Kendall Roy quotes from Succession

So, does that mean we're able to... fuck here?

Yeah. Hey, Ken, what do you think of the pussycat? On it?

Kendall Roy

No, not me. Business is my fucking.

Great. I'll find you a Bloomberg terminal to stick your dick in.

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The lack of thought to do this to Dad... today...

Kendall Roy

Come on, Shiv, let's not pretend. Yeah? This isn't about Dad. This is because you like the power. It gets you close to the Hill. And Rome, you couldn't get a job in a fuckin' burger joint let alone a Fortune 500 without some nepotism and Con, you like the glamor it gives to a fuckin' freak show in the desert, okay.

No, Kenny. I could just do with the assistance of the family firm on my ambitions to become President. That's it.

Kendall Roy

Right. Exactly. You're all living in a fuckin' dream world.

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Tell Sandy you're out. Tell Stewy the thing looks like shitshow. Go to the desert, dry yourself out. You have not been yourself.

Kendall Roy

[tearfully] There's nothing... I don't, I don't think, um... I wasn't there, so...

This could be the defining moment of your life. It'd eat everything. A rich kid kills a boy, you'd never be anything else. Or, y'know, it could be what it should be: nothing at all. A sad, little detail at a lovely wedding where father and son are reconciled.

[Logan opens up his arms and Kendall breaks down sobbing]

[hugging Kendall] You're my boy. You're my number one boy.

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LYLawrence Yee

Hey. Hey! Kendall, what the fuck are you doing? What the fuck is going on?

Kendall Roy

Yeah, sorry about the, uh, cloak and dagger. I just needed some time to untangle all your shit, find the profit centers, keep the union off our back. We're already fully operational on seven.

LYLawrence Yee

Why?

Kendall Roy

Because my dad told me to.

LYLawrence Yee

Because your dad told you to? Jesus Christ. Because your dad told you to? You-- you fucked it, bro.

Kendall Roy

Uh-huh. Go find some other chicken coop, cunt.

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[finding out that Roman tried to betray him] Roman, did someone get at you?

Dad, I didn't betray you.

Kendall Roy

[holding Roman's phone] Then what's this call from today? Why are you talking to her? [Naomi Pierce]

[nervously] Come on, man. [to Logan] I wasn't trying to fuck the deal. I was trying to land the deal. I was trying to help. I... I thought it would be a nice surprise.

[short pause] Roman, you're a moron.

[pause]

Kendall Roy

[to Logan on Roman] Boar on the Floor, wouldn't you say?

[to Kendall] Fuck you. [to Logan] I am not a moron, dad.

[short pause] How much is a gallon of milk?

What?

How much is a gallon of milk?

I don't know. I mean, who the fuck knows, dad? Literally no one knows. Who gives a shit?

Ray!

RRay

Yeah.

How much is a gallon of milk?

RRay

Uh-- Uh, wh-- I mean, like regular milk, or, uh...

I am surrounded by snakes and fucking morons! You're a bunch of silk-stocking fucks! [pause] Who backs me on Pierce?! Hmm?! Who?!

Kendall Roy

None of them do, dad. They're all against it, okay? Karl's lying, Ray's lying, Gerri's playing both sides.

[pause] Well, [laughs] here's news: We are going after it. And what's more. [pointing to everyone in the dining room, in furious anger] I. Will. Win!

[Logan leaves the room]

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You know, uh... Marcia and I used to read to each other. I'd read her history. You know, Spengler, Gibbon, the big boys. Uh-huh.

Kendall Roy

Okay.

The Incas... in times of terrible crisis... would sacrifice a child to the sun. I said to her they were a bunch of fucking savages.

Kendall Roy

Mm-hm.

Her thing was... what could you possibly kill that you love so much... it would make the sun rise again?

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Kendall Roy

Hey, Dad, I--... just out of interest, um... Did you ever think I could do it?

Do what? The top job? Oh, I don't know, maybe. Eh...

Kendall Roy

You can say.

I-- Well, you know, I just... You know, you're smart, you're good, but I... I just don't know.

Kendall Roy

What? Come on.

You're not a killer. You have to be a killer. But... nowadays... maybe you don't. I don't know.

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Greg Hirsch

Fuck. This is... crazy. This is like... this is like O.J. I-- I mean except if O.J. never killed anyone.

Kendall Roy

Who said I never killed anyone?

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JJJess Jordan

He's here.

Who's here?

Kendall Roy

Connor. Send him in.

Right. Thought I heard a clown car pulling up.

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Let me think.

Kendall Roy

Yeah, take your time. I see it's tough for you.

Yeah.

Kendall Roy

You know... my dad seems powerful, Shiv seems safe, but, uh... I don't know, you think she'll still be there? Waiting for you after prison?

How exactly does it work if I-- if I do come over to you? I mean, how-- how is it better... for me when I tell my wife, whom I love, and this family, that I'm turning against them? How?

Kendall Roy

She'll respect you. Tell her what's she doing, bring her over, Logan goes down, Shiv knows who the fuckin man is. Come on man.

