The point was never who was going to win. The point was always that these people would inevitably destroy themselves in the battle, which they did. The best finales feel both surprising, like you wouldn't have thought of them, and like they were always destined to happen. I think this passes that test.

4 Seasons | 39 Episodes | TV-MA The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete.

Writers have argued that we love “Succession” because of what it says about America, what it says about class, what it says about money, family, trauma and abuse. These characters are just like us. They're not like us at all.

The characters on the HBO show "Succession" often reference real events and billionaire figures. Inspirations include "the Murdochs and such," its costume designer recently told Harper's Bazaar. Here's what the Roys have said, done, and worn that capture the real-life world of the rich.

The Roys aren't directly based on any individual people, though the Murdoch family seems to have inspired some of their dynamics. 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch, the closest counterpart to Logan Roy (Brian Cox), has six children, whereas Logan has four.

The real life inspirations for powerful oligarch Logan Roy and his dysfunctional family on Succession are well-documented. Roy and his right wing media empire Waystar Royco are very clearly based on Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp imprint.

It's HBO – not mass TV Like so many other acclaimed premium cable TV shows, “Succession” targets the very viewers – middle class and upper-middle class professionals – who can afford to pay for monthly streaming subscriptions.

It's also one of the highest rated shows here so it's not only a hit with the critics but the fans love it too. Bottom line is this is one of the best shows ever created. It's one of the rare shows where every season is just as good as the others.

When Succession writer Jesse Armstrong appeared at the Edinburgh TV Festival last month, he confirmed what most people already knew - the Murdoch dynasty was the original inspiration for his story of brutal power struggles and backstabbing within the family of a media mogul.

That's partly because the Succession writers were experts at satirizing our supremely weird media and political climate, and partly because the HBO show drew heavily on the business and family drama surrounding real-world media titans - especially Rupert Murdoch.

Looking back in history and mythology, the Roys are quite like probably the oldest dysfunctional family known to men: the Olympian Gods. Here are all the characters and their God counterparts, as well as how the company is similar to the Gods' home.

While showrunner Jesse Armstrong told HBO that the events of the series are inspired by a mix of different media families – “like the Hearsts, to modern-day Redstone, John Malone, Robert Fitz of Comcast, Murdoch, and Robert and Rebekah Mercer, who founded Breitbart”– fans believe that the Murdochs, the family behind ...