Succession
WARNING : This clause contain SPOILERS for Succession !
Lukas Mattsson , CEO of Gojo inSuccession , unveil some bizarre personal information to Shiv in time of year 4 , episode 5 . Mattsson , play by Alexander Skarsgård ofThe Northman , has raise to be a seedy , undependable fictitious character in his dealings with Logan Roy . However , he has undoubtedly reached an out of the blue level of curiousness after shortly interact with Shiv . The Roy kids wing to Norway to examine the cultural compatibility of Waystar and Gojo , give ear the Swedish technical school party ’s annual hideaway just twenty-four hour period after their mogul founding father passed away . It ’s the first opportunity for Roman and Kendall to demonstrate what eccentric of CEO they will be in Logan ’s viewing and how they will treat an unpredictable force such as Mattsson .
Mattsson seems genuine and laid back on the surface , but the extra picture featuring him show he is far from a typical person . He give Shiv , Roman , and Kendall most no time to mourn for their father , leave Connor back home to plan Logan ’s funeral . Mattsson aimed to strike at their most vulnerable moment to get the deal done as quickly as possible but was met with reluctance from Kendall and Roman to reach Waystar over so readily . Once Waystar ’s current CEOs met his manipulative tactic with resistance , he started make moves around them to plug the deal , one involve Shiv and a worrying storey about the frozen liters of his rip .
Mattsson Was Testing Shiv’s Trust
Mattsson was not hitting it off with Kendall and Roman , who failed to build rapport with Mattsson and channel a deal that would satisfy both party . SoMattsson begin go about Shivfor the scoop on Kendall and Roman ’s position on the deal , which at first Shiv lead along with , urge on Mattsson to bump up the stock price from the $ 140 per parcel range to get what he desire . Shiv is the only descendant of Logan that Mattsson finds common ground and even goes so far as to liken her to Logan after call her chum an overplus and nothing more than a " testimonial circle . "
In a strange turn of case that bulge as flirtatious and ended up just apparently worrisome , Mattsson told Shiv that he had a quandary with one of his coworkers , Ebba , with whom he was previously romantically involve . He had air her liter of his blood , frozen as brick , in some outrageous attempt to get her aid or demonstrate his veneration to her . No matter how it ’s explain , Mattsson ’s actions were incredibly dreaded and made him vulnerable now that Shiv have a go at it it . Even though Mattsson is intoxicated , he is strategic and deep enough to think that he had intentionally told Shiv to test Shiv ’s trustworthiness and power for handling sensitive information .
The Blood Story Could Be Made Up
It ’s possible that Mattsson could have been messing with Shiv by creating that bizarre , incriminate story about his blood to see how she ’d respond and what she ’d do with the information . News of the intact meeting was already getting leak to the press with report that nobody was get along , so Mattsson could have been probing Shiv to see whether she was take in that . Since Kendall and Roman were n’t giving him much to make with , Mattsson had to determine whether he could spring a real alliance with any of the Roys after the Waystar deal . While Mattsson is a dangerous , untrusty person , he is also someone that would make a good friend than an foeman , especially once the agreement is finalized .
narrate Shiv the profligate story is a win - win for Mattsson . He either work a new commitment with one of the Roys or exposes Shiv as someone he can not count on . Once the mickle is finalized , he could fire Shiv straight off and make her count foolish if she decide to be a whistle-blower and leak out the story . If Shiv leaked the tale , and it turned out to be false , then she would lose all her power and leverage . Even if it were dead on target , the optics would make it difficult for Shiv to gain ground momentum . If she knew this about Mattsson , why would she allow her brothers to make a hatful with him ? Further , why would she do anything to compromise her fiscal placement since one-half of her payout would be issued in Waystar / Gojo strain ?
Mattsson Is Too Smart To Compromise Himself
Mattsson is a strange individual but also wildly cunning and duplicitous . He presents as a steady , jolly goofy , playfulness - know guy when he is a inhuman - full-blood Hugo Wolf in sheep ’s clothing . It ’s implausible to think he would hand Shiv information that could ruin his career on the first Clarence Day they met . Even if intoxicate , Mattsson ’s too smart to do something so idiotic . Ebba could even be in on it with Mattsson , who she is understandably truehearted to despite the story ’s truthfulness . Ebba might have her own programme for uncover that information about Mattsson , and Shiv probably would n’t intervene with that . Even though Mattsson told her , Shiv probably would n’t want to get involve further .
Mattsson secernate Shiv about his creepy brick of blood line stem from a enshroud motivation to become closer to Shiv . Whether the chronicle is made up or true , narrate it to Shiv is a manipulative tactic to learn more about who she is and to mould a close coalition potentially . Shiv would reciprocally do good from this partnership since her chief executive officer brothers have been progressively cutting her out from Waystar ’s executive decisions . Shiv understands the magnate of an alliance with Mattsson and is the last of the Roys to fight from a moral position . Mattsson might be the overbold in the room , but Shiv share a Machiavellian trait with him that appears to localise up an unlikely alliance inSuccession .
