"Succession" continues to remind me of Patrick Melrose. In one of the most recent episodes, Kendall visits his mother. He tells her he has something he wants to unload; like Eleanor Melrose, Kendall's mother briefly seems to *want* to be supportive, but then finds a way to evade the task. The sadism of the former Mrs. Roy also makes me think of Eleanor. The former Mrs. Roy could help her children, but instead she finds a way to upset them more: "You want money for your father? Tell him he can either (1) have X amount or (2) give up his Christmases with you. See what he picks." This awful situation--making the children understand that Daddy actually wants cash more than "togetherness" time--recalls something Eleanor does in the Melrose novels. She gives her estate to a "transpersonal foundation"--perhaps imagining how the move would irk her detested former husband--and she doesn't consider (or *really* consider) the pain that this de...