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Betting on Succession Makes The Finale Even More Interesting (and Nervewracking)
Can one of the Succession writers drop me a line?
There's an old saying in Australia that Aussies will bet on two flies crawling up a wall.
We love to gamble on anything — even fiction.
So it was no surprise when one of my mates texted me earlier this week asking who I had backed in the Succession Stakes.
The popular HBO show Succession ends in a few days after four seasons.
If I were to list my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, you can be sure of two things.
It would list twenty shows. And Succession would be near the top.
The last season has lived up to the hype and has been a masterclass in scriptwriting and acting.
The only thing that could improve it would be if I could profit off the final season.
Enter the Succession Stakes.
The Roy Rumble
The final season has seen the death of the patriarch, billionaire, media mogul, and lover of the term "fuck off," Logan Roy.
(I purposely didn't include a spoiler alert as, given you are reading this article, I'm assuming you are familiar with…
