Second round of negotiation |Succession S4 EP5

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  • @joshshanks7966
    @joshshanks7966 Год назад +529

    This is the moment Greg decided to have a translator on his phone ready to go

  • @hollywoodshopaholic
    @hollywoodshopaholic Год назад +403

    “I’ve seen enough of this shit” best line imo, he’s so done with their weird power moves

  • @unadanni
    @unadanni Год назад +851

    "You're a tribute band" Brutal. But true.

    • @rawtaa8591
      @rawtaa8591 Год назад +43

      Makes the ending line from Roman "We're bullshit" resonate much stronger

    • @plgjp83
      @plgjp83 3 месяца назад +20

      It’s only true if they decide it to be.
      That’s what the kids never seemed to get.
      I mean Logan overpaid massively for some deals. He had huge ego decisions. And Mattson ?
      Mattson clearly has been bullshittting super hard on some stuff. I mean his surrealist admission about the “ two india” numbers ? How much clearer can you be about the fact he’s a bullshit artist ? Maybe the fact his own assistant says “He’s not even a real coder; someone gave him a box of tech, and he took it to market. “
      They’re a tribute band ? A tribute band of what ? and compared to what ? they’re ALL frauds.
      The TRUE difference is indeed that Logan and Mattson are killers …. or completely obsessed sociopath if you want to get less romantic about this. Or shitty men-child that are used to throw tantrum to get their way if you want to be really simple about it.
      The kids always look up for their dad approval or are more interested in tearing each other apart than in defining and getting the deal they want . That’s what kill them. Not their competence level.
      Mattson just give the “tribute band” line to play on their insecurities regarding their dad. It’s psychological warfare. Power dynamic. The only answer should be shrugging shoulders “ cool story bro, what else you got ?” Or completely ignoring it and moving to the next topic. Mattson is no more no less full of shit as the Roy siblings. They let him get in their head.

    • @JM-st1le
      @JM-st1le 2 месяца назад

      ​@@plgjp83I agree. But the sociopathy that Mattson has is what makes him less "bullshit" than them. If there's one thing I've observed, it's that the world rewards those who are great with self promotion even at the cost of honesty and good faith (cough cough Elon). And I am ready to sell my Soul to the Moloch of self promotion. Idgaf no more.

  • @BatmanHQYT
    @BatmanHQYT Год назад +687

    "Lecture me, Vaulter Guy" might be the most savage line spoken this season, and there have been a lot of them.

    • @Aditya-lz6yb
      @Aditya-lz6yb Год назад +91

      and then matsson buys waystar for $192/share. I guess he's the Vaulter guy now.

    • @williamkelley1971
      @williamkelley1971 Год назад +34

      @@Aditya-lz6yb Waystar + ATN. And he’s only buying it that high because he knows Kendall and Roman don’t want to sell.

    • @meridian_james5
      @meridian_james5 Год назад +17

      @@Aditya-lz6yb Matsson needs the content too bad, he's got to pay big. ATN buying Vaulter was to "revolutionize", which was dumb. What Matsson's doing actually makes sense

    • @SG-ch1xz
      @SG-ch1xz Год назад +2

      Second only to, “WHERE are your kids!?”

    • @BatmanHQYT
      @BatmanHQYT Год назад +12

      @@SG-ch1xz "Well, it sure as fucking shit doesn't say Shiv."

  • @lettuce1552
    @lettuce1552 Год назад +704

    "already rich."
    this is the first time we see Ken (or any of them) admit it so bluntly. The whole series makes comments (and fun of) their wealth and disconnect with society, as they gamble millions of dollars on corporate deals while enjoying a really wealthy lifestyle, but it's the first time it's realized verbally. Hearing it here being used as a way to tackle Mattson's "i want to make you rich" pitch, It sort of feels like breaking a 4th wall.

    • @AC-oz9gr
      @AC-oz9gr Год назад +18

      Doesn’t Tom explain how awesome it is to be rich in season 1 though?

    • @MrDabaaz
      @MrDabaaz Год назад +13

      He said in first season, to the kid that got killed in the car accident.

    • @hurmur9528
      @hurmur9528 Год назад +1

      Yes and the rebuke is kind of interesting. On the offer I am what I am what I am.

    • @BatmanHQYT
      @BatmanHQYT Год назад +14

      "I was born lucky, I realize that. And you're so fuckin' jealous. You're so fuckin' jealous of what you've given your own kids."

    • @slayerduval1
      @slayerduval1 Год назад +1

      "Lecture me, Vaulter Guy" was a fantastic call-back to Season 1. I *love* that Mattson brought that up - It's such a valid jab.

  • @vishaansingh1019
    @vishaansingh1019 Год назад +1135

    For people saying "AI is gonna displace writers", I wonder how they think AI can write stuff like this.

    • @anthonysolis6693
      @anthonysolis6693 Год назад +36

      How do you think a human is able to write stuff like this. An Ai will be able to do this and better. A computer can watch more movies read more scripts and do things at a pace no human can. It will sadly be better but i still believe a writer will have to be somehow involved in the process proofreading or something of that sort.

    • @TheFlowerofSpades
      @TheFlowerofSpades Год назад +224

      @@anthonysolis6693 Writers need to do much more than “watching movies and tv series”

    • @anthonysolis6693
      @anthonysolis6693 Год назад +10

      ​@@TheFlowerofSpades Ok my argument still stands why do you think an Ai can't do whatever a great writer can. FYI it's not like i look forward for Ai to take over creative work, but the truth is whatever you think a writer needs to do to get good at screenwriting a computer can do just as well and over time better.

    • @wrestlinginfodude2644
      @wrestlinginfodude2644 Год назад +79

      @@anthonysolis6693 you are wrong

    • @anthonysolis6693
      @anthonysolis6693 Год назад +7

      @@wrestlinginfodude2644 how ? Do you even know how Ai works ?

