Succession S03 Ep4|Josh meets with the Roys | "He's a good kid...and I love him." | scene

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[@veraikon25]

It's so funny when Logan tries to be nice. It's like he's allergic to it.

[@rogeryou5399]

This show reminds me of The Sopranos in the way it uses silence in such a perfect way. After Josh took the call and walked off there is about 45 seconds without dialogue but so much was said.

[@Herbert2892]

Sopranos? Sheeeeit. People use silence like this is cinema before Gandolfini was born.

[@rogeryou5399]

@@Herbert2892 well of course, not claiming they invented it, it’s just my favourite show that’s why I referenced it. It was my way of paying a huge compliment

[@sonicextremities9570]

@@rogeryou5399 Yup. That convo between Ralphie and Tony about what to do abt Jackie Jr. at the Bing particularly stands out to me

[@ZackEdwards1234]

@@sonicextremities9570 Yep, HBO gets it done when it comes to hit dramas.

[@kingsleycy3450]

Even when Logan was desperate for Josh's backing, he still cracked a bagel joke...

[@omarpacho630]

Well, he is an 80 year old man

[@superman1234567826]

It was pretty subtle lol he just can’t help himself

[@yggdrasil2]

I don't get it.

[@pegcity4eva]

It's an antisemitic remark. Same with the gold jab

[@Nicebitoftucka]

​@@pegcity4evaI'm Jewish and like bagels 🥯, so what

[@jackcarlson1495]

This scene is so powerful and hardly any words are said. Three masters on one screen.

[@joanabarros7458]

2 masters and Kendal.

[@tenfooterpipiful]

This is the most daunted and terrifying adversary the Roys have ever taken on. An individual who can innately sense fear and hesitation and had them at his grasp the moment he met them. Hell, that was Stewie at the other end of the line, and he just reaffirming to him what he already knew. And he did all without malice and lifting a finger, all he did was make them walk. Walk a 80 year old man who didn't even took a sip of the water in the table as he so used to being served. And a son who could have stopped all this, could have mended his relationship with his father, but chose not. Succession needs more of this character, a character who isn't bought by lies, and is far more LAYERED than anyone thinks.

[@pauloromero1131]

mattson better

[@fleadoggreen9062]

I noticed how many shirts he had on lol I was like ???? Just buy a car hart !!

[@williammccormick2802]

The more I think about Josh, the more layered he becomes. He wears like 8 layers for a reason, boys and girls. It's a DEEP character and Adrien Brody just kills it. Dude should get an Emmy from this episode alone.

[@humzahsyed6787]

It was underlined for sure. Kendall is the best of all of them when it comes down to it

[@theonlyjuan3074]

Maybe😂 i wish too haha

[@bencarlson4300]

This Adrien Brody character and Lukas Mattson are my two favorite characters in the series because they have power, know how to use it, and actually have some brains. They both had power over Logan, something his children never could do, which is why none of them were worthy of being his successor.

[@jkta97]

Agreed about Josh, but it's revealed that Lukas doesn't have as much brains as everyone thinks. He doesn't code, clumsily inflated Indian user numbers, and harassed his PR person (in a way that will most likely come back to bite him in the ass). He just appears to be kind of cool and slick. He's basically like Miles Bron in "Glass Onion."

[@bencarlson4300]

@@jkta97 I made this comment before seeing that episode, so you are correct.

[@zub41r75]

@@bencarlson4300 Mattson is still far better than the kids. He is smart enough for Logan to sell to him. Also he has all the good qualities that Shiv and Kendall have and only some of the bad ones. Mattson wasn't as spoilt as the kids. That is why he won. He fought to get where he was where the kids didn't. Mattson and Tom won in the end because they climbed up. The kids are still richer due to generational wealth and nepotism but they didn't earn it like Tom and Mattson hence their empty feeling at the end.

[@chicagoanuntilchicagoends1646]

Anyone else want to hear how the meeting with Stewie went? Especially with Sandy being a belligerent zucchini

[@analunu]

that was intense

[@andrewstephens5885]

and it was a three dudes sitting at a table! i loved this scene.

[@analunu]

@@andrewstephens5885 this whole meeting made my anxiety go 📈📈📈

[@kena.8003]

Great acting, great writing and great subtext. Awesome scene.

[@kensearle4451]

0:12 Logan was telling the truth, this was not one of his games. He loves Kendall, and cares about him desperately, and the instability breaks his heart - you see it in his eyes when he takes the sunglasses off (Brian Cox is an incredible actor). But, like many parents, he just cannot provide it.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

I really think he genuinely meant that

[@DK-tu3rv]

he did. the sad thing is he could only say it in the context of a deal.

[@williammccormick984]

"You'll say anything to get fucked on a date, right?" Logan didn't mean it at all. "I'd rather get fucked in the shower than see you have it."

[@irulan8854]

When someone in the show is honest, there's always an awkward silence after

[@Great_PatBingsoo]

Logan’s racist innuendos when saying “city boys” and “bagels,” and seeing Josh unflustered says everything about the undertones. They hate each other, but Josh has the upper hand.

[@TESkyrimizer]

wait im confused whats the racist angle? i thought it was a boomer vs spoiled millenial joke

[@HansenDing]

​@@TESkyrimizer both are poking fun at Josh being Jewish. Normally probably not offensive because most people won't get what he means (as you didn't) but from an old WASP billionaire who has a history of "no blacks/Jews above the 6th floor"? You absolutely know the intent

[@shivin6997]

@David Could you say more about this? It's unclear to me how that dynamic complicates the stereotyping

[@jdelorenzod2725]

Yea Josh is not some poor boy from a ghetto. Dude is based on the rich Jew kid with tons of connections. Logan is prolly more of a self-made guy than he is.

[@ssnful123]

@David I don’t think Josh is a son of a rich person, he mentions that he thinks Logan believes he got lucky and hit the lottery, so more likely a rags to riches story like logan just with more tech, something logan is irritated with

[@kevinsun3244]

IMO the bagel remark wasn't even meant to be antisemitic. NYC is kind of known for having delicious bagels and pretty much anyone in the city eats them not just jews so I thought it was just a light hearted but regrettable dig he took at Josh about being a city boy lol

[@Nonaggress]

in all of what you've seen from Logan have you *ever* seen him make a joke that was *just* light-hearted? He goes for the knife *ALWAYS*.

[@lololo]

he is lying

[@amlaanbhattacharjee8001]

no he's not.

[@henrikanchelia64]

no shit sherlock

[@jotacep]

On the surface level, yes. But if you deep digger, no not at all. In the end, throughout all of the events of the series, the backstabbing, the hate, the competition, and even the killing, it is the love between a father and his son. A lot of shit can happen to these two, but when the shit hits the fan, when all the money in the world burns to cinders, all that is left is family. To cite another movie, Conan The Barbarian, King Osric commenting to Conan regarding his traiterous daughter fallen to Thulsa Doom: "there comes a time, thief, when the jewels sieze to sparkle, when the gold loses it's luster, when the throne room becomes a prison. And all that is left, is a father's love for his child."

[@aap2310]

Alex is better and more interesting.

[@jerry85g7]

Ken is such a nit wit

[@HolySerbia]

I feel like Josh has enormous respect for the alpha male that is Logan Roy and believes only Logan can keep on making Waystar prosperous and is hoping Kendall will back down and submit to Logan’s will. Josh believes the Alpha male as the boss and Kendall as the very competent executive working in unison will make him chose the Roys in the proxy battle.