Why Succession was the most realistic show of 2018

VICE

"No piece of pop culture can fully sum up a historical moment, but HBO’s epic family drama Succession does a very solid job of diagnosing 2018 as a year of unfettered privilege and corruption built on a rickety foundation of mediocrity, bolstered by inherited power and influence," says Frederick Blichert. "And it does so without dumbing anything down, or worse glorifying the excesses of the super-rich by offering 'anti-heroes' for us to root for."