  • @trevorgerardfrederick
    @trevorgerardfrederick Год назад +221

    "I dont care what you think, you're a tribute band."
    Kendall's face.
    I felt my blood boiling on his behalf with that jab. Phenomenal writing and acting.

  • @MichaelDanielParks
    @MichaelDanielParks Год назад +316

    After clapping eyes on Cousin Greg and learning who he is, Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) says, in English: “There’s more of them? Wait, are you all related?” before switching into Swedish with his colleagues. “We’ve ended up at one big incestuous family convention!” he says, then the bearded guy quips that Greg is “two-metres of nepotism” and “the Habsburg giant”, a reference, FYI, to the 15th Century royal family of Austria, who were such fans of inbreeding that their offspring became increasingly deformed.

    • @lfc-europe
      @lfc-europe Год назад +13

      Thank you!

    • @BL-mf3jp
      @BL-mf3jp Год назад +18

      Two metres of nepotism is gold, Jerry, gold!

    • @Glimax
      @Glimax Год назад +1

      So cool! Thanks for that 👍

    • @dgdfyhd
      @dgdfyhd Год назад +1

      Ken was right 😂😂😂

    • @shannonmaire
      @shannonmaire Месяц назад

      Thank you for translating and explaining. I was curious. I would've had goggle translate out if I were them.

  • @steffnic13
    @steffnic13 Год назад +528

    At the end of the day, Ken knows the business well and he’s got a head on his shoulders with negotiations. The fact the Old Guard said you can’t read him is proof in itself. I’m glad he’s getting a chance to show he isn’t the goof Logan portrayed him to be. Logan kept Ken down the most of all the kids. He did that because Ken was the one who threatened Logan’s NPD the most. Logan’s ego was what started this when he saw the cover story in S1EP1 about Ken taking over.

    • @wesleyosborne5809
      @wesleyosborne5809 Год назад +33

      Spot on with the heir to the throne reference. That pissed off Logan and started it all

    • @steffnic13
      @steffnic13 Год назад +13

      @@wesleyosborne5809 Yeppers. Straight facts. That mag cover was the beginning of it all.

    • @Spaced92
      @Spaced92 Год назад +9

      Hugo isn't the old guard, Karl straight up said Kendall was one of the screw ups and even Frank didn't disagree.

    • @10hopalongcassidy10
      @10hopalongcassidy10 Год назад +45

      Except in this very episode he and Roman were completely exposed as goofs by Mattson. Neither of them had any clue how to negotiate and Mattson sniffed it out immediately and completely outclassed both of them. So much so that he exposed Romans tendency to get overly emotional and Kendall's insecurity and lack of confidence. Kendall and Roman continually showed uncertainty and froze or reacted poorly any time Mattson threw even the slightest curveball at them. Both of them together blundered their way through the negotiations and revealed to him what they truly want and he responded by taking that away.

    • @rhondac.891
      @rhondac.891 Год назад +12

      @@10hopalongcassidy10 I don’t think Kendall did a bad job negotiating at all. We see he wants to say a lot but can’t because he has to consult a co-CEO. We see very clearly it’s Roman who don’t have the negotiation skills because he lets it be known very clearly how he feels

  • @Terry_Boyeer
    @Terry_Boyeer Год назад +488

    Bro, Ken was such a big brother here protecting Greg. Even when in this entire season they show us that the siblings actually treat Greg horrible. And a minute ago in this same scene they ignored him. But the second Mattson ask who's Greg, Kendall jumps and answer. He wasn't having it with the other guys making fun of his cousin. Ken is the Patriarch of the family

    • @flippalovell
      @flippalovell Год назад +78

      It baffles me that people still want to see Kendall as the protagonist or hero and a good person. He’s shown time and time again that he doesn’t give a shit about Greg. He jumps in to protect him because he’s protecting his own ego. Matson and co mocking Greg is the same as them mocking Kendall, because Kendall is right there. It’s a macho dominance display, ‘look, I can tease your people right here in front of you because I think youre all a joke’. Kendall is all about himself and his own ego for the most part, althouvh he loves and looks out for his siblings sometimes. Only one episode ago he betrayed Roman and Shiv by betraying their wishes and publicly ruining his dads name. I dont think that act itself is inherently wrong, his dad was a prick. But cutting his siblings out of it after they all just agreed to take over as a team?
      He’s the same asshole he’s always been

    • @trevorgerardfrederick
      @trevorgerardfrederick Год назад +97

      ​​@flippalovell It baffles me that people can't realize two things can be true at once. Kendall is an asshole, and he also has a natural big brother instinct that kicks in from years of abuse from their old man. He has shown time and time again that while he is capable of treating members of his family like shit (because he's simply doing what he was taught) he also exhibits clear love for them.

    • @flippalovell
      @flippalovell Год назад +7

      @@trevorgerardfrederick I agree entirely, but we’ve only seen it with Roman and Shiv, because they gree up together. Greg didn’t go through that with them, and I can’t recall any times Kendall has exhibited that protective instinct with Greg.

    • @relaxletgo7105
      @relaxletgo7105 Год назад +3

      "I can’t recall any times Kendall has exhibited that protective instinct with Greg."
      In this very scene mate@@flippalovell

    • @flippalovell
      @flippalovell Год назад +4

      @@relaxletgo7105 he’s not protecting him, he’s protecting himself and his ego. By publicly humiliating Greg these guys are humiliating Kendall and his whole family. Kendall isn’t doing this because he cares for Greg. His whole character, the whole show really, is about how he only cares for himself and his own fragile ego. If someone pisses on your little brother right in front of you, they’re sending a message to you. A good person worries about their brother when they snap back. A person like Kendall just worries about how it makes him look.

