Who Is Daddy Roy’s Favorite This Week?

12. Kendall is holding on in last place.

Just like last week, Kendall is at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to his father’s affections.

Ever since their verbal duel over dinner in Italy, this father-son duo have been mutual enemies. Logan’s front of wanting unity with his children barely extended to Kendall in Sunday night’s episode during the “apology” scene in a karaoke bar.

Kendall knows he’s in irredeemable territory with Logan, and seems happy to burn it all down. In the closing act of the latest episode, we saw Kendall smiling at the idea of once again pushing his father’s business dealings off a cliff.

Our prediction is that he remains in the lowest rank of favorites for the rest of the season.

11. Shiv is still the baby of the family in Logan’s eyes and he’d help her if she asked, which means she has a bit of gas left in the Daddy Roy tank.

Shiv is just barely ahead of her older brother Kendall. We saw Logan help ruin her divorce proceedings by “conflicting-out” every top lawyer in New York City (meaning he had Tom call them first to get them off the market for Shiv).

But her slight rise is thanks to the subtle offering Logan made during the karaoke-room meeting, when Daddy Roy said if she had “been around,” he would have helped her, too.

Logan’s favorites only ever rise or fall based on how willing they are to play his game of subjugation, and this week Shiv stood her ground at the bottom tier.

10. Connor is still pretty invisible to Daddy Roy, but he curried some favor by tipping the old man off about the younger siblings’ planned flip.

When Connor found out that Kendall, Shiv, and Roman were strongly considering helping two other Waystar Royco board members delay the GoJo deal, he went straight to Daddy Roy and tattled.

Logan was able to confront all his children in the karaoke bar thanks to Connor, which means the eldest son rose to meager new heights in this episode.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a clear ceiling for Connor, since Logan is still 100% focused on his business dealings instead of his son’s wedding day.

9. Gerri, usually a savvy operator, bungles things big-time.

While Gerri cleverly managed to stay neutral and diplomatic in her interactions with Logan last episode during his birthday party, she crashed and burned this week when Logan caught her and Hugo Baker chuckling over Kerry’s ATN audition clip on Hugo’s computer in a conference room.

Because of that, and also likely because of her role as general counsel, Logan gruffly orders Gerry to be left out of the overnight meeting with Lukas Matsson.

8. Karl is always on thin ice, but this week he’s at least safer than Gerri.

Karl didn’t even appear in this episode in any meaningful way, but we know Logan is still including him in all the business planning for the board meeting.

Way to go Karl, you stayed in the middle of the pack!

7. Frank is also clinging to the middle of the pack this week.

Like Karl, Frank was spared in this episode. He didn’t partake in any of the contentious meetings, but he was invited to the overnight huddle along with Karl and Tom.

That means he’s still doing OK in Logan’s estimation.

6. Despite a disastrous audition for an ATN anchor spot, Kerry remains in Logan’s inner circle.

Logan’s self-proclaimed “friend, assistant, and advisor” leveraged her close, intimate relationship with Daddy Roy to audition for an anchor role at ATN. But her on-camera delivery leaves a lot to be desired. (Grinning while reporting on the abduction of two children doesn’t help.)

Kerry’s lackluster audition clip was quietly circulated around the Roy family and ATN executives, who get a good laugh at her expense.

Although Tom politely broke the news to Logan about Kerry’s lackluster audition, Logan still considers her a member of his inner circle, inviting her to come along to his meeting with Lukas Matsson regarding the GoJo deal.

4. Marcia may never appear again, but no news is good news for her character.

Marcia still seems safe among Logan’s inner circle after the premiere episode revealed that she’s “shopping in Milan” indefinitely.

Will she actually reappear this season? Or stay off the grid entirely?

As long as Logan isn’t complaining, she’s still in his top five of loyal allies.

3. Cousin Greg remains a trusted ally in Logan’s orbit.

Riding high from last week’s episode when he seemingly received Logan’s stamp of approval for having a tryst in the Roy patriarch’s home, Cousin Greg is given the unenviable task of sitting Kerry down to tell her she’s not ATN material.

He bungles it somewhat, telling Kerry the imaginary focus group said her “arms aren’t right,” but Greg ultimately walks away unscathed and retains his top-tier ranking as Tom’s second-in-command.

2. Tom appeared to be on thin ice, but deftly maneuvers to safety.

Once Tom bungled the Pierce deal in last week’s episode, Tom’s standing with Logan seemed precarious at best. Logan had been eyeing Pierce as an acquisition target for some time, and we all know how much Logan hates to lose, particularly to his own children.

It also doesn’t help that Tom’s ho-hum speech to ATN staffers in this Sunday’s episode earned an eye roll from Logan. But it’s clear Tom is still in good standing when he deftly tells the mogul that Kerry doesn’t have the chops to be an ATN anchor.

His appearance at the end of the episode looking comfortable in Daddy Roy’s mansion cements that.

1. Roman redeems himself with Logan, starting with a “Happy Birthday” text.

What a difference a week makes.

While Roman was at the very bottom of our rankings last week alongside Shiv and Kendall, the Roy sibling stealthily sent Logan a “Happy Birthday” text which helped redeem him in the eyes of his father.

Logan asks Roman to join him in his meeting with Matsson as a result, and even offers Roman a top spot at ATN, telling his son, “I need you.”