The scene lasts about 30 seconds but communicates a lifetime of ultrawealthy dysfunction. Roman Roy, desperate to impress his aging father, announces with pride that he’s bought Hearts of Midlothian, one of Edinburgh’s two great football clubs, for his father, the swaggering Scottish-born media billionaire Logan Roy. The other Edinburgh club, though, also starts with an “H.” Its name is Hibernian FC, or “Hibs,” for short.
Logan stares back at Roman. “I’m Hibs.” The implication is that Logan and his son know so little about each other and have so much money to spend that Roman essentially doesn’t know whether his father supports the Mets or the Yankees.