  • @williamhilton6270
    @williamhilton6270 Год назад +129

    Ray laughing along in the background was one of the best parts of the episode.

    • @stevenyd644
      @stevenyd644 Год назад +24

      Thanks to this comment I finally learned the guy’s name haha. Between this and the Boar on the Floor scene, I’ve never felt so much hatred for a character with so little screen time

    • @margarethmichelina5146
      @margarethmichelina5146 2 месяца назад

      ​@@stevenyd644And remember, he's also the same guy who got trolled by Logan to pee in the food tray before Boar in The Floor. But him recording Roman's crying is kinda well deserved to Roman as Roman is always being a douche and act tough when Logan was around and Roman proof himself that he is a spoiled daddy's boy who can't act though if his daddy isn't around.

  • @FH-bc9su
    @FH-bc9su Год назад +203

    Notice the expression on mattsons face when ken calls him out to negotiate right on the table. As ballsy as mattson might seem and having authoritative body language/phrases, at the end of the day, he’s still an outsider, he can buy waystar but he’ll never be a roy, the grandeur comes with the name, the Roy name holds power in the US, he’s new money trying to lock horns with one of the most powerful families in the US and he knows he cant afford to mess up because the acquisition is his ticket to the power circle in the US. This is why despite their weak approach to the negotiations, the roys have generational power behind them, which at the end of the day will always work for them.

    • @petekdemircioglu
      @petekdemircioglu Год назад +3

      Ahaha

    • @pranav_sh25
      @pranav_sh25 Год назад +3

      thank you. you've said all the things i've been wanting to say about this episode, very accurately.

    • @b.g.3073
      @b.g.3073 Год назад

      Logan Roy is everything you mentioned, not the kids. Mattson was 100% right when he called them a tribute band.
      As much as I despise Trump, his family would be a great example. No one (truly) respects his children. If DJT were to perish, his children would be in the same predicament. They aren't respected, and have done little-to-nothing in that world. Stock prices sank after Logan died, and the kids have little power whether it be political or elsewhere.
      Notice how Logan actually respected Mattson. He built that shit himself, similar to Logan. And, obviously, he's a killer. Logan Roy was not "old money." He did the same exact thing that Mattson has done. The guy's family was poor as a child.
      I know the show tends to make you sympathetic towards the kids, but they are a joke.

    • @shawnmorris4479
      @shawnmorris4479 Год назад +26

      They had no generational power. As Logan put it, the kids "aren't serious people". Logan was the first and the last of the Roys to matter.

    • @JNJ1014
      @JNJ1014 7 месяцев назад

      This isn't 19th century Europe dude. Money itself is all that's required to become a part of the ruling class, even to enter its inner sanctum. You're telling me some random old-money American family who's been rich for 200 years has more sway than Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Howard Marks? Please.

  • @mannyenajeroh5282
    @mannyenajeroh5282 Год назад +297

    I love how Shiv comes in with "Do we have a problem?" Can't seem to pick a favorite of these 3

    • @21lacla
      @21lacla Год назад +42

      shiv is clueless

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Год назад +6

      woman mocking men---brilliant

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Год назад +4

      woman mocking men---brilliant

    • @unadanni
      @unadanni Год назад

      @@21lacla Yes, you hate women, and I'm guessing that they aren't exactly fans of yours either.

    • @BatmanHQYT
      @BatmanHQYT Год назад +74

      @@21lacla Fella, of course she knew the discussion was falling apart, she was right there. "Is there a problem" was a rhetorical question, she was telling them all to chill out

  • @go2damoon555
    @go2damoon555 Год назад +10

    “You’re a tribute band” perfectly accurate description of the Roy children

  • @anthonyrusso7904
    @anthonyrusso7904 Год назад +65

    I love it when Mattson says "sure.. lecture me Vaulter guy" and Kendall says "hey...took a big swing"...

  • @olafsomething
    @olafsomething Год назад +229

    I don't understand swedish but I'm pretty sure they're calling the roy family an incestual bunch and comparing them to the habsburgers lol

    • @EJD339
      @EJD339 Год назад +5

      Never heard of the Habsburgers so maybe I’ll look them up

    • @dubstar2922
      @dubstar2922 Год назад +25

      @@EJD339 Austrian royal family, intermarried, ruled an empire in Central Europe

    • @robforas
      @robforas Год назад +4

      ​@@EJD339 they are basically everywhere in the world. Maximiliano de Hamsburgo was the only emperor to rule in México, but was executed three years later.

    • @dubstar2922
      @dubstar2922 Год назад +4

      @@spencerm5612 and noses!

    • @inigobantok1579
      @inigobantok1579 Год назад +1

      Jesse Armstrong's use of historical events and the current context of the plot

  • @GlassesAndCoffeeMugs
    @GlassesAndCoffeeMugs Год назад +183

    IMO Roman and Kendall are actually a power team. Kendall can use the lingo and keep things semi-professional while Roman just chimes in with blunt truths to apply pressure. Kind of like good cop bad cop but both of them can play either role depending on the context

    • @arabwaluigi5248
      @arabwaluigi5248 Год назад +10

      But they are both incompetent

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy Год назад +9

      ​@@arabwaluigi5248not really, personal flaws hinder them

    • @JackieSchofueld
      @JackieSchofueld 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@therealkendallroyhinders them incompetent

    • @briankgruber
      @briankgruber 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@JackieSchofueld I must agree. Look at Roman's meeting with the LA studio head. Petulant, indulgent, disrespectful, damaging a critical industry relationship. I worked in the corporate world a couple of decades. Both of them would go nowhere based on skill. At least Ken has brief moments of cogent thinking. Yes, incompetent. As to then being a power team, yes by accident they can through their belligerence and weird behaviors act together to intimidate someone in a way that serves their interests. But they are stunted privileged bullies.

