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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand why Shiv acquiesced to the arrangement where Roman and Kendall assume "temporary" control of the company. She of all people should know that there is no way they will relinquish or share any power with her, once ensconced. Why didn't she fight this?! It makes me so mad, the way they spoke to her. I can only assume that between her father's death and her pregnancy she was so overwhelmed that she just threw up her hands. It's very unfortunate and I think she will regret this later. It's clear that she's already unhappy with it. [/quote]

Just to play devil's advocate, Shiv has sort of had uniformly terrible ideas about what to do since Logan died.  She wanted to keep the plane in the air until they had made a decision?  Terrible.  When discussing the merger with the GoJo guy she was saying things that were hitting wrong (honestly they should have just let Roman take that call, he's the best negotiator of all of them and the best reader of people).  Has Shiv really been contributing in a positive way since Logan's death, besides offering sibling support?  What good ideas has she had?

Kendall was right to say they needed to be careful and that their decisions would be scrutinized.  Most of his ideas about getting doctors on the line etc were decent.  Roman had good instincts re what to say on the phone with the GoJo guy (and what not to say, frankly).  He was clever to dis-empower Gerri with the threat that her firing was coming.  Roman read Tom and Greg correctly; may have been trying to get Kerri's info to have a better understanding of what Logan was thinking about him when he died and why he had asked him to do the firing.  Is Roman's weakness that he still cares about people, e.g., Kerri, Gerri, not wanting to tarnish his father's name, etc, while to Kendall all these people can be decimated (and maybe that's what makes Kendall most like Logan and so maybe most likely to win)?

I don't think Shiv cares about people that much, but she is still pregnant with the child of a man she doesn't seem to love, so there's that.[/quote]

Agree with all of this. Shiv isn’t very smart and has terrible instincts, which Logan saw very quickly when he had her work with him a bit. Roman has a good head for business & the most emotional intelligence, but he’s not ruthless. Kendall is clever and ruthless, but has no emotional intelligence nor discipline. They’re all seriously flawed in different ways. Per the discussion about people “rooting” for these characters, one reason I had a hard time getting interested in this show at first was that they are all awful — there are no characters worth cheering for.[/quote]

Good point. Is there any moral compass type person on the show? Gerri?[/quote]

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