This week marked the most important episode of Succession ever. Let the games begin

The show's most consequential episodes happen at family gatherings - we really should have been better prepared

Before we go any further, it is important to note that this is absolutely your very last chance to avoid several major Succession spoilers. If you haven't watched this week's episode yet, go and do that now, and then come back and read this.

What you have to remember is that this was supposed to have happened years ago. When Jesse Armstrong was developing Succession, the plan was for Logan Roy - doddery old senile Logan Roy, a man clearly on his last legs - to die after just a few episodes. After all, this was a show entitled Succession, so it made sense that it would primarily involve a number of offspring and former business associates tearing at the man's corpse for a bigger piece of the pie.

Succession airs on Sky Atlantic and streams on NOW