Episode notes
Kendall and Waystar launch competing PR campaigns as the family war goes public. Kendall does back-to-back press interviews, crashes the Waystar town hall, and agrees to appear on the late-night show that has been mocking him — then pulls out fifteen minutes before airtime. Shiv publishes a personal attack letter naming Kendall's addiction and estrangement from his children after Roman and Connor refuse to sign it. Tom volunteers himself to Logan as a prison fall guy, then immediately calls his own lawyer. Logan ignores Gerri's warnings, tries to leverage a White House connection to neutralize the DOJ investigation, and triggers the very FBI raid he was trying to prevent.
This episode draws the line between how Logan instinctively handles threats — trading favors, pulling political strings — and how a federal criminal investigation actually works. It also marks the moment the conflict loses any remaining pretense of restraint: Shiv's letter uses the most personal ammunition available, and Kendall's collapse backstage reveals how much of his public campaign is performance. By the end, both siblings are watching the same breaking news from separate rooms, equally exposed.
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