The patriarch isn’t actually dead—or he’s watching them via a hidden clause in the will. The Return of the Ghost

: Unlike legal or political dramas, the conflicts in family dramas are often small-scale and intimate—revolving around marriages, deaths, or dysfunction—which creates a more intense emotional impact.

The cultural implications of representing incest in media are profound. Such portrayals can influence societal attitudes, potentially leading to a more permissive culture or, conversely, reinforcing the taboo by highlighting the exoticized or fetishized aspects of incest.