    • @Merknilash
      @Merknilash 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@arabwaluigi5248 no they aren't. all of them are competent in various ways, and have flaws. shiv is probably the worst because she's like Cersei and thinks she's smarter than she is

  • @YnotNomis
    @YnotNomis Год назад +178

    "Already Rich." Love Kendell in this scene!

    • @unadanni
      @unadanni Год назад +5

      You love his pathetic responses to Mattson, who ended the episode beating them?

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Год назад +3

      @@unadanni Kendall looking like a little kid on the outside watching men play

    • @printezstroman
      @printezstroman Год назад +17

      @@unadanni Bruh shot down a card that Mattson played for some reason. You don't entice someone with the thing they already have.

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy Год назад +2

      ​@@lynnhubbard844 matsson is an infantile bully lol

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy Год назад

      ​@@unadanni and ep6 ended with matsson fucking up

  • @jackganthier1381
    @jackganthier1381 Год назад +310

    Gotta love Kendall somewhat in this scene. He protects Greg and Greg whimpers “Thanks, Ken”
    Being protective of Greg for the first time in a way Logan would.

    • @christopherng5085
      @christopherng5085 Год назад +1

      its abobut all he has

    • @luc1fer12
      @luc1fer12 Год назад +6

      The scenes where Ken stands up to Matsson are why I wanted him to “win” in the end

    • @christopherng5085
      @christopherng5085 Год назад

      @@luc1fer12 he’s a child

    • @jackganthier1381
      @jackganthier1381 Год назад +2

      @@christopherng5085 HE’S THE ELDEST BOY” 😂

  • @sianspherica
    @sianspherica 8 месяцев назад +42

    "Parts shop", "Tribute band", "already rich". "ok Popeye".
    The writing on this show was so staggeringly incredible.
    They served up these perfectly crafted lines to such perfectly well suited actors and it worked so damned well.

    • @slothrop4751
      @slothrop4751 9 дней назад

      Sometimes a bit too perfect, too on the nose, which took me out it. I would be like, come one, people are not that smart and cool in real life.

  • @shamberry
    @shamberry Год назад +53

    The moment Kendall told Mattson he didn't understand what he was buying sowed the seed. Mattson realised he needed someone who fully knew ATN.

  • @tooterooterville
    @tooterooterville Год назад +12

    "Okay, sure, but we kinda do!" Kieran Culkin has some of the best dialoque.

  • @getchills9550
    @getchills9550 Год назад +11

    Watching Frank, Karl, and everyone else play their little game in the background and having a good old time is hilarious lmaoo

  • @garvwadhwaney306
    @garvwadhwaney306 Год назад +174

    Mattson only said "Lecture me, Vaulter guy," to Kendall because he knows that the Roys are very behind on tech but also he knows Kendall is the most savage out of all of them.

    • @Seitanic_panic
      @Seitanic_panic Год назад +46

      " he knows Kendall is the most savage out of all of them" Lol Mattson was mocking Kendall. He called him a tribute band to his face. Mattson does not fear or respect Kendall

    • @ram7870
      @ram7870 Год назад +1

      He's literally Tarzan

    • @freesandals29
      @freesandals29 Год назад +3

      @@Seitanic_panic your comment is not aging well..

    • @Seitanic_panic
      @Seitanic_panic Год назад +4

      @@freesandals29 Still don't think Mattson feared or respected Kendall in this scene, but damn do I want to see Kendall and Frank pull off the reverse Viking.

    • @BigKnecht
      @BigKnecht Год назад

      ​@@Seitanic_panicslinging weak insults is not a sign of disrespect, it's a negotiating tactic in his position.
      We now know that Mattesson needed the deal to go through and would've done anything to get it done.

  • @DLSacks
    @DLSacks Год назад +191

    "Long term, I don't think news for angry old people works."
    This may have been the point where I completely agreed with the kids. 20 years ago I would have agreed with Mattson. And even in light of Tucker Carlson getting fired this morning for god-knows-what and the dominion lawsuit and other problems FoxNews has it turns out that every year there are new angry old people. A sucker born every minute, and some of them turn to anger, and some of them grow old, and the brand creates its audience as they tune in. I've known a few folks in their 60s-70s that would have absolutely sneered at FoxNews during the height of of W. 20 years ago when they were in their 40s and 50s, that are now somehow taken in by some sliver of culture war nonsense, and then they buy into the whole thing after getting into right-wing media. But of course the whole business model is propped up by insane billionaires like the Roys and Mattson in the first place. We should be cheering Mattson's misunderstanding and willingness to gut it, but it's season 4, and we're locked into our protagonists.

    • @orange3623
      @orange3623 Год назад +19

      Add to that the fact that as more years go by we are going to have more and more older people relative to young people.

    • @rwofshjs
      @rwofshjs Год назад +44

      On top of that, it is clear he doesn't understand the US cultural landscape and audience. The kids are right that he doesn't understand what he is buying.

    • @brickclickcat2893
      @brickclickcat2893 Год назад +12

      There's a big fat pipeline of angry old people. Just look around wherever you go: it's them! Look in the mirror: that's them too

    • @BatmanHQYT
      @BatmanHQYT Год назад

      Exactly my thought process too. If a real-life billionaire bought Fox News and reshaped it into Bloomberg, they'd be Time Person of the Year and fawned over from coast to coast (or, well, maybe just the coasts, lmao.) But here all we see is a guy threatening to unwittingly tarnish the Roy kids' futures by sucking the value out of their core asset.

