>That was such a smart, human moment. Sure Shiv can play it
>cool and cold with the best of them, but she'd spent weeks
>being promised the job, being told how much the Pierces liked
>her, being conflicted over leading a company she fundamentally
>disagrees with and worried that Logan was secretly just
>playing her against Kendall or some other invisible man.
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>So she sees the dinner as a moment of relative candor, feels
>like the deal is going south specifically because Logan won't
>announce an heir, thinks she can help by letting Nan know
>there very much is a plan (and she's right, to be fair) and
>just blurts it out in a desperate bid to make her dream a
>reality and throw all that weight off her shoulders.
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>The rough part is that everybody in the room was shocked, but
>only Roman and Logan seemed against it in any way, and both
>for vague or nepotistic reasons. So for the consequences of
>her power play to be so potentially dire for her (and to see
>how shook she was afterward) is why this show is doing huge,
>huge work right now.
>
>
>I really think the world ought to wake up to the fact they're
>out there looking for the next Game of Thrones and, sure,
>nobody's probably getting beheaded on this show, but from the
>score (seriously, that music) to the stakes, there's no show
>walking such a fine line between absurd comedy and defeating
>drama. Everybody should be up on this!
>