Season 2, Episode 6: ‘Argestes’

Throughout the first season of “Succession,” Siobhan acted as something of a “floater” in the dynastic struggle going on between her siblings. Sometimes she dished dirt alongside Roman. Sometimes she was simpatico with Kendall. But in this week’s episode, she brings her brothers closer together, uniting them in their hatred of her.

The bile bubbles up at Argestes, a mountaintop gathering of business “thought leaders,” where the Roys plan to announce their deal to acquire Pierce Global Media — a plan that gets scotched when the ticking time bomb of Waystar’s cruise ship sexual harassment scandal finally explodes. A reporter for New York magazine has penned an exposé, revealing how the dearly departed “Uncle Moe” had a habit of helping himself to the ships’ dancers.

Kendall assumed the company had two weeks to respond — and, in the interim, to push through the sale before the progressive Pierces found out the Roys were implicated in such sleaze. Instead, the magazine’s editors get riled up by the last-minute attempts to stall, and they decide to publish immediately.

The bombshell article sets up two intense scenes. The first involves a lunchtime meeting between Logan, Kendall, Nan and Rhea, during which Ken keeps refreshing New York’s website. Even beyond the scandal, something is clearly off with Logan. He is uncomfortably hot (and actually vomits later in the day). He is also fed up with the Pierce family’s nit-picking. Even the time Nan takes to order lunch bugs him. He knows the longer she takes, the more likely it is that the story will break before the appetizers arrive.