But ha-- and I don't mean to be insulting but, having been around a bit, my hunch... is that you're going to get fucked. Because I've seen you get fucked a lot. And I've never seen Logan get fucked once.

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Okay, so. Go on, tell us. Who's here?

Kendall Roy

Who isn't?

Your dad.

Your mom.

Your wife and kids.

Any real friends.

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Kendall Roy

Who do you think I am? You think I want you dead? I’ll be broken when you die.

Hmm. How’s the boy doing? Is he getting better?

Kendall Roy

He’s…He’s fine. So, look… my thing is… I want out. I think I thought I was a knight on horseback, but, yet, that isn’t-

Life’s not knights on horseback. It’s a number on a piece of paper. It’s a fight for a knife in the mud.

Kendall Roy

Like, I don’t really know… where my life goes from here. Uhh, maybe, I…could… I don’t know, but I can’t do jack shit. So, here it is, I want a premium payout from the holding. Two-bill, and a chunky asset. Something you can realize without shareholder input. Maybe... outdoor advertising, podcasts. I keep Fikret, Jess, and I'm gone. I'm a ghost, divested, off the board, complete disinheritance. I won't even speak at your memorial. We're done.

Well, I need to think about it.

Kendall Roy

Well, you... you already... you offered at my birthday.

That was, uh, for fun.

Kendall Roy

Dad... we can't do this bullshit forever.

Maybe I want you close. You can do the mail, keep you rattling around.

Kendall Roy

I can't. I tried, but I... I thought that I could change things. But I'm not as... There are things you're able to do that I can't. Maybe.

Maybe.

Kendall Roy

You've won... because you're corrupt and so is the world.

Hmm. Well...

Kendall Roy

I'm better than you. You're... You know, I... I... I hate to say this, 'cause I love you, but you're kind of... evil.

Don't talk about things you don't understand.

Kendall Roy

Well, you're smart, but what you've done is you... you've... you've... monetized all the fսcking... the... the... American resentments of class and race...

And I thought I was just telling folks the weather.

Kendall Roy

You've turned black bile into silver dollars.

Oh, you just noticed, did you?

Kendall Roy

Yeah, maybe I did.

Oh, fսck off.

Kendall Roy

Fine, you know what? (Scoffs) I don't give a fսck.

Not everyone can live this life. I'm a great revolutionary. A bit of fսcking spice. Bit of fun.

Kendall Roy

Fun?

A bit of truth.

Kendall Roy

Okay. Truth, okay.

I fսcking know things about the world, or I wouldn't turn a buck.

Kendall Roy

Maybe.

Not necessarily nice things.

Kendall Roy

Look, whatever. Let me out. Okay? Pay up and let me out. I don't wanna be you. I'm a good guy.

How long was that kid alive... before he started sucking in water? Couple of minutes? Three, four, five? Long time? Two minutes? What were you even doing, huh? Chasing a bit of tail? Hey, are you queer? Did you try to fսck him? Or was it just the drսgs?

Kendall Roy

I’m better than you.

Sure. You're my son. I did my best... and whenever you fսckеd up... I cleaned up your shit. And I'm a bad person? Fսck off, kiddo. Good night. We're out of here.

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Kendall Roy

Con, what do you want?

I'll just have whatever a regular Joe would have. Just, uh, Belgian Weissbier. Not Hoegaarden, ideally.

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Hey, hey! That's my brother and sister.

Hey, Con.

Fucking cake nightmare! Okay.

Kendall Roy

Con, Con.

[to wedding staff] Would you take care of that for me?

Kendall Roy

Con.

Yeah? What is it?

Kendall Roy

Come here. Come-- Come here.

What is it?

Kendall Roy

It's just-- it's private. It's serious, come here.

[to wedding staff] Five, okay.

MWMale Wedding Staff Member

Yeah.

Kendall Roy

Come here, buddy.

What is it? Is it...

Kendall Roy

Just...

...important?

Kendall Roy

...come here for a sec.

What?

Let's get you, um--

Is it Pop? Uh-- Is he okay?

Uh--

What is it? Is he sick? What is it?

Dad's on an airplane to Sweden, but they're coming back. We think he died. They've-- Th... [softly] They think he's dead. [exhales shakily]

Well, is he?

Kendall Roy

Well, uh, everyone says he is. I mean, we don't know. They're doing heart compressions.

Oh, man. He never even liked me.

Kendall Roy

[softly] Hey, Con--

Hey-- Sorry. You know what? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't even know what I mean. He did. He did. I-I just-- I never got the chance to make him proud of me. He's dead.

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Hey, Ken.

Kendall Roy

[sighs]

Hey, um...

Kendall Roy

Hey, Tom.

...Ken, I just wanted to say, you know, I know there's a lot of water under the bridge, a lot of history. But as far as I am concerned, the-- the b-- big man passing cleaned the slate. So, yeah. I just-- yeah. I just wanna say that and you know, I wish, maybe, there's some things...

Kendall Roy

[sighs heavily]

I could maybe take back, some words. And I'm sorry for your loss. But I want you to know that I'm-- that I'm here to serve. Right here.

Kendall Roy

I like you, Tom. Good luck.