The Roy family convenes at Connor's New Mexico ranch, Austerlitz, for a PR-managed therapy weekend following Logan's firing of Kendall and the fallout from the failed shareholder vote. The sessions collapse immediately — Logan's opening claim that everything he has done was for his children goes unchallenged by Roman and Connor but dismissed by Shiv, and the therapist is hospitalized after diving into a shallow pool. Shiv slips away to meet Senator Gil Eavis, who offers her a senior campaign role and makes clear he intends to use every legal and legislative tool available against Logan's media empire — she accepts on the spot. Kendall, unable to face the ranch, ends up on a cocaine and meth binge at a stranger's house before Roman collects him. His return ignites the worst confrontation of the season: Logan admits to planting the tabloid relapse  ...