Category: Recap
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Billions Is Over. Its Creators Still Don’t Understand Why We Loved Axe
The Art of the Long Con by Miles Surrey | The Ringers | October 30, 2023 Showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien sat down to discuss the series finale, the art of the long con, and the public’s changing perspective on billionaires. Throughout the course of Billions, characters have conspired to take down their enemies…
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Billions Settles All Accounts With an Epic Series-Finale Showdown
Evolution From Mortal Enemies to Grudging Allies by Brian Lowry | CNN | October 30, 2023 After seven twisty seasons, with more double and triple crosses than you can shake a stock certificate at, “Billions†successfully landed the plane (OK, private jet) with its series finale, in a satisfying finish that reassembled the key players…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 7 Episode 12: Admirals Fund
Magnum Opus by Damianista | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | October 28, 2023 May I just say I will miss Billions so much? Thanks to Paramount+ releasing the new episodes Fridays at midnight, I watched the show two times until 2am taking notes. Then I slept on it and wrote all day Friday taking a lot of…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 12 Series Finale Recap: How Axe, Chuck, Wendy, Taylor, Wags and More Find Their Way Home
Admiral’s Fund by Cynthia Littleton | Variety | October 27, 2023 “Billions†ends where it began. At the close of “Admirals Fund,†the series finale of the Showtime drama series, Bobby Axelrod is scheming once again to make a new fortune with his merry band of alpha-male traders, who are revved up by his leadership…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 12 Series Finale Recap: The Last Battle
Admirals Fund by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | October 27, 2023 Season 7, Episode 12 Series Finale: ‘Admirals Fund’ Am I at a loss for words over the series finale of “Billionsâ€? That depends. Do hooting and hollering count as “wordsâ€? There’s no other way to put this: In its final hour,…
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Billions Creators Wanted Finale to Feel Like West Wing
It’s a Thrill Riding Shotgun With These Avaricious Characters by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | October 27, 2023 The markets have closed for Billions, the high-stakes financial drama that concluded its run after seven adrenaline-filled seasons. With one last flawlessly executed final scheme, longtime rivals Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and Bobby “Axe†Axelrod (Damian Lewis)…
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Billions Director Talks Series Finale Scheme and Gives Update on Spinoffs
Happy Endings for REAL Billions’ Fans by Ileane Rudolph | TV Insider | October 27, 2023 Who’d have thunk? Billions, Showtime’s smart and cynical hit show about the intersecting worlds of NYC’s financial and law enforcement goes out with a happy ending. TV Insider talked to Neil Burger, a producer and director who helmed, among…
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Billions Bosses Break Down That Electric Series Finale
Ending Was Crafted for the Billions’ Obsessives by Josh Wigler | The Hollywood Reporter | October 27, 2023 Series creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien tell The Hollywood Reporter that the ending was crafted for the “‘Billions’ obsessives” who stuck around with the finance drama for seven seasons, and potentially into multiple spinoffs on the…