Category: Print Media
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Billions Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Wall Street Journal – May 24, 2020
Bobby Axelrod Wants to Do Some Good—But Who Does He Really Want to Help? by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | May 24, 2020 It all started with a shovel. In “Opportunity Zone,†the latest episode of “Billions†(written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Emily Hornsby, directed by Laurie Collyer), we get the…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Entertainment Weekly – May 24, 2020
Axe Goes Back to Where it All Started, and Gets a Big Surprise by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | May 24, 2020 There’s really no place like home, especially if you’re planning to use that place as part of a PR move to give your reputation a more squeaky-clean look and feel. That’s what…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Vulture – May 24, 2020
Home Sweet Home by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | May 24, 2020 How good is Bobby Axelrod when it comes to grandstanding? We thought he couldn’t get more Axe-y than last week’s “Greed is good†speech, delivered to an auditorium full of privileged youngsters. Apparently, he was just getting warmed up for tonight’s opportunity zone…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 5 Episode 4: Opportunity Zone – May 24, 2020
Opportunities Abound by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 24, 2020 While Opportunity Zone as a golden opportunity of tax breaks for the rich stays at the heart of the story, all kinds of opportunities – pursued, missed, noticed, favorable, fitting, promising, unique, rare, ample – abound in this week’s episode! Oh,…
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What to Know About Billions’ Cryptocurrency Drama If You Know Nothing About Cryptocurrency – May 22, 2020
The Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Blockchain Explainer by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | May 17, 2020 If you’re a fan of the Showtime drama Billions but having a tough time following the current season’s cryptocurrency story lines, you’re not alone. Not only do the actors have trouble keeping up with the series’ twists and turns, even those…
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The Most Billions-y Things That Happened on Billions Season 5, Episode 3 – May 17, 2020
Everything’s Transactional On Billions. Even Family. by Kyle McGovern | Newsweek | May 17, 2020 Showtime’s Billions takes place in a reality all its own. Technically that’s true of pretty much every work of fiction, but it feels especially so for the show created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The whole…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: New York Times – May 17, 2020
Subjugate and Conquer by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | May 17, 2020 Season 5, Episode 3: ‘Beg, Bribe, Bully’ “Billions†is a show that seems to appreciate pro wrestling, as seen in the fandom of its dudebro character Mafee and the recent cameo by Becky Lynch. So I hope it’s not too…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Wall Street Journal – May 17, 2020
Why Would Bobby Axelrod Want to Buy a Bank? by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | May 17, 2020 So, Bobby Axelrod wants to buy a bank. Let’s talk about that. On “Beg, Bribe, Bully,†tonight’s episode of “Billions,†(written by Ben Mezrich, directed by John Dahl), Axe is down in the dumps. He…