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The Son

TV·2017–2019·AMC·Drama, Action, Western·1h·7.8·Created by Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman, Philipp Meyer

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The Son, from writers/producers Philipp Meyer, Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy and producer Michael Connolly, is a multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire.

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