    • @aja3longhorn375
      @aja3longhorn375 Год назад

      The keyword here is longterm. People my age, 25, don't think Fox News is cool. Even the conservatives. There is irreparable brand damage that can come with that that cannot be changed by pivoting political values over the course of time.

  • @Jon.A.Scholt
    @Jon.A.Scholt Год назад +63

    It's time for sauna! Sauna! Sauna! Sauna!

  • @williammccormick984
    @williammccormick984 Год назад +56

    Dramatically removes sunglasses.

  • @jcnom6606
    @jcnom6606 Год назад +78

    Mattson is saying alot of the stuff Kendall said in the pilot, surprisingly Mattson is wrong about ATN and doesn't understand America's relationship with news media, Kendall learned the hard way he was wrong and Logan was right, S1 Kendall and Mattson can argue the brand is toxic and the graphs all go down but at the end of the day he's still willing to overpay for it

    • @duptygupty
      @duptygupty Год назад +15

      Mattson is saying what he's saying about ATN to disparage its value and drive the price down. He's willing to pay more because he recognizes its value

    • @OQIF87NREU
      @OQIF87NREU 7 месяцев назад

      What the other guy said about negotiating, plus Mattson is also in a situation that demands he make a big move. That business with the 2 Indias. It's more comparable in that respect to the original attempt to get Pierce than it is to the Vaulter thing.

  • @jim4686
    @jim4686 6 месяцев назад +9

    I really liked this era of Kendall. He's been through the power plays and mind games, he's been burned and scared shitless and tried to get out, but finally resigned himself to this business and is usually the first person in the room to be genuine and cut through bullshit to make things happen

  • @stacksspoons8341
    @stacksspoons8341 11 месяцев назад +11

    "Maybe it's funnier with subtitles."

  • @ghalikabbaj8861
    @ghalikabbaj8861 Год назад +6

    Ken’s actor is such a good actor, the looks, emotions, non-verbal… Unbelievable (Writers did also an amazing job)

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy Год назад +18

    Ray laughing like he can speak Swedish is the best! 🤣

  • @BatmanHQYT
    @BatmanHQYT Год назад +52

    Roman sneers at the "good parts, bad brand" because "bad brand" is basically denigrating Logan and his family name. Still though, the "parts shop" metaphor is perhaps the most apt way I've heard Waystar described by anyone on this show.

    • @EdNorty
      @EdNorty Год назад +1

      Yep, even in real life, the Murdochs had Family Guy.

    • @JeroenZM
      @JeroenZM 6 дней назад

      Fox Sports and Fox Movies were good parts. Fox News; not so much. So Matsson's metaphor was spot on

  • @postgod261
    @postgod261 Год назад +8

    Funniest part was "I do actually" from Tom 😂

  • @SuperSnaketooth
    @SuperSnaketooth Год назад +28

    Love how Greg thanks Kendall

  • @BillyJr68
    @BillyJr68 Год назад +7

    One of the most powerful scenes in the series. The way Mattson totally and completely called out the Roys was epic. "You're a tribute band"...Scathing.

  • @TC8787-yq7og
    @TC8787-yq7og 5 месяцев назад +25

    The Roy kids were so out of their depth with this guy

  • @siphillis
    @siphillis Год назад +19

    This is the rare instance where Kendall is the top mind at the table. This is his bread-and-butter, and he's studied it inside and out for decades, so Lukas presenting his 15-minute observation as a counter comes across as limp and juvenile in comparison.

  • @victorlazo238
    @victorlazo238 Год назад +47

    I think Ken killed it in this episode. Really hard situation all things considered but he pulled through. I know at the end it didnt go "as expected" but still, the decisions he made were the correct. I for one would have tanked the deal also and said "fuck off!!" to that prick of Mattson.

  • @joshuaizly5502
    @joshuaizly5502 Год назад +7

    "take the fucking money" ~ Shakespeare

  • @umariqbal7977
    @umariqbal7977 Год назад +59

    This episode did a great job showing Mattson isn't some genius negotiator, Roman had his outburst but Kendall convincing him that nuking the deal was the best option wasn't a bad play either. Mattson disclosing how much of a weird tech bro he is to Shiv was either a ploy or another sign of his incompetence. But the overpay at the end was probably the most telling, sure Mattson is taking the offer to the board directly by relaying it to Frank, but the offer also proves the initially made up point that there was more value at the company. With Shiv knowing what she knows, they could easily convince the board of the companies intrinsic value and discredit Mattson as someone that can steer the ship. Its setup for the kids to win if they work together but we all knows thats not gonna happen lol.

    • @mikec2685
      @mikec2685 Год назад +6

      Nailed it lmao

    • @frvnxis
      @frvnxis 11 месяцев назад

      you couldn’t of been more wrong, Matsson played and carved all three kids up like a Thanksgiving turkey - they were all out of their league and Mattsson knew what Logan did, they aren’t serious people.

    • @umariqbal7977
      @umariqbal7977 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@frvnxis Eh idk, Matsson was panicking once he found out the three siblings would vote no at the board meeting. He may have played them initially but his scheming isn't what got the merger over the hill. It was always the siblings not working together, and you're correct they aren't serious people, that's a persistent theme in the show. But an even bigger one is their complete disdain for one another. Shiv couldnt bear to see Kendall become CEO, Kendal divulged incriminating information to them, and Roman burned the whole thing down by going after Kendals children.

  • @0981462
    @0981462 Год назад +8

    If Logan was there, nobody would DARE mocking the old man. Even if they did, Logan would burn them all and eat their souls and even the barbecue would give apologies to him.

  • @swedishguy83
    @swedishguy83 11 месяцев назад +4

    Älskar att de fått in lite svenska i serien. Att de dessutom förolämpar dem så jävla hårt är ju bara grädden på moset!

