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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This episode didn't do it for me. No way are Roman and Kendall truly such enormous buffoons.

I also don't get why Gerri gets so many accolades...she's just a standard frazzled corporate stand-in who hasn't really developed a character.

Shiv and Tom though: Wow. Both tremendous actors and an awesome story arc. More of them, please.[/quote]

I’ve been disappointed in Geri this season. The writers haven’t given her much to work with. [/quote]

I thought the scene with her and Roman last night was really good though. Also the scenes with Roman in the episode where Logan died.

I think it's building to something, too. I think something is going to go down with all the old guard at Waystar -- Geri, Karl, and I guess Frank. This episode had Geri threatening/going toe to toe with Roman, and Karl threatening Kendall. Geri is a successful General Counsel who has no doubt filed away every inappropriate text Roman has ever sent her (including last season's dick pic) and Karl is a CFO who knows where all the financial bodies are buried. If one (or both together) decided they wanted to bury the Roys, they could. I think they are both more likely to simply use this information to get the payout or job they want (neither of them is going to turn whistleblower -- they aren't in it for the ethical superiority), but that doesn't mean they can't twist the screws into the Roy kids if they really want to.[/quote]

I don't know if that is true of Geri. She seemed like Kendall in that the thought of her taking control seemed to fire a spark in her. She's the most competent out of all the lot.[/quote]

Depends what path is available to her. I don't think Geri necessarily needs to take control of Waystar to be satisfied. Agree she's competent and seems to have an instinct for leadership. She's savvy though, too, and there is real value at that level in a GC with CEO experience who is a woman, especially at a company like Waystar that is old media but has it's toe in a bunch of stuff (tech, real estate, consumer products). I can think of a number of company's who would view her as someone they have to vet during a CEO search because there is pressure to diversify the C-suite and there are not enough women and POC out there with relevant experience at that level.

If Succession were real life, I would bet that Gerri was the CEO of another company within the year. And the smart move is not to publicly sue or make hay out of her firing/sexual harassment experience, but to privately use it to get what she wants from Waystar in order to make the leap she needs to take the helm somewhere. She wants her public reputation to remain positive, not become a high profile face of the #metoo movement. She's self interested, and not a justice warrior.[/quote]

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