Succession review: Episode 2 proves that Roman and Gerri should never, ever have sex

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He ought to heed the sisterly advice Shiv offers to their brother Roman: “You love showing people your pee-pee, but one of these days you’re actually going to have to f*** something with it.” Kendall Roy, Plastic Jesus In last week’s episode of Succession, there was a hair-raising scene that demonstrated perfectly the tonal tightrope this show walks minute-to-minute. Speculation on the internet suggested Kendall was about to “go full Joker”, pushed into actual madness by last season’s great betrayal of his father. Shiv, not buying Kendall’s moral turnaround, calls him “plastic Jesus.” Roman and Gerri Have Something Going I don’t believe Roman and Gerri should have sex. On the bright side, at least one man remains weirdly, permanently lusty over Greg: Tom Wambsgans, calling him using a burner phone to grill him about Kendall, opens by asking him breathily if it’s “true a saucy secret… you like to do your house chores in the nude?” Later, Tom – who has no chill – inexplicably calls Greg “cowboy,” and it’s deeply, deeply weird.