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HBO’s ‘Succession’ may be gone, but never forgotten. Here, we rank all 39 episodes of the prestige-TV classic.

The Roys on Succession are based largely on one family in particular but the real life references go even deeper than that.

The 62-minute episode has an unquestionably unnerving quality. It provides an artistic and accurate depiction of the breakdown of democracy and the lurch toward fascism by the American ruling elite.

It’s election night, and while America is casting its votes for a right wing populist with fascist tendencies, a run-of-the-mill establishment Democrat or a delusional independent whose slogan is simply “Enough Already!”, ATN is making calls in the newsroom that challenge the very notion of democracy.

This election night “America Decides” is an ironic misnomer: the Roys are in the driver’s seat, and the results are disputable. Narrowing in on the “Succession” series finale, the eighth episode is a harrowing hour-long partisan dogfight, with Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) locked in a tug of war and a conspicuously directionless Kendall (Jeremy Strong) in the middle.

Succession final season (8/10). Every week, Le Monde reviews the trials and tribulations of the Roy family and its media empire.

Successions latest episode saw a frantic night unfold at Waystar Royco as the US election was called on ATN.

Adult diapers at the ready! It’s election night … and the results are unimaginably disastrous. Will revenge be sweet for Shiv?

The Roys win and democracy loses.

The polls are ending soon as the Roy kids slug it out on election day. Learn more from this Succession season 4 episode 8 ending explained