History Recap / SuccessionS04E09

* BreakTheHaughty: Roman begins the episode preening about his speech and making fun of his siblings. After he blows the eulogy (and, though it's never said out loud, his chances of being taken seriously as a CEO), however, his emotional state becomes increasingly fractious, culminating in him trying to insult a crowd of opposition protesters only to nearly get trampled by the crowd. The final shot of the episode is of him disappearing into the streets, emphasizing that he's not so high above the ordinary person he derides.

* CringeComedy: All the players elbowing each other in an attempt to suck up to Mencken. Even he looks a little embarrassed.

* ShoutOut: Shiv compares her mother to [[Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]] by saying she heard the sound of dalmatians howling upon seeing her.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Ewan Roy's eulogy to his brother pulls no punches in declaring that, although Ewan loved his brother, Logan was nevertheless a cruel, awful man who through his beliefs, actions and business not only hurt others but encouraged them to give in to their own worst impulses as well, and who on balance made the world a worse place.

* VillainousBreakdown: Having only managed to cope with his father's death with questionable success throughout the season, the cruel billionaire Roman utterly melts down at the funeral itself, bursting into uncontrollable tears and being unable to deliver the eulogy which supposed to cement his place in the running as Logan's successor. This completely blows any chance he might have still had due to everyone viewing it as weakness, and to top things off he's ultimately unable to enter Logan's crypt. The stresses of the day ultimately culminate in him snapping and wading into a crowd of protestors at the funeral with (somewhat self-destructive) violence on his mind.

** Amid his blistering eulogy of Logan, Ewan does make a point of noting that one of the few things Logan ''did'' blame himself for -- the death of his younger sister Rose from polio -- was not actually his fault.
* TheReveal: We finally reveal why Logan and Ewan's deceased sister Rose is such a sore spot almost 80 years later -- she had died of polio and Logan was suspected of bringing it to the family. He tragically [[ItsAllMyFault blamed himself for his sister's death.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Having only managed to cope with his father's death with questionable success throughout the season, the cruel billionaire Roman utterly melts down at the funeral itself, bursting into uncontrollable tears and being unable to deliver the eulogy which supposed to cement his place in the running as Logan's successor. This completely blows any chance he might have still had due to everyone viewing it as weakness, and to top things off he's ultimately unable to enter Logan's crypt. The stresses of the day ultimately culminate in him snapping and wading into a crowd of protestors at the funeral with (somewhat self-destructive) violence on his mind.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Roman copes with his grief by making several incest jokes when he learns his sister is pregnant, like asking if it's his and telling her that he'll jerk off to her breastfeeding. He continues by saying he'll proposition their stepmom Marcia and have sex with her at the funeral. On Logan's coffin.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Subverted. Caroline, Marcia, and the women Logan cheated on them with all sit together at his funeral, even if the brass is aghast Kerry gets to sit up front. Caroline actually arranges in on purpose [[TheGadfly just because]] [[ForTheEvulz she can]], but the result is strangely heart-warming and Marcia even shows some sympathy to Kerry. They all enjoy themselves mutually, as if acknowledging how they all loved and suffer under Logan.

* PetTheDog: After treating her like shit in the wake of Logan's death, Marcia is not only OK with Kerry joining her at the front, she even squeezes her hand at one point.