S4E10 · With Open Eyes

Kendall scrambles to vote down the GoJo acquisition before the board meeting, while Shiv and Matsson are confident their coalition will vote in favor. Kendall and Shiv fly to Caroline's residence in Barbados after learning that Roman is recovering from his wounds there. En route, Shiv calls Tom to ask they give their relationship a second chance, but he is hesitant.

Tom meets with Matsson, who admits that his sexual attraction to Shiv would cause complications in the workplace and offers Tom the CEO role instead. Greg overhears Matsson talking with Oskar in Swedish and uses a translator app to learn that Shiv will not be named CEO; he informs Kendall, who convinces Shiv to turn against Matsson. As only a single CEO will satisfy the board, Shiv and Roman form a bloc and reluctantly endorse Kendall despite their doubts about his competence. The siblings share a playful moment in Caroline's kitchen, where they "anoint" Kendall with a smoothie of random unappetizing ingredients.

The three return to New York the next day, where Connor and Willa are dividing Logan's assets. The siblings become emotional watching a home video of Logan enjoying a dinner with Kerry, Connor, and his senior cadre, where Karl sings Robert Burns ' song "Green Grow the Rushes". Shiv is irate to learn from Tom that Matsson has picked him to be CEO, and declares that enough votes are secured to stop the deal. The siblings race to the Waystar headquarters to amass an opposition to the deal while Tom berates Greg for leaking the news of his appointment as CEO, leading to a brief physical fight between the two.

Before the board meeting, Roman glimpses Gerri in the office and breaks down, wondering why he could not have been CEO; Kendall hugs him so hard that Roman's stitches burst, causing some bleeding. Roman votes against the deal at the board meeting as expected, leaving Shiv to cast the deciding vote. However, Shiv becomes reluctant. After the three siblings go to a meeting room to try and find a solution, Shiv expresses her doubts that Kendall would be a good CEO, causing Kendall to panic. She cites his accidental killing of Andrew Dodds, but Kendall frantically claims that it never happened and that he made up the story to feel closer to his siblings, angering and confusing Roman and Shiv.

Kendall asserts he deserves to be CEO as the eldest sibling —ignoring that Connor is actually the eldest sibling— but Roman retorts that Shiv's pregnancy actually carries on the Roy bloodline since Logan did not consider Kendall's children legitimate. An enraged Kendall attacks Roman, convincing Shiv to vote for the deal. A despondent Roman tells Kendall that he, his siblings, and the company itself are "bullshit".

As Waystar's new CEO, Tom elects to retain Gerri, Greg, and Karolina, whilst planning to fire Frank, Hugo, and Karl. On their drive home, Tom and Shiv silently touch hands. Roman has a moment to himself at a bar. A devastated Kendall walks around Battery Park, shadowed by his bodyguard Colin.