There’s no better way to start this story than with a big, bold spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the most recent episode of the HBO drama Succession, and you intend to today, tomorrow or anytime in the future, and you don’t want a major plot point to be spoiled: do not read on.
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Logan Roy is dead. With that, Succession has killed off the main character who gave the show its title. The aging, ailing, abusive media mogul — whose cruel manipulation of his adult children and an assortment of sycophants has fuelled over three seasons of the corporate soap opera
