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Thats right, folks,its a wake!
The episodes near-confinement to the wake works.
Nevertheless, power shall be ranked!
1.Kendall
1.
Kendall wont come out and say it, but he doesnt have to.
Everybody at that wake knows what he wanted most was to be Logans No.
Nothing will ever go wrong for him again!
2.Roman
2.
Roman is the only Roy kidweve seen Logan physically abusewithin the show.
(Its heavily implied he hit the other kids, too, but weve onlyseenhim hit Roman.)
And Roman is the Roy kid we saw slowly getting drawn back into his dads orbit before Logans death.
You know what can be a common response to the death of that parent, though?
Roman is almost … the most stable hes ever been?
So many great lines!
Hecalls Tomlip balm Tom Wam!
He says that Logan only smiled if a hobo was on fire!
He lists Logans best friends as whats his face and get that fucker away from me!
Roman should pre-grieve more often, is what Im saying.
3.Marcia
3.
Its just nice to see Marcia again.
She seems like shes been really living it up these last few months.
4.Frank and Karl
4.
Plus, Karl did some amazing things with cable in the 90s!
Dont count him out!
5.The GoJo company retreat
5.
For now, it remains undisturbed.
6.Karolina and Hugo
6.
Of the various high-level Waystar employees, Karolina and Hugo are the ones Ive always found least engaging.
Are they in this spot because I remembered PR is a necessary evil?
(Thank you to HBO publicity for all your help!)
Kendalls not great at being intimidating, but Hugo doesnt have much of a choice.
So much for the power of PR!
7.Willas mom
7.
How many times are you going to get that chance?
8.Shiv
8.
So shes finally on the outs, right?
I mean, sheliterallytumbles down a stair at one point!
If theres one doctor you want to befriend, its your OB/GYN!
9.Connor and Willa
9.
Down: Their honeymoon will mosey among what Willa calls the honeymoon states.
(You know: Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania.)
Whatever gets you through the night, Con.
10.Tom
10.
Tom keeps looking for allies this episode, and Tom keeps failing to find them.
Roman insults him and calls him names, and Kendall offers him a pitying Good luck.
EvenKarllays into him when Tom starts to pitch himself as a possible interim CEO.
Except … he and Shiv kinda bond?
And I wonder how long it will take them toonce again fall in lovewhen that happens?
My fan fiction is writing itself!
12.Gerri
12.
Maybe she can appeal to Romans conscience.
He seems to have a tiny nubbin of one of late.
13.Greg
13.
He even greets the siblings Roy with My guys.
Greg is falling fast, and I dont see how he can save himself.
Hes right down here with …
14.Colin and Kerry
14.
It turns out that he even has a kid.
A rich personal life, this guy!
Marcia haughtily tells her to go back to her little apartment.
Will this be Kerrys final appearance in the power rankings?
Probably, but we can always hope she finds a second wind somehow!
15.Bottle-episode discourse
15.
You cant just call an episode like Connors Wedding a bottle episode because its different from other episodes.
It takes place on an enormous yacht!
And at an airport!
And on a plane!
Consider it the sparkling wine to the classic bottle episodes Champagne!
Not remotely the same if youre a pedant like me, but for most people, probably close enough.
Yet will anybody suggest this is a bottle episode on Twitter?
Probably not, because it just feels like another episode ofSuccessioninstead of anything conceptual.
And so slips the world into chaos!
