- Roman faces technical difficulties. Tom marks his territory. Kendall hits rock bottom with tragic consequences.
- Guests arrive for Shiv and Tom's wedding reception at a historic English castle. While photographers snap outdoor pictures of the wedding party, Ken and Stewy converse about their planned corporate overthrow of Ken's father Logan. Connor wants his girlfriend Willa to be in the photos. Shiv doesn't like it; she thinks Willa's presence in the photos will look bad in the future, if Willa's reputation sours. Connor insists.
In a private room, Ken reviews Stewy's conditions for takeover. They argue about who will break the news to Logan; neither of them wants to do it. Their assistant, Jess, accidentally prints the takeover document to the wrong printer, somewhere on the castle grounds. Ken becomes highly agitated at this, then has to apologize to his pre-teen son after yelling at him not to come into the room, before realizing who it was. Ken's estranged wife Rava suspects, out loud, that he might be high, but Ken assures her otherwise. Jess finds the mislocated printout. Stewy gives it to Ken and he carries it through the ornate castle rooms full of animated wedding partiers, and knocks on the door of Logan's suite.
Logan's wife Marcia answers; she invites Ken in. Logan is grooming in the bathroom in his underwear. Nervously, Ken delivers the news. Logan angrily crumples the document and throws it in the toilet. He demands to know why Ken is doing this. Flustered, Ken can't explain himself adequately, and exits the suite. Logan retrieves the wet document and talks with Marcia about the situation. Logan is worried that he can't stop the takeover.
Gerri, the Roys' general counsel, is talking to Senator Eavis. An aide summons her to go meet with Logan. Connor walks up and smilingly confronts Eavis about his support for socialism, hyper-inflation, and dead babies. Eavis politely excuses himself and walks away. Shiv saw the whole thing and didn't like it; she says Eavis will be the next U.S. president. Then Roman confronts her about being on the wrong political side. Roman gets a call about his Japanese satellite launch. He goes to a bathroom alone and watches the livestream. The rocket explodes on the launchpad.
Back in their private room, Ken and Stewy talk. Ken is a little shaken, but Stewy is pleased that they did it, and gets drinks for both of them. He asks Jess to leave them, then breaks out some cocaine for Ken.
Logan talks with Marcia about whether he should leave the party early to handle the takeover threat.
Connor takes Willa aside and tells her he wants to run for U.S. president. She's stunned, and asks him if this will take money away from the funding of her play.
Logan's ex-wife Caroline introduces Roman to a top U.K. police commissioner, and old friend of the family. Tabitha asks how the rocket launch went; Roman says great.
Logan joins the party and approaches Ken and Stewy. Stewy wants to keep it civil; Logan responds sarcastically. A young, male member of the catering staff tries to refill Logan's drink, but accidentally spills on him. Logan responds angrily and tells him to get out of the event and don't come back.
Gerri confronts Roman about the rocket explosion; Roman pretends he didn't already know. Roman tells her that he pushed the launch forward despite others' concerns; she says that's not good, legally, especially if anyone died.
The waiter who spilled on Logan appears to be fired by the staffing company; they give him a cash severance.
Night has fallen; the formal reception begins. Logan gives a speech in which he doesn't mention Ken's plan, but slyly swipes at Ken in a manner no one but Ken will notice. After the music resumes, Gerri has a whispering huddle with Logan and Marcia about how they plan to deal with the hostile takeover. The party goes on, with funny, happy speeches by Roman, Shiv, Caroline, and Tom.
Nate tries to talk with Shiv; she becomes hostile and tells him to shove off. As she walks away, Logan intercepts her and tells her she needs to come talk with Ken.
Connor takes Ken to a private room. Shiv and Roman are already there; they and Connor confront Ken about the takeover. They argue bitterly; Ken says we have to do this. Shiv is especially offended that he did this on her wedding day. Logan arrives, and the argument continues with acrimony. Ken leaves and goes to his suite where Stewy is hanging out alone. Ken finds that the cocaine has run out. He asks Stewy for more, but Stewy suggests restraint, and besides he doesn't have any.
