Category: Recap
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Billions on Showtime, Season 5 Episode 6: The Nordic Model – June 7, 2020
Anything is Fair Game by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | June 7, 2020 A painting. A drawing. A kidney. A patent. Oh, and an IQ test! This fast-paced and clever Billions episode gives us an extremely fun hour in which Axe, Chuck, Taylor and Wendy all have to play fast chess to…
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The Most Billions-y Things That Happened on Billions Season 5, Episode 6 – June 7, 2020
Sex, Blood, and Portraits by Kyle McGovern | Newsweek | June 7, 2020 Episode Six: The Nordic Model 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. Axe Turns His Apartment…
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The Unbeatable, Unstoppable, Unparalleled MVPs from Billions Season 5 Episode 5 – June 3, 2020
Billions MVP Awards for Season 5, Episode 5, “Contract†by Gingersnap | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | June 3, 2020 We continue to award our Most Valuable Players for Billions season five in a compilation post called the ‘Billions MVP Fanbook,’ which commemorates all those in honor of achievement for the utmost brazen, uber shameless, ultra…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: Forbes – June 1, 2020
The Catalyst by Dana Feldman | Forbes | June 1, 2020 In the latest episode of Billions entitled “Contract†one life lesson is abundantly clear: Until you deal with your past, it will continue to haunt you. Axe (Damian Lewis) is forced to deal with his painful childhood when he finds out his abusive father…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 5 Episode 5: Contract – May 31, 2020
Trust is the Most Valuable Currency in Billions by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 31, 2020 So where to begin about this episode – entertaining, surprising, and heartbreaking – absolutely the best so far in Season 5? The best point of departure may be the definition of a “contract†as Axe…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: New York Times – May 31, 2020
Old Men by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | May 31, 2020 Season 5, Episode 5: ‘Contract’ “Old man, take a look at my life — I’m a lot like you.†This week’s episode of “Billions†uses Neil Young’s song “Old Man†to tie a bow around two of its story lines. In…
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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…