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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't read what the showrunners said about Shiv but in my opinion all three Roys just fell into the same patterns they have for their whole lives.

Kendall got close but couldn't close the deal because his arrogance prevents him from seeing his own weaknesses and causes him to stumble. If he had understood Shiv and approached her as she needed to be approached instead of crowing about being the eldest boy he could have swayed her (IMO).

Roman fell apart when the pressure hit and ran home to a parent to seek what he's never been given.

Shiv looked around at everyone who should love her and saw, correctly, that they all want something from her. That there was not a single person there that thought of her like a full human being. Tom came closest but I don't think that is why she chose. I think she just continued her show long trend of being indecisive, pulled between her desire to break free and her desire to be thought of as the successor. And in that precise moment, flipped towards running away instead of holding on. I think going back to Tom is some combination of wanting to have a family for her kid and also their phone call. She talks about always waiting for the other shoe to drop in every relationship. But with Tom, even with his betrayals, he is honest with her, and he's consistent about his motivations. She doesn't have to wonder, she knows who he is. And I think she would rather be with someone who knows who she is, good and bad, then with someone who she has to hide herself from. And I think she's a masochist trained by her dad to always go crawling back to a man who humiliates her. She probably doesn't even know why she does what she does. A lifetime of training to come pet the dog that bites her. I think that's what Tom finally figured out. To keep her, you have to hurt her. 
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