  • @MEDAKkx
    @MEDAKkx Год назад +8

    ken is so stone cold in this shit man i love it

  • @drewpowers7236
    @drewpowers7236 Год назад +6

    There will always be angry old people who will want news. They are made everyday as times change. So long term… I’d say it definitely works as a business

  • @baronbayne9899
    @baronbayne9899 8 месяцев назад +5

    Such a good show, the tension is so palpable

  • @jackashmore
    @jackashmore Год назад +49

    Idk how people think mattison is a serious guy. Especially after his how stalker blood brick story to shiv. American media would destroy him once they found out 1% of details. Also love the call back to vaulter. We all knew Ken had a solid plan for it and low swing for Mattison to say it but Ken took it on the chin even though it wasn’t his idea to gut it.

    • @Bongomongo12345
      @Bongomongo12345 Год назад +6

      Mattson is much more serious than the kids. They want to use Waystar as their playground. Mattson wants to run a business. Also Ken overpaid for a company that was pretty much all hype. He had no plan with them, and the fact that he found out that Vaulter was a badly run company only after his father told him to gut it begs us to ask the question if he is really qualified for the position

    • @jackashmore
      @jackashmore Год назад +18

      @@Bongomongo12345 Mattison ain’t shit and his soft moment with shiv proved it

    • @Bongomongo12345
      @Bongomongo12345 Год назад +3

      @@jackashmore How? I really dont think Shiv is on the side of the family anymore. The left her to do nothing, whereas she has a role with Mattson. She switched teams

    • @jackashmore
      @jackashmore Год назад +10

      @@Bongomongo12345 nah Mattison gave a high profile damaging info. If shiv was a beast like Logan she’d drop the news the moment it benefits her, seeing as she feels screwed out by the bros I don’t think she realizes her position to come out on top. She thinks she’s just winning silently.

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy Год назад +4

      ​@@Bongomongo12345 mattsson is now overpaying for waystar

  • @BatmanHQYT
    @BatmanHQYT Год назад +6

    "IP-turboed residential from a trusted brand" is referring to Living+

  • @slayerduval1
    @slayerduval1 3 дня назад

    Shiv's coat is amazing. Just a perfect detail. All of their choices of outerwear is spot-on.

  • @mistborn2223
    @mistborn2223 Год назад +53

    Vaulter guy 😂

  • @purplestate
    @purplestate 10 месяцев назад +7

    Matt mastered the art of not giving a fuck. Very disrespectful

  • @77bretty
    @77bretty Месяц назад +3

    Been great to see how Logan would have dealt with this situation

  • @timheidel5849
    @timheidel5849 10 месяцев назад +2

    They should brought Bobby Axelrod and a few of his people to handle negotiations.

  • @ninjaabcde
    @ninjaabcde Год назад +21

    This episode showed the difference in performance. Between 2 organizations. One is based on meritocracy and the other on nepotism and the momentum built by its founder.

    • @JeroenZM
      @JeroenZM Год назад +1

      Kendall may have the lingo and data and he's grown a lot in his public performances, but he's still an unequipped nepo baby prone to emotional outbursts. Him trying to tank the deal might work out in his favor based on what we now know about Matsson, but at the time it made zero sense

  • @wood1793
    @wood1793 Год назад +15

    This is like the moment when Logan was trying to make the deal with Pierce and he reacted to Naomi when she wanted to make shiv CEO by saying: “Then we’re done”
    Kendall should’ve done that right on the spot.

    • @patrickk6331
      @patrickk6331 Год назад +4

      100% percent. Still if the deal blew, their stock would go down a good chunk

    • @kevinzambrano5179
      @kevinzambrano5179 Год назад

      But thats kind of what he and Roman tried isnt it? Thats why he called Frank (not them) and told him the number, he would've just gone directly to the board, like he threatened and (kind of) did.

    • @wood1793
      @wood1793 Год назад

      @@kevinzambrano5179 Exactly, It is a tactical and power move. As you said if he did that Matsson would’ve gone to the board but He would know that Kendall is not some “Tribute band”. It is known that he can’t keep a deal like this from the board but it is about the respect that he will walk away with.

  • @michaelveiga9300
    @michaelveiga9300 2 месяца назад +2

    Kendall had some great lines here

  • @prettynerd4779
    @prettynerd4779 11 месяцев назад +3

    This is so interesting he said " You dont understand what your buying" Isnt that the very same thing the Pierce family said a few seasons ago

  • @TESkyrimizer
    @TESkyrimizer Год назад +7

    Holy shit Roman's microexpressions here are ON POINT 3:20

  • @userdilyara25678
    @userdilyara25678 Год назад +5

    If you wonder what Oscar says about Greg: 2 meters of pure nepotism

  • @ram7870
    @ram7870 Год назад +4

    Mattson with his Tarzan vibes, eating up the competition. Perfect cast.

  • @alexpavlin9745
    @alexpavlin9745 Год назад +27

    Ray’s face at 0:15 kills me

  • @rogelioarmentasolorzano3848
    @rogelioarmentasolorzano3848 Год назад +4

    Ray laughing in the background even know he doesn’t understand shit 😂

  • @JustPractice7
    @JustPractice7 Год назад +7

    I always found Kendall's expression at 3:33 hilarious.

  • @marcuscastle
    @marcuscastle Год назад +3

    Loved this scene, the acting was perfection all over.

  • @nyiniamako
    @nyiniamako Год назад +5

    "Lecture me Vaulter guy"... Ouch...

  • @穆天宁
    @穆天宁 5 месяцев назад +3

    I watch these clips endlessly because the power of performance comes from when there're only two people speaking at any given moment, but their words move worlds for everyone in earshot. So as an actor, you need to really understand the character and the story deeply to have the correct and nuanced body language when you don't have lines, such as Shiv here, and all siblings in the S2 Pierce showdown scene. Writers can't possibly write all these out in the script (and they don't, I've seen it), so it's down to you the actor.

