*Warning: Succession season 4, episode 5 spoilers forward*
We're on the midway level within the remaining season of Succession and, even with Logan's demise nonetheless on everybody's thoughts, enterprise waits for no man – and the Roy siblings have headed to Norway.
Within the newest episode, titled Kill Record, Shiv (performed by Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Robust) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) fly off with the WayStar Royco bigwigs as a way to lastly shut on a cope with GoJo.
It appears the enigmatic and unusual Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard) has little sympathy for his or her grief, and as an alternative desires to make use of the second to pounce on the trio whereas they're susceptible.
However what he did not depend on was Shiv getting her head within the recreation – freshly spurred on by her brothers usurping her to assert a co-CEO title on the firm with out her.
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The truth is, when the chance arises, Shiv takes a quiet second with Matsson to get some leverage on him.
In a bonding second, a pregnant Shiv fakes taking medication and consuming with Matsson, who proceeds to spill a few of his bizarre secrets and techniques to her.
Most notably, the actual fact he has been sending 'bricks' of his personal blood to Ebba, the top of communications at GoJo, in what he believes to be a considerably amorous gesture.
It appears while you're a billionaire, you go a number of steps past flowers and the suitable.
Having spent years as a political strategist earlier than being introduced into the corporate fold, it is clearly not gone unnoticed by Shiv how helpful this data may very well be.
Permitting him to speak, she even helps set him up with associates of hers who may assist him out of the mess ought to the knowledge ever come to gentle to the general public.
When he particulars plans to disclaim it, she reminds him: "Denying it's tough, on condition that she has a lot of your blood".
By the top of their discuss, Matsson – who has made no secret of wanting to purchase Waystar and break it down into elements – even compares her to her father, one thing that's precisely what she desires to listen to.
So whereas Kendall makes grand gestures that get him nowhere with Mattson, and Roman virtually explodes the megabucks cope with Matsson utterly, it is a cope with Shiv that appears to clinch them the precise win.
On the finish of the episode, the enterprise workforce at Waystar grow to be aware of Mattson's deal – a staggering $192million.
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However this comes with a catch, primarily a kill checklist of all of the individuals who provisionally may lose their job because of Matsson's deliberate streamlining.
Longtime associates Hugo, Frank, and Karl are out, however Karolina, Gerri and Tom are nonetheless within the fold, which cuts brief their celebrations.
Nonetheless, it appears Shiv has extra of a reference to Matsson than could at present seem, with the Scandanavian billionaire calling her and requesting a photograph of her bewildered-looking brothers.
Guffawing in the mean time collectively, it is clear they're now in cahoots – and it is sparked recent ideas that they may even grow to be a romantic enterprise energy couple.
"Ohhhh Shiv is so going to do dangerous issues to Mattson," @phantom1969 wrote on Twitter.
"I actually wouldn’t be mad if one thing occurred between Shiv and Lukas Mattson," added @giselleb1234.
Person @nicejanice19 agreed and stated: "Mattson & Shiv could be an ideal energy couple. The sexual rigidity is so f***ing robust."
Whereas @mjewrites wrote: "yeah one thing gonna go down between Shiv and Mattson and I'm 100% seated."
Nonetheless, is that this a brand new, mutual enterprise, or is somebody getting performed?
Guess we'll discover out quickly sufficient...
Succession airs Sundays on HBO within the US and Mondays on Sky and NOW within the UK.