Back at the party, Roman tries to talk Connor out of running for president. Roman consults with Gerri and finds to his elated relief that no one died in the rocket disaster, there were just a few serious injuries.
Outside in the dark, Greg wishes Ken good luck with his takeover, and starts to talk about the cruise-line coverup. All Ken wants to know is where to find some coke. Greg doesn't know anything about that, but tells Ken about the coverup document copies he secretly kept. Ken smiles and compliments him on his smarts. Greg points Ken to some guys around back who might have drugs.
Shiv and Tom are alone in their suite. Shiv tries to talk about the takeover, but Tom just wants to talk romantically about her. Shiv emotionally breaks the news that she had a fling with Nate while she and Tom were a couple. Tom gets her permission to eject Nate from the party. Shiv also says that maybe monogamy isn't for her. Tom's a little taken aback, but they both still want to be married. They make love.
The waiter who spilled on Logan smokes a joint behind the castle. Ken approaches and asks about it, and about the firing. The waiter tells him that he isn't fired, and in fact was paid for the whole night and then some, so it's no big deal. Ken asks if the waiter can hook him up with some "powder."
A light rain has begun. Tom coldly accosts Nate at the party, threatens to break his legs if he doesn't stay away from Shiv, makes him pour his glass of wine back into the bottle, then tells him to leave the party and not come back. Nate, intimidated and a little drunk, does as he's told. Then Tom relaxes and joins the dance floor.
Ken and the waiter sit in a car. The waiter does a line of white powder. He offers some to Ken, but Ken realizes it's ketamine, not cocaine. He asks where he can get coke; the waiter says he knows a guy not far away. The waiter is too stoned to drive, so Ken takes the wheel. They drive onto a dark winding road in the countryside. Ken informs the waiter that he's rich, and they joke that the waiter should kidnap Ken for money. Ken is not an experienced driver, and is even more unfamiliar with the British car. As he becomes distracted trying to work the stickshift, the waiter sees a deer directly ahead of them. He grabs the wheel and makes the car swerve; it crashes through a fence and into a pond. The car quickly sinks, but Ken manages to get out. He tries to dive down a few times to save the waiter, but cannot.
Soaked and stunned, walking and running through the muddy, bog-like countryside, Ken makes his way back to the castle, hiding from view when a car drives by. He is startled when fireworks and British fanfares go off in the sky above the castle. He manages to sneak back to the outdoor entrance of his suite, then discovers his keycard is missing. He breaks a tiny window at the top of the door, cutting his arm while reaching in to release the latch. Inside, he strips, bathes, washes his clothes, and dresses in dry clothes. Pocketing his duplicate keycard, he returns to the party, doing his best to seem normal and cheerful, and making sure to be seen by people he knows. His cut bleeds a little through his white shirt sleeve, but no one notices. His children and ex-wife get him to dance.
The next morning, Ken wakes up and stares at the cut on his arm. He dresses and goes to the breakfast buffet, where Greg informs him that a possibly high waiter died the previous night in a car accident. One of Logan's security men quietly tells Ken to come talk with Logan. In a richly decorated lounge, Logan is waiting with Marcia and Amir. Logan tells Ken about the caterer's death. Ken acts innocent, but then Logan tells him about discovering a keycard to Ken's room near the accident site. Marcia and Logan suggest that maybe the waiter broke into Ken's room and took the card. Ken very nervously plays along, trying not to say much. Logan says Amir saw Ken "rather damp." Logan dismisses Marcia and Amir so he can talk privately with Ken.
While Ken starts to cry, Logan tells Ken that his takeover plan must now end, and he must go to rehab: if anyone finds out that he was involved in this accident, he'll be ruined for life. But Logan is happy to make the whole thing disappear, to keep Ken's future bright, and the family together. He hugs Ken while Ken sobs uncontrollably.
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