Author: Gingersnap
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New York City Was the Real Star of Billions
Neighborhoods Where Characters Lived Served as Shorthand for Their Personalities by Dodai Stewart | New York Times | October 27, 2023 As the Showtime series airs its final episode, the showrunners look back at the essential role the city’s restaurants and neighborhoods played. New York City has been the backdrop for many TV series over…
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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…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 12 Series Finale Recap: How it Ended and Who Wound Up Really Rich
Admirals Fund by Breanne L. Heldman | People Magazine | October 27, 2023 “You learn a lot facing a man, battling against him. But when you throw them together…” After seven seasons, Showtime’s hit drama Billions made its final bow Friday on Paramount+ with Showtime. (The series finale will air on Showtime on Sunday evening,…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 12 Series Finale Recap: Take the Money and Run
Admirals Fund by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | October 27, 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the warmest and fuzziest episode of Billions ever! Sure, co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who wrote the series finale, gave us the expected tension-filled hour featuring a super-elaborate scheme, a Steve Miller Band soundtrack, and no shortage of double-,…
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Billions Creators Discuss How the Finale was Fueled by Backstabbing and Blind Faith’s Music
This Season is For People Who Really Loved the Show by Greg Braxton | LA Times | October 27, 2023 When the propulsive financial drama “Billions†premiered in 2016, its core premise centered on the vicious blood feud between U.S Atty. Chuck Rhoades and billionaire hedge fund king Bobby “Axe†Axelrod. The hatred between the…