American Auto

Payne Motors gets a new CEO on the same day they’re rolling out a new self-driving — and problematic — vehicle

Katherine promises a big announcement on her first quarterly earnings call. Jack and Elliot negotiate a contract with the line workers union.

The group travels to Iowa for the opening of a new factory.

The executives realize a Payne vehicle may have a faulty part and debate whether to issue a recall.

The group attends the annual Payne Foundation Fundraising Gala. Katherine suspects her job may be in jeopardy. Wesley deals with a family rivalry.

Katherine and the team bring in crisis manager Ian Osofsky to help combat the negative publicity the company is receiving from accusations it covered up defective auto parts.

When Payne loses their spokesperson, Katherine and the team go to great lengths to woo a new celebrity — Andy Richter — only to have second thoughts.

Katherine and the team head to Silicon Valley to invest in green tech, including Sandbox, a potentially bogus company founded by Wesley’s friend, Chase.

Payne sponsors its annual young designers contest at a local elementary school, which sparks controversy when Katherine inadvertently offends multiple countries via an Instagram Live interview with a Somali American student.

The gang ends up at Katherines house for what seems like an innocent night of drinking and employee bonding, but things escalate when everyone learns that Katherine and Richard are in the middle of a divorce.

When Wesleys grandfather passes away, Katherine and the others learn that all the heirs plan to sell their company shares, which would tank the stock price; they attempt damage control at the funeral to try to stop it.

Katherine and her team make one last effort to raise the Payne stock and save their jobs by rallying behind the launch of the Pika; when global events cause the whole market to crash, Katherine loses hope that Payne will ever recover.