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Behind the Billions Podcast S5E7 “The Limitless Sh*t” – June 14, 2020

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**A Behind-the-Scenes Look at “The Limitless Sh*t”**

by Brian Koppelman and David Levien | The Ringer | June 14, 2020

Before getting into “The Limitless Sh*t,” Episode 7 of Billions Season 5, co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien discuss the concept of high-end mental-performance-enhancing drugs; the difficult editing required to pivot into a midseason finale; crew superstars, including the line producer, key grip, and gaffer; obscure references; guest cast; and more (0:05). They next speak with actor-director David Costabile, who plays Mike Wagner, about directing as well as acting in Episode 7, figuring out who Wagner is as a character, old-school NYSE traders, and more (31:05)

Source: The Ringer

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Billions Season 5 Episode 7 Mid-Season Finale Recap: Forbes – June 14, 2020

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An Act of War

by Dana Feldman | Forbes | June 14, 2020

All is not fair in love and war. This is made very clear in the midseason finale of Billions. Of note, tonight’s episode “The Limitless Sh*t” was directed by the one and only David Costabile, better known as Wags.

Axe (Damian Lewis) wages war on Mike Prince (Corey Stoll) when he discovers his adversary has crossed the line. But this is just one battle Axe is fighting. He’s also very irritated by the deepening relationship between Wendy (Maggie Siff) and Nico Tanner (Frank Grillo) and we know what happens when Axe is unhappy about a situation: He finds a way to destroy it.

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Billions Season 5 Episode 7 Mid-Season Finale Recap: New York Times – June 14, 2020

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Moral Inconvenience

by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | June 14, 2020

Season 5, Episode 7: ‘The Limitless Sh*t’

Bobby Axelrod can see the Matrix. Or whatever the moneymaking equivalent of the Matrix would be.

After popping a barely legal brain enhancement pill called Vigilantix, provided by Axe Cap’s resident dark-arts practitioner Victor Mateo, Bobby is convinced that both he and any of his employees who have taken this dubious drug are thinking five, 15, 50 steps ahead of their competitors. As stock-ticker numbers fly across the screen, his eyes glow as blue as the Night King’s from “Game of Thrones,” as if he had literal superpowers. And he is focusing those powers on a single goal: Corner the rare-minerals market by investing in meteor harvesting.

No, really.

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Billions Season 5 Episode 7 Mid-Season Finale Recap: Wall Street Journal – June 14, 2020

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Axe Capital on Drugs, a Scandal and a Firing

by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | June 14, 2020

A few weeks ago, we questioned whether Showtime’s “Billions” was lionizing Wall Street or satirizing it. We’ve come to a decision.

It’s satire. No other answer makes sense.

In the midseason finale (directed by David Costabile; written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Emily Hornsby), Bobby Axelrod gets his entire firm hooked on a purported productivity drug, which almost has Axe Capital staring down the barrel of a $3 billion loss, while Mason Carbon deals with a far less dramatic scandal, and Chuck Rhoades tricks the Treasury secretary into firing himself.

There isn’t much Wall Street stuff in this episode that needs deconstructing. It’s all about how the stories are presented.

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The Most Billions-y Things That Happened on Billions Season 5, Episode 7 Mid-Season Finale – June 14, 2020

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This Isn’t the Limitless Sht, It’s the Scarface Sht

by Kyle McGovern | Newsweek | June 14, 2020

Episode Seven: The Limitless Sh*t

To celebrate the show’s compelling brand of absurdity, we’re keeping track of the most Billions-y things that happen on Billions this season. For highlights from the latest episode, brace yourselves and head below.

This Episode Is Actually Titled “The Limitless S**t”

Yes, that title is indeed a reference to the 2011 Bradley Cooper flick Limitless. In that movie (which later became a short-lived TV series of its own), Cooper stars as a guy who takes a drug that improves his brain function to the nth degree. (Or, as Phyllis from The Office once put it, “Isn’t that the one where the guy becomes limitless?”) And that’s exactly what goes down at Axe Capital this week—sort of. But we’ll have more on that in a moment. For now, take a second to appreciate that episode title, which is just a peak Billions Bro move—even more so than calling this season’s second episode “The Chris Rock Test.”

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at “The Limitless Sh*t”

An Act of War

Moral Inconvenience

Axe Capital on Drugs, a Scandal and a Firing

This Isn’t the Limitless Sh*t, It’s the Scarface Sh*t

**A Behind-the-Scenes Look at “The Limitless Sh*t”**

This Isn’t the Limitless Sht, It’s the Scarface Sht