Sorting out the succession can turn ordinary farming families into the Roy children

The Roy siblings slip into their childhood selves in their mother’s kitchen during the final episode of Succession. ‘Sorting out the succession in [Australian] farming is often the biggest hurdle to making the business last past one generation,’ writes Gabrielle Chan. Photograph: HBO

Spoiler alert: this column contains details from Succession season four. Don’t read on unless you’ve watched the finale, episode 10.

Power. Money. Love. Betrayal. In the HBO hit Succession, these elements crash into each other like dodgem cars as they warp and rip family relationships asunder.