Category: Recap
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Wall Street Journal – May 17, 2020
Why Would Bobby Axelrod Want to Buy a Bank? by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | May 17, 2020 So, Bobby Axelrod wants to buy a bank. Let’s talk about that. On “Beg, Bribe, Bully,†tonight’s episode of “Billions,†(written by Ben Mezrich, directed by John Dahl), Axe is down in the dumps. He…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Forbes – May 17, 2020
Everyone Has A Price by Dana Feldman | Forbes | May 17, 2020 All would be copacetic in Axe’s world if he could just buy a painter, a school headmaster and a bank. To him, everyone has a price and all he needs to do is figure out how many zeros it’ll take to make…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Entertainment Weekly – May 17, 2020
It’s ‘Like Father, Like Son’ as Axe’s Kid Gets in Hot Water by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | May 17, 2020 It’s been a while since Billions checked in with Axe’s kids. Ever since Axe and Laura split up, the show has been solely focused on the patriarch. But surely his children are off…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Vulture – May 17, 2020
Sins of the Father by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | May 17, 2020 Before we even set eyes on any character in “Beg, Bribe, Bully,†the opening track, Cat Stevens’s classic “Father and Son,†has already laid out tonight’s theme. In Billions, however, nothing is ever as simple as a son carving out a separate…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 5 Episode 3: Beg, Bribe, Bully – May 17, 2020
The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 17, 2020 I love the saying attributed to Woody Allen that “90% of life is showing up.” And while I believe it applies to the 99% of the population, 90% of life for the top 1%…
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From the Trader’s Desk: “The Chris Rock Test,” Billions S5 Ep2 – May 15, 2020
Prince Takes King? by Lady Trader | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 15, 2020 Obsessed with fantasy, possessed with my schemes I mixed reality with pseudo-god dreams The ghost of violence was something I seen I sold my soul to be the human obscene Megalomania – Black Sabbath Happy Friday, and welcome back…
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The Unbeatable, Unstoppable, Unparalleled MVPs from Billions Season 5 Episode 2 – May 13, 2020
Billions MVP Awards for Season 5, Episode 2, “The Chris Rock Test†by Gingersnap | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 13, 2020 Last week we awarded our Most Valuable Players for the season five premiere of Billions in a compilation post called our ‘Billions MVP Fanbook,’ which commemorates all those in honor of achievement for the utmost brazen,…
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Billions Superlatives “The Chris Rock Test” – May 11, 2020
“No, it’s torture!” by Miles Surrey | The Ringer | May 11, 2020 Ever since HBO’s Succession came into our lives, it’s seemed to exist in a symbiotic relationship with Showtime’s Billions. I can’t recommend one without the other. Both series aim to derive a lot of drama, comedy, and pathos from the misery inherent…