2. How to Prepare the Next Generation for the Family Business

“You are not serious figures. I love you, but you are not serious people.”

—Logan Roy, Season 4, episode 2

This line may be the only time in the series when Logan is fully honest with his children. His power and mystique come partly from his ability to project authority while remaining ambiguous about what he thinks and uncommitted to a single point of view. And in this scene Logan presents himself—in what turn out to be his final words to his kids, Connor, Kendall, Shiv, and Roman Roy—with an authentic, devastating vulnerability. It is the moment he realizes with absolute precision that his children aren’t prepared to take over the business. Naturally, it all takes place late ...

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