  • @ArabTheMan
    @ArabTheMan Год назад +5

    "Time for sauna" was a dig at Logan and Rom cause last time they met Lucas they made a joke about him showing how long his snake in a sauna

  • @ajluvzlondon4214
    @ajluvzlondon4214 Год назад +3

    I like how Ken removes his glasses and makes direct eye contact with Matsson…

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy 7 месяцев назад

      ken finally stepped up when his dad passed

  • @jackmasterson7156
    @jackmasterson7156 Год назад +4

    Unreal performances from all.

  • @Superman-vd6yo
    @Superman-vd6yo Год назад +65

    Kendall gave killer vibes here. Much more in control.

    • @williammccormick984
      @williammccormick984 Год назад +33

      He got owned tho.

    • @cerchRU
      @cerchRU Год назад +13

      He wimpered at the sound of “Vaulter”

    • @unadanni
      @unadanni Год назад +25

      What show are you watching? Kendall got owned in this scene.

    • @JuhoTunkelo
      @JuhoTunkelo Год назад +14

      @@unadanniIt’s not about who has the sickest burn. Ken didn’t let it get to him. No reaction

    • @unadanni
      @unadanni Год назад +9

      @@JuhoTunkelo Yeah, he "didn't let it get to him". That's why this child was willing to burn the whole deal just to "own" Mattson, and ended up looking like a fool along with his idiot brother at the end of the episode. Sure. 😂

  • @TheAfroLens
    @TheAfroLens 2 месяца назад +1

    Kendall was more competent than the other siblings. In comparison.

  • @meridian_james5
    @meridian_james5 Год назад +10

    Matsson is good at getting under the kids skin so easy. The same way the Vaulter guy did. The same way Logan treated Mattson when they first met in Italy.
    Only the 5th episode but i really hope one of the kids actually becomes a true killer and evolves into Logan....because i dont want to see a Swedish guy end up being the new Logan

  • @bkc6873
    @bkc6873 Год назад +23

    Kendall is right here, Mattson does not understand what he's buying. Amazing scene

    • @TokitoTheMan
      @TokitoTheMan Год назад +1

      Actually I think he understands way more than the Roy kids, he's literally manipulating them, ATN's stocks aren't doing good and tbh thier decisions have been bad lately along with their stocks dropping by 20%.
      I really hope he destroys them

    • @Rina25tir
      @Rina25tir Год назад

      I think you don't understand the show at all. The kids, still blinded by the image of their powerful father, don't understand that his legacy is gradually falling apart. Mattson is objective and has a vision to save the legacy by transforming it. The Roy boys are two fetuses who never managed to walk on their own feet.

    • @rhondac.891
      @rhondac.891 Год назад +6

      @@Rina25tir it actually seems like you’re the one not paying attention because since season 1 kendal remarks plenty of times that the business is sinking. He even says it to Stewie in the previous episode when Stweie asks him does he even like the deal. He expresses that the deal needs to happen or they all crumble.
      The real problem is they think they can take their dad’s legacy and elevate it not that they think their dad’s legacy is currently without fault.

    • @YouroldboySabs1
      @YouroldboySabs1 Год назад +3

      @@Rina25tir which program have you been watching??? 👀
      Every single one of Logan's kids knows the legacy is crumbling and that his way of doing business is outdated. Every single one has mentioned that at one point or another.

    • @Rina25tir
      @Rina25tir Год назад

      @@YouroldboySabs1 "has mentioned", "know".
      This is not about what has been mentioned in the past, and it's not about knowing. This is about what is happening in this episode, and their feelings shadowing their logic, making them look stupid and cringe. It's a matter of character. I have been watching the same program as you, but I am a better observant.

  • @davidgil6875
    @davidgil6875 Год назад +11

    Have people already forgotten why Mattson wants ATN? It seems to me a very very important detail and many do not even question it. A couple of chapters ago he talked about not raising the price and now he has no problem paying more. It all seems a bit strange

  • @buttonman6262
    @buttonman6262 Год назад +7

    Ken steps in here and shows why he is the real CEO out of all of them. But then he goes and makes that speech wearing a pilots jacket and you think ‘Maybe Logan was right, they are all morons!’😏

  • @JeroenZM
    @JeroenZM 2 дня назад

    I noticed that Kendall's posture became slightly more confident after Matsson's remark that he sees a way back for ATN. Ken probably saw that particular angle coming and had a retort in his pocket, then he sat down at the table to look at Matsson at eyelevel. Nice subtle bit of acting by Jeremy Strong there.

  • @QuickUnit
    @QuickUnit Год назад +1

    'you're a tribute band' he was right about that

  • @reddavis4808
    @reddavis4808 Год назад +7

    Tom, Greg, Ray, and Hugo are so clueless they cannot even pick up on the fact they are being mocked. 🤣

    • @Merknilash
      @Merknilash 9 месяцев назад +2

      Tom knows and doesn't care.
      That's the best part about his character.

  • @SmcdMcd-d2k
    @SmcdMcd-d2k Год назад +1

    The tribute band line was one of the best

  • @maurissafields1095
    @maurissafields1095 9 месяцев назад +3

    I can never explain the enjoyment I felt watching Matsson embarrass them.

  • @Lifeoftheparty8290
    @Lifeoftheparty8290 5 месяцев назад +2

    From a business sense selling for the highest price would have been the best choice but becuase kendall never got a taste of the power his father had his ego couldn’t take it and refused to sell mattson was literally playing with them the whole time

  • @patriot459
    @patriot459 5 месяцев назад +1

    Logan wouldn’t have even come to this point. He wouldn’t have let mattson drag him like this while he has home field advantage.

