Chilly, rather terrifying equality, but equality, which has never been the case in that relationship before.
Tom has always been subservient.
Now he has this status, but his status is contingent.

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Thats kind of what the whole episode is about.
Shivs status is as all the kids are … secure.
Its secure in a financial sense.

She has billions of dollars.
She has wealth that could never diminish, whatever happened to the world.
Whereas Toms position could be taken away in the click of fingers.
Its not really even human contact.
Its a sort of two pieces of porcelain or something.
So thats what it is for me.
That isnt what it would be for everyone.
And certainly you could see the situation being a clever stratagem by which Shiv remains in play.
Maybe that thought will occur to her tomorrow or the day after.
I was terrified, the creator recalled.
He didnt look like he was going to jump in.
So my first thought was for his physical safety as a human being, not anything about the character.
Thats what I felt on the day.
Good Lord, above.
The finale drew 2.9M viewers across Max and linear telecasts Sunday night, marking a new series high.
The Season 4 finale was up 68% versus the Season 3 closer.