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Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:50 pm to
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/26/23 at 6:50 pm to
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Holy shite I must have missed the last couple of episodes

That’s all basically the last half of the season 3 finale

Had to rewatch it to fully understand everything
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:10 pm to
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
9252 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:31 pm to
Her only redeeming quality. And it’s definitely grown
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 3/26/23 at 7:36 pm to
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The best comedy duo of all time return, Tom & and Greg!


Greg-ory
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10892 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 8:44 pm to
I remember now why I got frustrated with this show. The most luxurious setting ever, billions of dollars, and everybody is a goddamn stuttering pussy. I'm sitting here begging somebody to quit "oh my gosh I don't know what do you think guys" and tear into somebody. One character after another whose dialogue is "wait I'm not sure". frick somebody tell Logan he looks like a golf ball and we're about to frick you up


Go Greg btw
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10677 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 8:50 pm to
A couple minor points:

1. You'd be surprised how many rich rich people are completely neurotic and absolute self obsessed psychopaths.

2. You have #1 raising families. Their kids will not be well adjusted to navigate the pitfalls of life. Somebody like Tom is positioned well to succeed because of his large pool of experience to draw from. There are no blinders, safety net and he understands risk.

This show understands those points at a base level and executes it very well.
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
6186 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:05 pm to
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everybody is a goddamn stuttering pussy.


I get so tired of Ken's "Yeah, no, yeah, ok, sure, yeah". I can see how his dad has made him insecure with a self-esteem issue but you can't expect to be CEO when you project such a soft, spongy exterior.

I'm only half way through season 3 but clearly this is a HBO roast of the Murdocks and Fox News. They kept politics out of the show until the episode where Logan "chooses" the next President. They are at a CPAC type event "full of Timothy McVeighs" and there are numerous comments regarding white this and that and fascist is thrown around a lot. Otherwise they've done a good job of keep politics out of a show about evil, white, right-wing capitalists.
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 9:07 pm
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
9252 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:07 pm to
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I remember now why I got frustrated with this show. The most luxurious setting ever, billions of dollars, and everybody is a goddamn stuttering pussy. I'm sitting here begging somebody to quit "oh my gosh I don't know what do you think guys" and tear into somebody. One character after another whose dialogue is "wait I'm not sure". frick somebody tell Logan he looks like a golf ball and we're about to frick you up

It’s because they’re(kids/family) all thoroughly incompetent after having been handed and/or spoonfed everything in their lives, or they’re(staff/team) so terrified of getting on Logan’s bad side they just continue to subjugate themselves to the obscenely rich boss with a very short fuse.

Not unrealistic at all actually
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10892 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:17 pm to
Yeah I don't believe it's unrealistic but for a powerhouse HBO show I wish the dialogue was more to the point. This show was sharp as hell the first two seasons but now it's just rambling about whatever new venture with Logan yelling "frick OFF" and "I WIN". I don't even know the point of that episode
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
9252 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:27 pm to
1. To show the kids are capable of being a worthy foil when they work together
2. To show Logan followed through with Tom and he’s now his most trusted advisor
3. To show despite winning vs the kids last season, Logan is still unhappy without them in his life
4. To show shiv is incapable of dealing with the consequences of her years of shitty behavior like an adult
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
29650 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:34 pm to
Is this gonna be the season long thread ?

Good for the kids as they finally beat Logan at something

The last scene with Tom and shiv… ugh… I wish Tom would’ve still said his peace. Shiv is such a count who didn’t want Tom to bring up her own failures and why it didn’t work . That marriage was a total sham from jump street anyway and was gonna be a disaster
Posted by VOLhalla
Knoxville
Member since Feb 2011
4469 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:34 pm to
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They got wind of it and figured out a way to block it under current bylaws. Shiv told Tom, who finally grew a set of balls with her and told Logan. Logan figured out a way around the bylaws that had something to do with the kids’ mother fricking them over,


I don’t think the kids had veto power due to the company bylaws - it was a power granted to them as a term of the divorce. Roy basically bought their mom off in order to alter the divorce terms to cut out the kids’ power to stop the deal.

So that’s gotta feel great when your dad screws you over by buying off your mom who totally values money more than her children’s position in the company
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99705 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

1. To show the kids are capable of being a worthy foil when they work together
2. To show Logan followed through with Tom and he’s now his most trusted advisor
3. To show despite winning vs the kids last season, Logan is still unhappy without them in his life
4. To show shiv is incapable of dealing with the consequences of her years of shitty behavior like an adult


I particularly liked Logan discussing mortality with his hired security guy because he’s literally run off everyone else off. Man.
Posted by TigerFan91
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Member since Jan 2005
27368 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 9:58 pm to
Logan telling everyone to smell Greg’s finger and take a guess made me spit my water up. That’s the hardest I’ve laughed in a while
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67119 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 10:29 pm to
You can’t make a Tomelette without breaking a few Greg’s
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28855 posts
Posted on 3/26/23 at 10:40 pm to
quote:

Sometimes the dialog makes me nervous.

I used to hate, but now love the nervous corpospeak jargon the siblings are always using.
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10892 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 1:57 pm to
quote:

1. To show the kids are capable of being a worthy foil when they work together
2. To show Logan followed through with Tom and he’s now his most trusted advisor
3. To show despite winning vs the kids last season, Logan is still unhappy without them in his life
4. To show shiv is incapable of dealing with the consequences of her years of shitty behavior like an adult


All true. But that kinda describes the entire series
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10892 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

It’s because they’re(kids/family) all thoroughly incompetent after having been handed and/or spoonfed everything in their lives, or they’re(staff/team) so terrified of getting on Logan’s bad side they just continue to subjugate themselves to the obscenely rich boss with a very short fuse.

Not unrealistic at all actually


True and I don't think it's unrealistic at all. I think rich beyond comprehension and one of the most powerful families on Earth just is completely outside of reality and can make people lose touch with it. I just hope the show and mainly the kids get a little more ballsy. Ken finally bitch slapped Logan with the press conference, nobody wanted to align themselves with him, now he's back to being a whiny bitch.
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
17150 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 2:15 pm to
Would love to see Tom go scorched earth at the end with a smile on his face
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10892 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 8:30 pm to
I'd like to see Greg, dumb ol Greg, subtly come up with a plan at the end without even realizing it that buries everybody
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