'Succession' recap, Season 3, Episode 7: A most unhappy birthday
Roman pushes himself closer to the center of his father's circle, and Kendall's birthday party brings to a head the ugliness that's been roiling among the Roy siblings.
What happened
In a particularly grim episode, Kendall holds a blowout fortieth birthday party and discovers that the hope he once had that his siblings might take his side against their father is long, long gone. Meanwhile, Roman is close to cementing his position as Favored Child.
Speed rankings
90 MPH: Logan
The stunt Logan pulled a couple of weeks ago after the shareholder meeting — making Kendall wait around under the impression they were going to meet, then leaving — made it pretty clear that the father-son relationship was over. But this week, Logan underscores that he's not the only one cutting Kendall off; Roman is too. Logan sends Roman to the party with a birthday card in which he has and written "CASH OUT AND F*** OFF." The enclosed term sheet offers Kendall
