That is definitely how Mencken (Justin Kirk) appears to view the state of affairs, not less than. The factor about real fascists, which the present has regularly made clear Mencken, is that they place a whole lot of inventory within the thought of conventional masculine energy. A person is meant to be unflappably stoic, and Roman’s try at a eulogy was something however.
Now, Mencken solely appears curious about Kendall and Shiv, two characters who largely maintain themselves collectively all through their very own eulogies. Not solely that, however they mainly spend half of the speeches praising Logan for being a closed-off, highly effective man. Even from a liberal Shiv, it is a message way more palatable to Mencken than Roman’s meltdown.
Even for the opposite guys on the firm, like Karl and Frank, Roman loudly crying has killed any sway Roman would possibly’ve had over them. Gerri chides them for laughing at a recording of Roman’s meltdown, however the bridge with Gerri has already lengthy since been burned. Going into the “Succession” finale, what ally does Roman even have left? The one one on his crew is Kendall, who’s already planning to chop him out and take sole management of the corporate.
In that ultimate scene the place Roman jumps into the group of indignant protestors, some followers could have apprehensive that somebody would possibly attempt to kill him. Contemplating how the leaks to the press indicated he swung the election, it would not be arduous to think about this precise factor occurring in one other, slightly-less-grounded present. However by way of his successor odds, his surviving that encounter is irrelevant. His possibilities of being CEO are lifeless now, and Roman himself is aware of it.