Forty-eight hours after the wedding, Logan pulls Kendall out of an Icelandic rehab clinic to read a coached on-camera surrender, ending the hostile takeover and forcing the fight onto a legal track. Kendall confesses he leaked intelligence about Logan's cognitive decline to Sandy and Stewy. After news breaks that Logan plans to sell, the family converges on the Hamptons summer home, where Logan meets each sibling privately, secretly offers Shiv the CEO role under a total-secrecy pact, and at dinner publicly names Kendall and Roman as co-COOs with Gerri as nominal successor. He then sends a hollowed-out Kendall alone to deliver an ultimatum to Sandy and Stewy, who refuse any deal.

This premiere resets the power map after the finale's hostile takeover collapse. You'll understand why Logan's public succession announcement is misdirection, how  ...