Succession Season 3 Episode 3 Breakdown | 'The Disruption' Recap

The third episode of Succession season 3 has finally arrived on HBO. This video recaps everything that happened as Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and his father Logan Roy (Brian Cox) prepare to go to war. The remaining Roy family members have chosen to back their dad. Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck) all met with Ken at his ex-wife Rava’s (Natalie Gold) house and opted to back Logan who promoted Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron) to temporary CEO.

In episode 3 Kendall is trying to craft his image and improve his optics in order to look like the best candidate to run Waystar Royco. He’s also working with his attorney to try to secure immunity for testifying against his father for the D.O.J. He pulls off a stunt embarrassing Shiv and the whole family at a Town Hall event for the employees.

In retaliation Shiv posted a public letter condeming Kenall for his mental health, drug addiction, and family issues. This caused him to lose any momentum he was gaining in raising the public’s perception of him. Logan was also dealt a blow when the Deputy Attorney General sent the FBI to execute a search warrant at the Waystar HQ.

Greg (Nicolaus Braun) bought a $40,000 watch and then gave Tom some valuable information ahead of Kendall arriving at the office. Tom offered himself up as a sacrifice to Logan, and may have to go to jail.

Episode 3: “The Disruption”

Debut Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

With the DOJ at the door, Logan (Brian Cox) summons his arsenal, while Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) makes a potentially life changing offer. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) becomes obsessed with his own takedown.

Written by Ted Cohen & Georgia Pritchett; Directed by Cathy Yan.

HBO’s Succession was created by Jesse Armstrong; executive produced by Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy, and Will Ferrell. Jesse Armstrong serves as showrunner.

This video explains everything you need to know about episode 3 of season 3 of Succession. It first aired on October 31, 2021, on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.

0:00 Intro
1:15 Kendall & Shiv
3:10 The Roy Kids’ Promblem
4:02 Logan’s Strategy - People are Politics
4:43 Tom the Wildcard
6:36 The Ending
8:19 Everything Else

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[PetePeppers]

Really solid follow-up to last week's episode. Can't wait to see what happens with the FBI and Kendall after the letter. I have a feeling Tom is going to be in a tough spot for a while. Let me know what you think.

[darthplagueis]

It´s amazing how they keep getting better and better, that fucking dialogue is something special.

[niclaspallier]

The scene when Ken is walking down the hallway fully aware the extent of which Shiv has ruined him is my favourite in the series, if not, recent TV history. You can see the life drain from his face as he moves further from the colourful lights, into a more pale and monochrome setting. Cinema.

[RJK]

When Connor says “it’s a Times New Roman firing squad”

[gerardojg]

You the hit the nail on the head. The last two seasons I went through the entire spectrum of emotions with most of the characters. Going from disdain, amusement, disgust, to pity and even fury once or twice; only to come back again to disdain. Yeah, it's a stellar show so far.

[MaRyaYTOfficial]

The fact they’ve been bringing up Kendall’s kids more is, to me, stirring up irony. Kendall has had tunnel vision about winning and killing his father, proving himself and teetering the line with his siblings, especially Shiv. And it’s funny how they keep joking that he doesn’t know his kids names, he been in his kids house, his kids room and says yea I love them, uses them as an excuse, yet makes no effort to be there for them. To be better than Logan (and grow a loving relationship with his kids which would really be a win over Logan) and it’s so interesting, it’s real though how some peoples parent infantilize them so hard they can’t even fill their roles in life and be healthy. Logan has stunted them like crazy

[jean-claudelaurin]

Tom and Greg are two loose cannons that can fire anywhere, anytime. They are both more intelligent than they seem even though they excel at hiding it. I think that Tom have a very astute plan behind his ridiculous proposal of being the sacrificial lamb.

[missmelodius]

To my mind, the best line was the look on the face of Kendall's new press person. In the hallway. When Shiv's letter hit planet Earth. I am a staffer and have been a staffer to a high-profile person. It takes every ounce of energy to not roll your eyes in these situations. She acted it out perfectly. Kudos.

Kendall's reflection off of her is part of what makes Kendall's character great. Good ep this week, Mr. Peppers.

[jenniferthomas]

I got a kick out of the reactions Shiv and Roman had from reading all of the questions from the employees that they couldn't use. Priceless....

[whiskeystone]

Oh, I think that definitely was a test. They set up that Tom had a meeting with his lawyer friend when he invited Greg along. We see that Greg doesn't show up, but we DON'T actually see the meeting.

So why not just show us that? Because they got more mileage playing coy with what Tom was doing.

The friend *did* tell Tom he would probably go to jail, and most likely that he should protect himself, not the company, the way Greg did. So this was Tom feeling out just how worried he needed to be about whether he's considered "Family" and they would fight for him tooth and nail or if ultimately they would let him take the fall to cover themselves.

He got his answer, and immediately called the lawyer.

[tinabillings]

I already need to rewatch all three episodes again

[larryd.]

The "I know you" line was chilling, and may portend an even darker turn of events, if Kendall's paranoia begins to burrow in.

[aaronarguelles]

I can’t believe this channel isn’t more popular than 112K subs. PP has the best breakdowns

[SophistAKAtion]

This is human chess. There’s no way to tell where things to end up

[CrisCrisman]

Best line is whenever Tom gets to use the word "dick." and Matthew Macfadyen's deliveries are hilarious.

[rosshalper]

ROMAN: “We get it.” A bit like those ladies on the cruise ship got it?

[LibertyRapsher]

Drunken Tom saying to Shiv "Mondale had eaten some of your pantyhose and I had to pull them out of his ass" gave me the biggest laugh of the episode.

[emmawallaku]

“I have something that you guys may wanna know.”

This was what Greg said on a call to Tom after he was humiliated by Kendall not buying him the 40k watch. Feels like this could info could keep Tom safe and implicate Kendall instead. Maybe the underdogs, Tom and Greg could even emerge top dogs…

[sksksk]

For me what Tom did was actually very smart, and Shiv agreeing to it also supports that claim.

[amizany]

Your recaps are great Pete. Love to watch these videos to see if I missed anything after watching the episodes. Cant wait for DEXTER!