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S01.E08: Prague - Succession - PRIMETIMER

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Tom has a bachelor party to remember; Kendall eyes a new business opportunity with a pair of idealistic entrepreneurs; Roman looks to land a deal for local TV stations with his father's longtime nemesis; Logan tasks Greg with acting as Kendall's babysitter during Tom's party; Shiv and Gil get ambushed during a TV interview on a Waystar network.

Last few episodes have been ramping up on the intrigue and built-up feelings, mostly resentment, amongst the characters.

Again, an episode named after a place in Europe, specifically the Czech Republic, but the action doesn't take place in Europe.  This time, instead of the men going to Tom's bachelor party in Prague, they end up at some "pop-up" orgy party in an isolated train station -- Kieran Caulkin says his character was suppose to arrange something on a yacht for Tom, even though Roman doesn't have the slightest respect for Tom.

A month after the showdown at Austerlitz (in New Mexico), Logan is trying to close the TV stations deal while Kendall is trying to be a venture capitalist, making deals with "alternative" business people.

Kendall, Stewy and Sandy Furness all have a way to describe business transactions in some colorful, inventive language.  Especially Kendall, trying to sell some hip cred to an arts start-up -- we really need a quotes thread for this show now, because some of the exchanges are approaching Veep and Billions territory.

Kendall is more confident, direct and blunt and ruthless (tells Frank to throw vicious accusations at the arts startup girls who didn't do the deal with him) when he's on drugs.  He makes Greg, who's looking to escape Tom on the corporate hierarchy, do the lines of coke he was going to do, when he finds out Logan had Greg watch over him.  Greg -- who doesn't do "white drugs" -- should have pulled a Woody Allen, sneeze all the coke away.

Roman tries to line up a deal with Sandy Furness, to impress his father, not knowing that Kendall is working on something bigger with Sandy himself.  Being seen as the weak brother since his childhood -- Kendall used to lock him up in a dog cage -- would explain his behavior as an adult.

Conor was going to be loyal to Willa who's back in New Mexico but he tries to fall in love with women at a sex party.  He invites everyone to come to his place, "pre or post apocalypse."

Tom has a bizarre experience and he's only too eager to tell the other guys, who must all be fighting the urge to laugh in his face.

Meanwhile, Shiv thinks she's in control of the situation with Gil and her father but ends the night realizing that she can only control Tom.  Logan first tries to butter her up ("you're the smartest") and then threatens her.  Finally has Marcia call to say they're not coming to her wedding.  Shiv tries to wave it off, says two less dinners for the caterers but it hurts her.

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