Category: Review

You Can’t Make an Omelet… by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 19, 2021 Season 5, Episode 10: ‘Liberty’ Eggs will be broken. The question amid all this conniving, though, is whose? Chuck Rhoades is cooking eggs. That’s it. That’s the scene. For three uninterrupted minutes — without dialogue, without music, without…

Business Takes a Back Seat as Axe and Wendy Get Personal by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 19, 2021 As the folk troubadour once said, the times they are certainly changing. The Axe Cap office looks different, as Billions makes the jump into COVID times. After an indeterminate amount of time spent working…

Eggs at Dawn by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 19, 2021 We’ve come to the point in the season where I think I know what the long game is, but given my history covering Billions, I could still be way off. It’s for this reason that I’m glad things aren’t entirely clear on the…

A Prince Among Thieves by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 12, 2021 Season 5, Episode 9: ‘Implosion’ Axe continues to let his emotions lead his decisions. And now the consequences are teaming up to take him down. “He’s not dead till I say he’s dead,” says Bobby Axelrod of his decabillionaire…

Who’s Your Son Now? by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 12, 2021 When the single mention of your name sums up the extent of your destructive power, you know you’ve reached a new apex of evil. Bobby Axelrod’s one-word moniker suffices as the explanation for no less than four plot points in this episode:…

Axe’s Enemies Have Teamed Up and They Are Coming For His Head by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 12, 2021 This season of Billions, in all its divided-by-COVID glory, has been a lot about legacy. After four seasons of watching the likes of Chuck, Axe, Wendy, Taylor, and many others go through various…

Back in Business by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 5, 2021 Season 5, Episode 8: ‘Copenhagen’ Chuck Rhodes has shaved off his beard. But he wants to be clear: It’s not that big a deal. “You look ready to toss your cap in the air at West Point!” exclaims his underling…

Two Big Wins for Axe, But This Ain’t Over Yet by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 5, 2021 Billions is finally back! Season 5 was interrupted by COVID-related work stoppages last year, depriving all of us of the back half of what has so far been a really solid season. A quick recap,…