Category: Print Media
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Billions Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: Wall Street Journal – May 31, 2020
Bobby and Chuck Should Learn from the Godfather by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | May 31, 2020 Sometimes you gotta break a bank to make a bank. Or something like that. “Contract,†tonight’s episode of Billions, (written by Theo Travers and directed by Adam Bernstein) finds Bobby Axelrod continuing his odd quest to…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: Entertainment Weekly – May 31, 2020
Taylor’s New Venture Begins — Under a Cloud of Betrayal and Mistrust by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | May 31, 2020 You know, for a show that spends a lot of time engaging with ideas of masculinity and how it’s shaped, influenced by, or influential within politics, finance, and society at large, Billions hasn’t…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: Vulture – May 31, 2020
Family Drama by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | May 31, 2020 The “fathers and sons†theme is strong in this season of Billions, with “Contract†getting to the heart of why Axe bailed on dinner at his Yonkers childhood home last week — and Chuck being tasked with saving his father’s life. In both cases,…
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The Most Billions-y Things That Happened on Billions Season 5, Episode 5 – May 31, 2020
Face Punching and Car Crushing by Kyle McGovern | Newsweek | May 31, 2020 Episode Five: Contract 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. Bryan Connerty Returns to Sock…
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Billions Superlatives “Opportunity Zone” – May 25, 2020
Buff Artist Frank Grillo Steals the Show by Miles Surrey | The Ringer | May 25, 2020 First, an apology: We didn’t do any superlatives for last week’s episode of Billions. Too many other things got in the way—like reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the Game of Thrones series finale, a show that is…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Forbes – May 25, 2020
It Takes a Monster to Destroy a Monster by Dana Feldman | Forbes | May 25, 2020 Winning isn’t as fun if your enemy no longer wants what you have. If Axe and Mike Prince are keeping score, it isn’t clear exactly who won this latest round in “Opportunity Zone.†Axe (Damian Lewis) learns the…
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The Most Billions-y Things That Happened on Billions Season 5, Episode 4 – May 24, 2020
Snowflakes and Secret Alliances by Kyle McGovern | Newsweek | May 24, 2020 Episode Four: Opportunity Zone 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. A Lot of “Snowflake” Talk…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: New York Times – May 24, 2020
Hometown Hero by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | May 24, 2020 Season 5, Episode 4: ‘Opportunity Zone’ Bobby goes home to Yonkers to build support for a major development project. But did he ever really leave? Wendy Rhoades stares at the man opposite her. And stares. And stares. And stares some more.…