The Very Best Lines From Season 4, Episode 5 of Succession

The Very Best Lines From Season 4 Episode 5 of ‘Succession
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Well, folks, it’s time to bleed the Swede, and this week’s installment of Succession—which featured the Roy siblings attempting to make a deal with GoJo CEO Lukas Matsson—did not disappoint. Frankly, it wasn’t my absolute favorite episode of the season (too little Gerri, and where was Kerry, for that matter? Still hanging out in her little apartment?), but there were still plenty of razor-sharp lines to admire and envy the writers for. Read on for some favorites.

“Da fuck?”

As Shiv knows, sometimes brevity is brilliance.

“Deniability is difficult, given that she has so much of your blood”

The rich are different from you and I, as they say.

“Already rich”

You tell him, babygirl Kendall.

“Oh, yeah, Tom of, uh...Siobhan”

Destroyed him with just six words. I love it.

“Your earlobes are thick and chewy, like barnacle meat”

Estranged marital love can be so beautiful.

“Lecture me, Vaulter guy”

Don’t count Matsson out! He remembers Vaulter!

“Matsson’s pretty cold. When he’s fucking randoms, he wears noise-canceling headphones. Podcasts”

Things get much weirder with Matsson very quickly, but this is a pretty telling character detail.

“Small men, big veins, fat wallets”

This could have been the logline used to sell this show.

“Norway, Sweden, what’s the difference? They’re all descended from the same rapists”

Tom said it, not me.

“CE-bros is kind of the bad version”  

Oh, Hugo. Let’s never call Roman and Kendall CE-bros again, okay?

“We’re snakes on a plane”

Hugo with the bangers!

“Tuck your boner away, Karl”

Upsettingly vivid.

“You, me, and Shiv. The three Fucketeers”

Better than CE-bros, I guess?

“I know he’s not here, I have a giant hole in my heart and a 24-hour migraine”

It is weird and sad and kind of nice to hear Shiv admit she’s grieving her dad!

“Are you Scooby-Dooing me here?”

This one’s going to make its way into my vernacular.

“Ebba’s like an estrogen air freshener”

Ah, the joys of being a woman in the workplace.

“Oh, excuse me! The Economist! S'il vous plait, tell us more”

Tom’s ability to make Greg look stupid is unrivaled.