The camera opens on a quiet conference room overlooking Target Field. It is pristine. It is calm. It is absolutely not calm. This is Succession, Minnesota style. There is coffee. There are spreadsheets. There is a faint sense that someone is about to be told they are still family but no longer in charge.
Tom Pohlad stands at the head of the table. He does not raise his voice. He does not need to. He has the tone of a man who has already won the argument fourteen months ago.
Tom: Don’t get me wrong. We are still in control.
Joe Pohlad sits across from him. He has been here for 19 years. He looks like someone who just realized the word “stewardship” can be used as a weapon.
Joe: So… this is happening.
Tom: This is happening in the best interest of the organization.
Joe: The organization being the Minnesota Twins or the Pohlad family.
From the corner, a silent PowerPoint flickers to life. It reads New Partners. Majority Ownership. Best Interest. There are no numbers. There do not need to be numbers.
Joe Ryan is there for some reason. No one invited him. Pitchers just wander into these things.
Joe Ryan: Sorry, I thought this was a rotation meeting.
Tom: It is. Just not yours. (Ryan exits)
Derek Falvey leans forward like a corporate cousin who knows exactly when to speak and when to let chaos cook.
Falvey: We are aligned. That is the message.
Derek Shelton nods slowly from the end of the table. He has the calm expression of someone who has seen how this ends and knows it is never clean.
Shelton: We believe in the process. Whatever the process is now.
Joe Pohlad stares at Tom.
Joe: I was not on board with this.
Tom: At first.
Joe (raising his voice slightly): I was supposed to bring us back to the promised land.Â
Tom sighs. This is the part where the conversation become personal.
Tom: This is hard. On the family. On us. This is not what we envisioned when we talked about generations and stewardship and winning a world championship.
Joe: And yet here we are. You take the chair. I take understanding.
Tom: You understand now.
Joe pauses. He nods. Succession teaches us that understanding is often just acceptance with better branding.
Joe (reluctantly): I understand.
A beat. Outside, the stadium is empty. Control has been retained. Majority ownership remains. The family business continues.
From the hallway, a new limited partner peeks in, whispers something about significant financial cleanup, and disappears.
Tom straightens his jacket.
Tom: This is for the fan base.
Joe: Of course it is.
The camera pulls back. The Twins will still be run by the Pohlads. The chair has changed. The power has not. Somewhere, Logan Roy smiles politely and says something about control.
Fade to black.