She reached out and straightened the tag on his shirt. Her fingers were cool against his chest.
The notification pinged at 2:17 AM, slicing through the silence of Arturo’s studio apartment.
Furthermore, "mature women" are rarely allowed to be villains or anti-heroes without a redemptive arc. We have seen Tony Soprano, Walter White, and Don Draper revel in moral rot for seasons. Where is the female equivalent over 60? Often, older female antagonists are still one-note (the evil queen, the wicked stepmother). Shows like The Crown (Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, but also Imelda Staunton as a brittle, distant Elizabeth II) are pushing this, but we need more women in the Succession mold—ruthless, powerful, and unforgivable.