‘Succession’: How we fell in love with a TV show about awful people

For all its Emmy awards and word of mouth hype, Succession is still a strange show to recommend. It’s basically just a bunch of disgustingly rich adult-children fighting over their daddy’s money and approval. Every single character is terrible, and grows more dislikable scene-by-scene. Even the luxe settings manage to feel soulless, a corporate, colourless wash over these lifestyles of excess and egregious behaviour. “It sounds annoying,” was my sister’s response, who, admittedly, only watches Friends and reality TV shows about hoarders (no shame, I also watch the latter). But the thing that m…

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