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Episode 9 - Church And State
The big day, world at war, nightmarica unleashed and the rich all decide to dress fancy and sit solemn at the body of a monster, nobody quells the hurricane battering ever onwards. They only see the storms inside themselves.

Episode 8 - America Decides
Election night and an attack on a ballot count throws everything into the air. Deals made and democracy called by media’s grubby money-fist.
These siblings hug way more than mine and I ever have, though. What’s that about?

Episode 7 - Tailgate Party
On the eve of the election everyone gathers to hobnob and manoeuvre, discoveries made, walls crash down, point of no return.
Watching on the eve of our own potentially-major election just hurts at the way nobody has any power to heal and help.

Episode 6 - Living+
Off to LA where a cavort around the Hollywood studio has Roman tearing others down and Kendall rebuilding his dad to handle their shit.
Near 80 page script means subplots excised, less relationships, more business bullshit, colder, meaner, the turning of the company.

Episode 5 - Kill List
A jaunty mid-grief business trip to Norway where emotions are tangled up in deal-making, and the only way to win is to break your soul’s last remnants in twain.
Entire subplot of executive mindgames excised from finished episode.

Episode 4 - Honeymoon States
The king is dead, long live the newly-decreed king.
A bunch deleted from the shooting script, whole characters and beats of comedy to allow the emotion to really elevate throughout.
Strongly played stuff.

Episode 3 - Connor’s Wedding
Nobody cared about the festivities anyway, even death is a welcome distraction to pull all bodies from Con’s big day.
Strange how devastating and emotional this episode is given how awful these humans are.
Perfect writing.

Episode 2 - The Rehearsal
The children are roadblocked by daddy, uniting finally after potential destruction of the lone eldest brother, but that is a symptom of the already-fracturing alliance. Papa Logan taking all he has left with him to his ruptured brain and soul.
Plus Kerry’s attrocious news anchor demo, a hilarious runner.

Episode 1 - The Munsters
Split across the country, two generations bidding for the prize, one always dreaming of dominance, the other looking to crush their parent’s hope like he did them.
The elder statesman seeing the end, seeing weakness and futility, falling.
Also - The Disgusting Brothers

Episode 9 - All The Bells Say
Kendall breaks, opens to the family.
Coup and merger over a wedding, the blood and the unification, and sprinkled over the ashes a bitter taste of treachery.
Gorgeous.
Euphoric.
A symphony.

Episode 8 - Chiantishire
Nothing like another destination wedding to drag everyone out and shove them like warring armies to the battlefield.
The future is chipping away, and the past is raging at the dying light.

Episode 7 - Too Much Birthday
Partytime for the shaker of the apple tree, and all the fruit falls atop his head, bringing in the wasps.
Also Tom’s office-freak-out gold!

Episode 6 - What It Takes
Over one night the oily fingers of power plan out the future of the world, who will lead and what direction will they take it?
Also Tom’s late night prison-food prep.
So… COMEDY!

Episode 5 - Retired Janitors Of Idaho
Everyone huddles for the AGM, deals in flux, fears arouse, and the word “piss-mad” gets flung with reckless abandon.

Episode 4 - Lion In The Meadow
In the world of the rich and powerful there’s always another being higher on the food chain playing with his toys, making them suffer for monetary gain.

Episode 3 - The Disruption

The king sits on the throne as everyone says there’s a new ruler, wink.
The son on his quest raids, pillages, and then is hoisted upon his own potard.
The world set ablaze by everyone’s acts of war, nobody gets clean.

Episode 2 - Mass In Time Of War
The siblings sit for thought and plotting, pawns or players in the game?
The king in exile idle, omnipotent, paying the cost to repair and prepare.
Also Relevant Donuts.

Episode 1 - Secession
The lion fondles the thorn, mice try to help and only make it worse. He roars and pulls it out of his own paw, everyone is at fault.
Lucy Prebble’s foreword is a great little insight into the writer’s room and energy of the creative minds on this show.