TV review: The final season of Succession is shaping up to leave on a high

Roman, superbly played by Kieran Culkin is the most human of all the Roys — it’s all in his face and his body language

Succession is still an incredibly satisfying watch. You can’t take your eyes off it.

I’m glad this is the last series of Succession (Sky Atlantic and NOW). It’s one of the top five shows I have ever watched, but like most of these things, it has largely run out of ideas and is now relying on the incredible characters they’ve created to keep the thing ticking over.

Episode one could have been in any of the previous three seasons. Three of the adult kids in the Roy family — Shiv, Roman and Kendall — are plotting to steal an acquisition from under the nose of their father, Logan. They succeed by bidding a lot of other people’s money, at which point Logan rings them and spits a congratulations at them for naming the highest number.