The family heads to the incredible (and intimidating) fjords of Norway to negotiate a cash plus 50/50 stock deal. Mattson's strategy is to basically identify that what he's buying is garbage, that he's doing them a favor by making them rich ("already rich," says Roman) says ATN et. Al., is parts (good parts, mind you) bad brand., and that's it's nothing more than a tribute band. And (wait for it) selling news to angry old, people has no future (he's got them there, though he left out "white").
This train of insults continues until Roman loses it and tells Mattson to basically go to hell, the deal's off and he's a POS ( "If you tell the board I said that, I'll say it was a negotiating tactic, which maybe it is, but it isn't."). More great writing from the great Jesse Armstrong. And wow, can this cast act. They just get better and better.
Meantime Shiv, always the strategic shark, has a back channel going with Lukas (first names now) and as the team returns to the US with no deal, suddenly a revised deal comes through (a five dollar bump to the stock price), but it includes everything including ATN. The team is elated and Lukas phones Shiv ("send me a photo of your brother's faces" to which Shiv replies, 'yeah, I can do that.")
Things are meantime heating up with Lucas and Shiv on a more lustful level but it's all very secret. So, once again, Shiv has the upper hand even though she's been sidelined.
The kill list is fascinating: Ray, Mark, Hugo, Frank, Karl, (Tom NOT on the list). WTF?
This was one fantastic episode and things getting really, really interesting.
This train of insults continues until Roman loses it and tells Mattson to basically go to hell, the deal's off and he's a POS ( "If you tell the board I said that, I'll say it was a negotiating tactic, which maybe it is, but it isn't."). More great writing from the great Jesse Armstrong. And wow, can this cast act. They just get better and better.
Meantime Shiv, always the strategic shark, has a back channel going with Lukas (first names now) and as the team returns to the US with no deal, suddenly a revised deal comes through (a five dollar bump to the stock price), but it includes everything including ATN. The team is elated and Lukas phones Shiv ("send me a photo of your brother's faces" to which Shiv replies, 'yeah, I can do that.")
Things are meantime heating up with Lucas and Shiv on a more lustful level but it's all very secret. So, once again, Shiv has the upper hand even though she's been sidelined.
The kill list is fascinating: Ray, Mark, Hugo, Frank, Karl, (Tom NOT on the list). WTF?
This was one fantastic episode and things getting really, really interesting.