Jeremy Strong might be a complete weirdo in real life (don’t come after me, Jessica Chastain!
), but that confession scene was truly Emmy-worthy.
Like some kind of dysfunctional Musketeers, they agree to go in all for one, one for all.

Jeremy Strong on ‘Succession.'.Graeme Hunter/HBO
Shiv contacts Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) to give him a rundown of the plan.
Yeah, that’s right.
Tom Wambsgans breaks bad.

Matthew MacFadyen in ‘Succession.'.Graeme Hunter/HBO
Shiv’s furious, knowing that with Matsson in charge, none of them will ever be.
With their mother’s vote, they have a super-majority and can block the sale.
He must always win.
But the biggest dagger is waiting for Shiv.
Shiv never saw his betrayal coming even though the signs were there all along.
She finally realizes that she wasn’t the stone-cold killer in the relationship, he was.