in their favor so that they could succeed in the plan they made for Pierce and ATN.
However, now Matson wanted ATN as part of the deal and there was something about that which crushed the brothers up the wrong way. Matson wanted Wayster RoyCo. And ATN, and for this, he was trying to continue with any kind of evil plan. Later, Kendall and Roman decided to run Wayster RoyCo. On their own, and they were to stop the deal.
In the continuation of the episode, we see how confused Roman and Kendall was regarding the deal as they sense Matson’s evil plans, which include death as a pawn. Now, the scene is shifted to Shiv, who is sneaky over here. Matson plays a doubtful mind game with Shiv asking for her brothers’ images. Shiv sends the pictures to him. Matson knew that Kendall and Roman were planning to back off from the deal, so he decided to ask the board of Wayster RoyCo. to force the CEOs to take the deal. The episode ends here.
But we need to talk about a few important characters, and the first one is Tom, Shiv’s husband. Well, Shiv is a few months pregnant with Tom’s baby, but they have a lot of discomfort between them. Their marriage isn’t going well at all. Shiv wants a divorce, and they were to take such a step. However, there are more problems in his life. If you remember, Tom got all the money and power because of his marriage and his father-in-law, Logan.
He was everything because of him as he got the position and inclusion, not in the family but in the company. After Logan’s death, he was nothing but a puppy. Kendall and Roman didn’t even consider him, and Matson was embarrassing him. His relationship with Shiv was also not good. We might see more hurdles coming his way. Next is Kendall, who always wanted to be the CEO of the company, and after Logan, he got the job. So, he was living this CEO life as when he entered the office, and everyone respectfully greeted him.
We all know he was born rich, so in this episode, we can sense that he didn’t need more and more money, but he needed power, just immense power. He got that but has to share it with his brother. Concentrated is what he wants, but since his brother is with him, he has to share things with him, but these boys are sidelining Shiv. Earlier, Logan and the family used to discuss everything, and they knew what was going on in the family and company. But, now, the brothers are not feeling necessary enough to share anything with Shiv.
This wasn’t it! Brothers had clashed, too, which showed up a bit when their words were going in different directions in front of Matson. All these backlashes can be hints of something destructive that can happen to these boys. The CEOs trying their best to become like their father, which is good, but the thing they should keep in mind is that they have to be cooperative with each other.
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Kendall and Shiv in Succession Season 4 Episode 6
In the Succession season 4 episode 6, we can see much clear division among the siblings where Shiv knows that she has to take her position back, and Kendall wants to not go with the deal. This episode was tense. The episode started with Logan’s video in which he said his kids were useless. Well, that’s what Kendall used to hear now and then when his father was around. Because of this, Kendall doubted himself to a greater extent. Even if he was the eldest of all, his father said he wasn’t capable enough to be a CEO.
In the previous episode, we see how Kendall struggles to show his worth to his dad so that he can get the position. But failed as he took some wrong steps to do so. In the current scenario, he is the co-CEO, but he still doubts himself. At the end of the episode, we see him giving an excellent speech and getting praise. He was way too satisfied. His father’s videos and all the opinions regarding Kendall seem as if all that was to boost Kendall up.
In future episodes, we might see a more confident Kendall who will be handling things in his way. Also, while he was giving the speech, he choked a bit which shows that even if he wanted power from his father by hook and crook but he still misses him. The brothers are sidelining Shiv, hiding things from her, and kind of thinking she is incapable and powerless. But, in the episodes, it is clear that the one playing the better game is Shiv herself.
She is in with her brothers, has shooked hands with Matson, and not leaving Tom. Shiv knew that she was being avoided by her brothers, but she was not going against them when others, such as Lucas or Matson, wanted her to disclose things related to her brothers. Well, she was playing smart as she was keeping all three parties by her side. If her brothers betray her, she will have the option to destroy them. Brothers are certainly unaware of this.
Matson even told once that someone from inside (Wayster RoyCo.) is working for him secretly. Next, her relationship with Tom! In this episode, we saw Tom and Shiv get a little intimate, and they had a bit of creepy conversation. Well, it is difficult to say what’s going on in their mind. On a bonus note, Tom is unaware of the fact that Shiv is pregnant. In the episode, Shiv receives mystery calls that are considered to be from her doctor.
At last, both of these episodes are perfectly planned for the middle of the story with so many cliffhangers. How will the story twist what the viewers are thinking? Shiv is certainly going to be a bigger part later. Kendall and Roman’s partnership will either improve, or Matson might play a wicked game to drag them down. So the one question running over the minds of the viewers might be, who will win over Waystet RoyCo?
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