I’m not so sure that it’s Shiv’s comment that convinces Mattson to increase his bid. I think Roman’s outburst was an unintentionally great negotiating tactic. By displaying genuine emotion, he made Mattson realize that Roman and Kendall could actually walk away from the deal entirely. Mattson knows that he’s not great…

It would be nice if the writers could throw in a line here and there about stock prices and market caps. Logan offered to buy Pierce for what, $25 billion? A year later the kids are buying it for $10 billion. I guess that reflects the declining value of print media but also doesn’t make Logan look like a master…

Kendall lost because he was shown that he was irrelevant to the deal (“a tribute band” “not a serious person”). Matsson offered enough money that no one in their right mind would side with Kendall and Roman, effectively cutting them out of the deal-making process.

“Your earlobes are thick and chewy. They’re like barnacle meat.”

Shiv can emotionally abuse Tom relentlessly for years but a simple earlobe flick (also provoked by Shiv) is where you draw the line? You lot are so unserious.

I am very interested in the slow unravelling of Roman Roy that’s happening in these episodes. It’s clear that anything to do with his dad is still touching raw nerves, and I think his confrontation with Mattson is the most honest we’ve seen him all season. I’m not sure where this is leading him, but I’d say nowhere…

Alexander Skarsgård is one of the top 3 working actors right now, dude is an absolute beast.

I’m surprised no one picked this up - GoJo is virtually bankrupt. Roman highlighted it at the end of the episode that Mattson was dicking around for 6 weeks and now it’s like go-go-go. The original Logan deal was 144 all cash - this is 192 50/50 cash to stock meaning he’s folding ATN in while paying $50 less a share.…

The fact that a failure for Ken and Roman means making millions (billions?) of dollars means that no matter what happens by the end of the series, they’ll ultimately be just fine.

WTF Tom, don’t flick your wife’s ear.

That little engine is working too hard to get good mileage. A 1.5T with 40 more HP would likely get better mileage too.

Buick’s 1.2/1.3 triple engine choices for this and the Encore GX are mystifying. How much can be cost cut out of a car with one less connecting rod, piston, injector, spark plug and 4 fewer valves…

“GM’s estimated mpg for Envista is 28 city, 32 highway and 30 combined”

This is pathetic for a small vehicle with a 1.2L turbo engine. 

Echoing others’ confusion on the engine choice. With efficiency being the point of the engine, I would expect better MPG than 28/32. It does look pretty good. 

Yes. On paper that is what they are “ Supposed” to cost. A friend of ours who was looking for a new car went to a dealer. In reality it was going to cost $50,000. The reason? Demand is insane and the supply is lacking.  MSRP numbers are a joke these days

The Tacoma annoys me. I own a small 1996 Tacoma. When they first came out they were so cool looking and fun. That was then. But now? They are so ancient and stagnant. Awful fuel economy, piss poor acceleration, insanely expensive. Save for the reliability there is nothing redeeming about them.
 
I can guarantee the…

Have they fixed the horrible driving position? That’s more important than the powertrain configuration.

Looks like Elon Musk is carrying the flame today as a stubborn industrialist that just knows his ideas are just better, man, no matter what the experts say... 

The dumbest part of all of this was that Ford was dumping huge piles of money into natural latex production just as synthetic rubbers were starting to be developed.

Oh that’s interesting. I thought she looked extra thicc in this episode, but I thought that might get hand-waved away with a “months of humiliation, misery and impending divorce” calorie dense diet.

A very sexy potato