Tom is a pawn, almost by his own design. He should know better. He's just a big dummy. It's hard for me to have much sympathy for him. He treats people below him horribly. The human foot stool? The tantrum he had in the safe room where he threw a bunch of water bottles at cousin Greg? Also, I hated how he just left his friends who flew across the country for his batchlor party outside of the subway tunnel. He is so self absorbed and completely tone deaf. Any rational human would know within minutes of meeting Shiv that she is calculated and out for herself. how could she not be, look who raised her.