In the episode, the Roys attend a family therapy session at Connor's ranch in New Mexico, in an attempt to repair Logan's public image in the fallout of a failed vote of no confidence against him.
Meanwhile, in an effort to fix his public image after the failed no-confidence vote, Logan agrees to a weekend-long family therapy session at Austerlitz, Connor's ranch in New Mexico, which Kendall chooses not to attend.
Meanwhile, the rest of the therapy session also proves ineffectual, and Parfit is hospitalized after diving headfirst into a shallow pool and breaking several front teeth.
Still heavily intoxicated, Kendall accuses his father of resenting his children for the privilege in which he raised them, and nearly provokes a physical altercation when he flippantly dismisses the abuse Logan suffered at the hands of his uncle Noah.
Marcia breaks up the argument, and Connor admits to Logan that he feels "used" by his father turning Austerlitz into merely another stage for waging his business-related conflicts.
[6] "Austerlitz" received positive reviews, with critics praising Jeremy Strong's performance and the episode's balance between humor and darker themes.
The review also praised Strong for giving "perhaps the most impressive performance on the show," comparing Kendall's arc in the episode to that of Peter Capaldi's character in Succession showrunner Jesse Armstrong's previous series, The Thick Of It.
[8] Sean T. Collins of Decider was less positive about the episode, criticizing Shiv's subplot as "dull" and finding the reveal regarding Logan's past to be an unconvincing development for his character.