‘Succession': Sarah Snook Says Shiv Believes in ‘Dictators Not Being President,’ But ‘Let’s Remember She’s Not an Altruist’
thewrap.comour official recap of the episode:11 p.m. on the East Coast. Shiv’s told that under Wisconsin state law, the vote can’t be certified until the absentee ballots are counted.
100,000 of those are missing in Milwaukee. Mencken leads in the state without them. Shiv insists every vote must be counted.
Roman makes a dismissive “Eh” face. He argues with her about whose “f—ks” burned the ballots.“If Mencken wins it’s the end of the world!” Shiv genuinely feels.“Jimenez won’t block the GoJo deal,” Roman counters. “So f—k the guy, right?”“That’s not the thing,” Shiv asserts.“He’s like, ‘I want Mencken to win so I can be top dog, I can be CEO, I can have the power,'” Snook said in the post-episode interview. “I was like, ‘Cool, that’s fine, except it’s Mencken.
It’s Jaryd Mencken.'”In this case, Shiv fighting to fall on the right side of history is merely circumstantial. “It’s convenient that it’s an altruistic side of her,” Snook said, laughing.
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