She’d divided up the itinerary to keep Kendall and his father apart. Harriet Walter, AKA “Scary Poppins”, was deliciously bitchy – even outdoing her scene-stealing recent TV turns in Killing Eve, Doctor Who and Ted Lasso. As his mother remarked, he looked like he was “just back from the front”. Looking gaunt and sporting a penance buzzcut, he’d gone full sackcloth and ashes. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) was first to arrive at the Palazzo del Dysfunction. After last week’s party antics, Romulus was becoming irredeemably awful. When Gerri tried to draw a line, he dismissed it as her being “minxy”. He’d also been bombarding Gerri Kellman (J Smith-Cameron) with unsolicited dick pics, which she tactfully termed “the items”. After a whirlwind romance, was it wise for Lady Caroline Collingwood (Harriet Walter) to walk down the aisle? God forbid anyone call the Roys cynical, but Roman reckoned Munion was on the make. Munion was now a nursing home magnate, running “silvery gulags”. Peter Munion (Pip Torrens) had had three bankruptcies, two divorces and four children (bankruptcies aside, this was the same as Logan). Now it was time for the flawed minibreak episode, as Team Roy boarded their PJs to a family wedding in Italy.Īfter some in-flight bickering, Roman (Kieran Culkin) aired his suspicions about their stepdad-to-be.

We’ve had the president-picking episode and the excruciating party episode. He stood outside the boardroom, gazing through the glass like a stroppy silverback. Then there was the small matter of Logan being legally recused from the opening portion of the meeting, due to the ongoing DoJ investigation. Shiv (Sarah Snook), still furious at being sidelined, dialled in because she was at home in bed feeling depressed. Photograph: Home Box Office/HBOĪround the boardroom table, things got even more awkward.

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