There have been three speeches at Logan’s funeral in Succession episode 9, and it was in all probability the eulogy given by his brother Ewan (James Cromwell) that obtained probably the most consideration, given what it revealed about Logan’s previous and his character. Kendall’s (Jeremy Sturdy’s), with some highly effective phrases in regards to the “vitality” of his dad and the issues he constructed, got here an in depth second.

However though the ultimate eulogy from Shiv (Sarah Snook) was shorter, it nonetheless contained some essential strains — together with a throwback to at least one specific scene in Season 2 that you simply might need missed.

So what precisely did Shiv say, and the way did it tie in with an earlier dialog she had together with her dad?

What does Shiv say in her eulogy?

After sharing an anecdote about how the Roy children used to play outdoors their father’s workplace after they have been youthful, and the way awed they have been by the significance of the work he was doing, Shiv went on to clarify that he typically saved them out.

“He saved us outdoors,” she says within the episode. “However he saved everybody outdoors. When he allow you to in – when the solar shone – it was heat. Yeah, it was heat within the mild.”

It is a highly effective second, as a result of it will get to the guts of the complicated emotions the Roy children have for his or her father. He was abusive, however he was additionally manipulative, which meant he generally used his love and affection – his “mild” – as a way of controlling them.

There is a very clear instance of this dynamic enjoying out between Logan (Brian Cox) and Shiv again in Season 2, and it hyperlinks on to what Shiv says in her eulogy.

Logan provides Shiv the CEO position in Season 2.
Credit score: Peter Kramer/HBO

How does Shiv’s eulogy hyperlink again to Season 2?

In Season 2, episode one, there is a scene in Logan’s workplace the place he truly provides Shiv the CEO place as a manner of bringing her again underneath his management. Shiv does not imagine him at first, however when Logan insists she will’t disguise her need to tackle the job.

This is a snippet from the tip of the change, after Shiv provides in and accepts:

Shiv: “Sure, after all, dad, I can do it. I may…I’d…Why did you by no means ask me, huh? I’d kill this, I might fucking destroy it. Sure.”

Logan: “That is fantastic, Siobhan.”

Shiv: “That is actual?”

Logan: “That is actual. Bear in mind this. This slant of sunshine. Bear in mind this. That is it.”

That closing line from Logan, the place he mentions the “slant of sunshine” within the room and asks her to recollect the second, strikes an enormous chord in mild of Shiv’s eulogy. Clearly, Shiv did bear in mind it. It is doubtless one of many moments she’s considering again to when she provides her speech.

However the merciless irony is, Logan by no means truly gave her the CEO position. It was simply one other tactic to govern her. And though she nonetheless remembers the occasions when he let her in, the truth is that almost all of these moments have been doubtless nothing greater than Logan turning on the attraction for his personal nefarious means.

The collection finale of Succession airs Might 28 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.(opens in a brand new tab)