Warning this story contains spoilers. 'This was one of the best finales of television’s golden age... It was funny, ugly, and genuinely moving,' writes Karl Quinn.
. It was a Shakespearean power play to top any the show had thus far thrown at us, full of characters driven by ambition and undone by hubris. It was funny, ugly, and genuinely moving. And even if its audience is comparatively tiny – last Monday’s episode was watched by just 44,000 pay TV viewers overnight, plus another 43,000 on BVOD in the week since – the show’s massive following among media and political types ensures it will be talked about reverentially for years to come.
“He is very plausible corporate matter,” she had told Matsson earlier as they discussed whether he should be cut loose or not. “But he’s also just a highly interchangeable modular part.”Credit:Moments later, puffed up with the sense of destiny fulfilled, she was asking Tom if he might want to recommit to their marriage, what with the baby on the way and her about to take on such a big job and all.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, even if it is only for a split second while deciding in which direction the parcel should be passed.The man who would be king: Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy.“If I don’t get to to do this,” he whimpered back, “I feel like that’s it, I might die.”
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