There was a moment at the end of the last season of Succession that perfectly captured why the show has become such a juggernaut. Kendall Roy, son of the ruthless media mogul Logan Roy, has been sent into a press conference to sacrifice himself on behalf of his father. Waystar Royco, the family behemoth, had covered up a series of rapes and murders on a cruise liner that it owned. Kendall has been told to fall on his sword.
Except, of course, things work out rather differently. For so long his father’s puppet, Kendall decides to take a stand. “The truth is my father is a malignant presence,” he tells the room. “A bully and a liar. This is the day his reign ends.” Watching