Shiv making a Lady Macbeth reference at the beginning of the episode and the episode ending with her not being the CEO because she's a woman, not only that she's pregnant. The only way to power is through staying with Tom. The parallels between Shiv and Lady Macbeths monologue about getting rid of her femininity to gain power?
'Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty'
i was so caught up in the euphoria of kendall and shiv having a vulnerable moment that for a moment i forgot this is a family that constantly betrays each other
got a sneaking suspicion that not everyone has emotional attachments to certain characters bc i am watching 4x03 with other people and yet im the only one sitting in the corner like this
Tom spent three seasons saying the most not-okay insane shit to Greg and then being like “oh shivvy honey bunny whatever you say” when he could have literally been saying insane shit to her and hearing insane hit back
Kendall shifting from “Shivvy honey” to “Pinky” as a way of channeling Logan to borrow the strength and influence so he can win over Roman and compensate for his lack of power…feels not great, man!
the superb thing with succession s4e3 is that beyond all the big obvious grief moments there’s all the lived in, mostly physical details that the actors pull out, details that really come from having developed the characters three seasons since s1e2. we have seen them all in so many situations but the way they physically, minutely react to the inevitable is so much. roman diving for connor’s arm and clutching at it several ways before he rapidly retracts, like he was just making sure now dad’s dead con is still there, because we know about fishing now. connor, he of the looney cakes and outsider outbursts and pain, still taking the time to huddle shiv in as he sits mourning his dad at his wedding. kendall and shiv holding hands as they look for con not because they really tried to but because they’re walking so close together their hands tangled, and kendall’s barely voiced “shivvy honey”, neither of which would mean anything to us if we hadn’t seen what ken and shiv struggle to be to each other before (‘i’m asking you to look after me’). roman’s awkward shoulder and face clutch of shiv when she’s on the phone, and then the amount of times (multiple!) shiv has to lead them places this episode while roman uselessly but so genuinely encouragingly touches her back in passing bc that’s the best he can muster. FRANK punching airplane walls but being very gentle when he calls ken “son” and breaks the news for real. even fucking colin standing dazed and lost on the tarmac for .3 seconds. what could any of this have meant to us if logan had died after the pilot? how much meaning does it carry now?