Succession S02E06 — Argestes
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Episode notes
At the Argestes media retreat, Logan and his three eldest race to close the Pierce acquisition before a magazine publishes the cruise-line cover-up. Roman trades editorial independence to an Azerbaijani billionaire for emergency cash, Tom realizes he may be the scapegoat, and the article drops mid-meeting with Nan Pierce. The siblings take a panel stage with no aligned message, Shiv improvises a public swipe at her father, Logan strikes Roman backstage, and Nan walks out, fires Rhea, and kills the deal.
This episode breaks the season's central strategy in a single weekend and reorders the family. You'll understand how the cruise-line scandal goes public, why the Pierce deal collapses, how the Asgarov bathroom handshake stacks a second scandal on top of the first, and why Logan hitting Roman, with Kendall stepping in, marks a turn in the sib ...