Lesson 8

[David]

David Chai's Show Mysteries

What I learned is mysteries keep the viewing coming back for closure.

Succession Season 1 Ep 8

• A. Shocking Event: Pilot episode shocking event was Logan having a stroke.
• B. Secret: Kendall wants to take over the company and enlists other members of the family to do so.
• C. Investigation: Logan needs to work out who is against him and wants to remove him from the company.
• Who: Kendall meets with Sandy and Stewy.
• What: Realizes Sandy (the arch nemesis of Logan) put money behind Stewy. But Kendall counter offers to join forces and do a hostile takeover of his dad's company.
• Where: He owns part of Waystar and wants to buy out Kendall in the club.
• When: Coming up.
• Why: Kendall wants to be top dog.
• and How: They would force the issue with their combined voting shares.
• Part Withheld: Don’t know if Kendall can go against his family despite his assurances.

• A. Cover up: Why is the family so dysfunctional?
• B. Secret: We start to see cracks in the history of the relationship.
• C. Reveals: Rom was locked in a cage and treated like a dog when he was little by Kendall. And it was part of some weird power play encouraged by their dad.
• Who: Kendall
• What: locked him up in a cage
• Where: in a laundry room in his mother's home in Cheltenham.
• When: when he was 4 years old.
• Why: Part of a dog fighting game. The loser gets put away.
• and How: Locked up in a cage.
Part Withheld: Rom enjoyed it, but Kendall enjoyed it too being top dog at the expense of his brother.