Mark Mylod directed the final episode of “Succession” and won the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
The finale, “With Open Eyes,” aired on May 28, 2023, and brought the Roy family’s four-season struggle to control Waystar Royco to its bleak conclusion. Mylod directed the episode after also helming several other pivotal installments, including the third-season finale “All the Bells Say.”
A common mix-up concerns “Connor’s Wedding,” the episode that earned Mylod his Emmy. That episode was not the series finale; it was the third episode of season four. The Television Academy awarded Mylod for “Connor’s Wedding,” whose depiction of Logan Roy’s sudden death became one of the show’s defining television moments.
Mylod’s Emmy recognized his direction of that specific episode, while his direction of “With Open Eyes” made him the director of the show’s final chapter. The distinction matters because Emmy directing awards honor individual episodes rather than a director’s entire season.