we finally got the "Ken" episode of this season, with him going full Kendall the entire hour -- man is addicted to toeing the razor edge of chaos (chaos which is mostly self-created) and seeing if he can come out on top

this time he did

also, the Shiv-Tom stuff was amazingly well-done and we got to see (maybe for the first time?) -- what drew those two together

Tom explaining his betrayal in the most pragmatic of terms -- "I was afraid of being squeezed out by you or your dad, and I love my wealth, and so do you" -- was oddly touching