Chiantishire (Succession)

The episode follows the Roys visiting Tuscany to attend the wedding of Logan's second wife, Lady Caroline Collingwood, while working to finalize Waystar's acquisition of streaming giant GoJo.

"Chiantishire" was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards at the 74th ceremony, including for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Harriet Walter's performance.

Connor proposes to an apprehensive Willa in front of other wedding guests, hoping to deflect the press from probing into her background as a sex worker.

Logan coldly refuses and balks at the notion that he is a bad person, invoking the waiter's death[a] to argue that he has been the one to rectify Kendall's every mistake and reprimands him for his hypocrisy for criticizing his business while benefiting from it his entire life.

The following day, Shiv passes off her comments as foreplay and discusses with Tom the option of freezing her embryos to ensure the survival of her progeny in the event of their divorce or deaths.

GoJo's stock price soars after Lukas Matsson sends tweets insinuating that he is about to receive major financing, much to Waystar's concern.

"Chiantishire" was written by Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong and directed by Mark Mylod in his eleventh episode for the series.

[6] "Chiantishire" received widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Armstrong's writing, Mylod's direction, and the episode's performances and emotional stakes.

"[7] Michael Hogan of The Guardian felt the episode was the series' "most horrifying" to date, praising the performances of both Harriet Walter – as "delightfully bitchy" – and Kieran Culkin, for depicting Roman's "cocky bravado [fall] away to reveal the little boy beneath.

"[10] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote that the episode "crackles with tragicomic energy, featuring some of the funniest and saddest moments of the whole season."