While one brother schemes to overthrow another at the family fashion house, a ruthless self-made fashion CEO plans to gobble up a longstanding family-owned business. Does the show have the winning, cunning,

That’s because, for all the Parisian glamor and elegance that pervades a show like the new La Maison on Apple TV+, at the crux of it is a corporate power struggle — one in which the progeny of the super-rich are constantly knifing each other in the back. The sort of TV, in other words, that even a fashion rube like me can appreciate.

The first two episodes of “La Maison” are now available to stream on Apple TV+, with remaining episodes airing weekly on Fridays.