In fairly typical Succession style, we quickly meet a bunch of besuited new characters and have to work out who's who. The Future freedom summit may be a safe space where you don't have to pretend to like Hamilton, but it still gives off "Berlin bunker vibes."
The Roys arrive in Virginia for a conservative conference (Con-Con, if you will) at which movers and shakers meet to figure out who can replace the Raisin and run for president at such short notice. Meanwhile Logan and WayStar are inching their way back into the game with a show of legal cooperation intended to bog down the investigation until they can connive to turn off the heat. At heart Kendall is often just a petulant kid who doesn't like being told what to do, and that's going to lose him everything. He's savvy enough to hire the best people, but he isn't bright enough to listen to their expertise.
Kendall's biggest problem (well, at least near the top of a very long list) is that he thinks he's smart. But he's rich enough to just say it anyway and expect it to happen. Again, he's self-ware enough to know he's said something he shouldn't. I'm saying what you think I think," he admonishes his legal team in this episode. So why is it all slipping through his fingers? There's a recurring motif this season of Kendall saying something obnoxious or entitled then playing it off as a joke. Kendall has the best lawyer, the best story and the fucking receipts.