  • @jonathanmulondo9206
    @jonathanmulondo9206 Год назад +14

    This scene perfectly shows the clash between old and new money

    • @sagarthegreatable
      @sagarthegreatable Год назад +18

      Roys are kind of new money too. Pierce and roy show that clash more accurately.

    • @jonathanmulondo9206
      @jonathanmulondo9206 Год назад +1

      @@sagarthegreatable now that I think about it you may be onto something

    • @rhondac.891
      @rhondac.891 Год назад

      @@sagarthegreatable can you detail that a lil bit more. What did you see differently between the Roy’s and Pierce?

    • @al-sj6do
      @al-sj6do Год назад

      @@rhondac.891 from some other video on here. The pierces ran media in the us for a couple of generations, whereas Logan started from nothing

    • @sagarthegreatable
      @sagarthegreatable Год назад +2

      @@rhondac.891 sure ! Pierce family has been inheriting wealth for over 150 years nearly 4 generations where as the roys it’s just one generation the difference I saw was roys are more about power and pierce is more low key you can tell the difference roys travel in their Mercedes live in center of city where as pierce have their classic jeep grand wagoneers live outside the city in their old estates. Also they are much more or pretend to be closer to the house help cause people who have inherited generation wealth grow up close with their house help where as the roys barely acknowledge them if you notice roys think power and wealth is important cause it’s true and they know it cause that’s how they came up where as nan pierce clearly says money is a social construct cause they have inherited it and always had it those are many of the differences I’ve noticed also their family bond is much stronger than the roys. I think both are douchebags but in a different way.

  • @steparko23
    @steparko23 5 месяцев назад

    He was absolutely right in everything he said!

  • @OQIF87NREU
    @OQIF87NREU 7 месяцев назад +1

    2:42-2:47 is painful
    It's like Kendall is patronizing himself

  • @robertcross9047
    @robertcross9047 Год назад +3

    what jacket is kendal wearing? it's awesome

  • @EliTheGleason
    @EliTheGleason Год назад +2

    Does anyone know what they are saying in the beginning?

    • @silviocamonte
      @silviocamonte Год назад +1

      They're basically saying the Roys are one of those incestuous families. I saw a video, i think the title is literally "funnier with subtitles"

  • @gradykeating1057
    @gradykeating1057 Год назад +3

    Still so crazy he won…

    • @therealkendallroy
      @therealkendallroy Год назад

      ​@@spacemanspiff4112matsson isn't exactly self-made either. his whole act is a sham

    • @horsebox5138
      @horsebox5138 Год назад

      So lame

  • @w.harrison7277
    @w.harrison7277 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great casting in this show. I hated to see it end.

  • @carlosb-yo4su
    @carlosb-yo4su Год назад

    Watching this with a $5 bottle of wine thinking they can get over 200 😂

  • @jamesh2003
    @jamesh2003 Год назад

    Matsson just taunts the Roy kids here as he knows they're out of their depth.

  • @Blashmack
    @Blashmack Год назад +3

    Matsson is wrong about what ATN is fundamentally about. But he is right about WayStar-RoyCo being a parts shop. Parks, cruises etc. are good parts or operations by themselves but the brand and scandals had ruined them. The profitable operations will be sold off to someone who can chop them up without the brand making it all slimy. The only shining profit center is the media operations and ATN News itself, with the massive humongous archive of content and IP just waiting for a good streaming platform.

  • @gordoboy18
    @gordoboy18 4 месяца назад +1

    Incredible scene

  • @PDXMoe
    @PDXMoe Год назад +8

    Imagine if Gregory replied ( in serious face ) to Matsson in swedish in front of everyone, that would have been a badass moment.

  • @zachgates7491
    @zachgates7491 Год назад +2

    Anyone Swedish who can translate? It sounds like “Hapsburgs” was mentioned. Appropriate label for the Roy clan.

  • @jackdriscoll8387
    @jackdriscoll8387 7 месяцев назад +3

    TIME FOR SAUNA!

  • @joelwidman7242
    @joelwidman7242 Год назад

    Anyone know where I can get the jacket Kendall is wearing ? Brand and model?

  • @Calibur1980
    @Calibur1980 Год назад +1

    2:12 and 3:26 . The boys have never looked so competent.

  • @hofx666
    @hofx666 Год назад +1

    Logan should have embraced Kendall, not hold him back. And then look at shiv, doesn’t have anything to say until matson, who’s playing her says he’s listening. She doesn’t have what it takes to be at the big boy table.

  • @dodger1214
    @dodger1214 Год назад +19

    "I don't think news for angry old men works." Matsson is a strange fella, but he has a point.

    • @shortyrags
      @shortyrags Год назад +20

      Here's the crazy thing. Middle-aged men will eventually become angry, old men. You have a constantly replenishing market. So long as demographics hold up, you're solid. So it's a bad point.

    • @sagarthegreatable
      @sagarthegreatable Год назад

      That’s not the point of news brother he maybe be right but news becomes quite important during elections if you get what I am saying you kind of have a say in who’s going to be the president that’s why Ken tells him he Dosent understand what he’s buying

    • @rhondac.891
      @rhondac.891 Год назад +5

      @@shortyrags this! Everyone doesn’t think they will be like their parents but we do become them 😂

    • @waveali5620
      @waveali5620 Год назад

      He's dead wrong which explains why Fox dominates cable news. Younger and more progressive folks don't sit around watching cable news all day. This is why CNN and other channels will never get the ratings that Fox News gets.

    • @JeroenZM
      @JeroenZM Год назад

      TV as a platform is the issue here, and it's becoming more and more ancient every year. Both Logan and Mattson knew this