Kendall's boardroom coup against Logan reaches its vote in this episode, following weeks of quiet assembly since Thanksgiving. He secures a last-minute commitment from ailing board member Ilona Shinoy, but a terror threat grounds flights over Manhattan and leaves him stuck in traffic, calling into the vote by phone while Logan stands in the room. One by one the commitments dissolve — Stewy and Lawrence abstain, Gerri stays silent, and Roman, holding the deciding vote, folds under his father's presence. Kendall arrives after it's over and is fired on the spot.

This episode is the payoff to the season's central power struggle, showing how a seemingly viable majority collapses when board members face the actual weight of voting against Logan in person. It also advances two parallel storylines that will carry forward: Shiv in Washington, drawn  ...