You Should Really Be Watching HBO's Succession

One of the sacred Unwritten Rules of the Internet is that there must always be “The Show.” The mantle of The Show is passed down from one franchise to another like a postmodern coronation. There’s no formal ceremony, no single agreed-upon source announces the ascendance of a new monarch to the throne of the internet zeitgeist, and yet the current holder of the title is always exceedingly easy to spot. In fact, The Show’s single identifier is the ubiquity and tone with which it is discussed and debated in the cultural feeding frenzy of social media. If you’re even passively online you don’t need to go looking for The Show. The Show will find you. And now The Show is HBO’s Succession.

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