From Sophocles’ Antigone (a woman versus her uncle-king over the proper burial of her brother) to the streaming prestige dramas of today, the family remains the ultimate dramatic unit. It is the place where we learn to love, to hate, to betray, and to forgive. It is the first society we join, and often the hardest one to leave.

What is left unsaid is often more important than what is spoken. A dispute over who inherits a grandmother’s china set is rarely about the dishes; it is about who felt most loved by her.