Category: Review

Not Everything Is As it Seems by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | October 3, 2021 It was only a matter of time before Billions pulled the rug out from under us and revealed the true arc of this season. It happens every year (you could criticize the show for being repetitive, in fact, as…

Up In Smoke by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 26, 2021 Season 5, Episode 11: ‘Victory Smoke’ Axe closes in on the big investment bucks he needs for his new bank. But don’t light those victory cigars just yet. Watching “Billions” may be a breeze, but watching “Billions” to recap it…

Axe’s Back Is Against the Wall by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 26, 2021 One of Billions‘ greatest strengths is how beautifully it sets up all its pieces before knocking them down. This season has been building towards the moment where Axe seems truly trapped, and this episode really delivers on that moment.…

Chains of Love by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 26, 2021 Two episodes ago, I wrote about how Axe opened himself up to massive vulnerability by allowing emotion to guide all of his decisions. This is exactly how Chuck, Taylor, and Mike Prince claim their “victory smoke” in tonight’s episode. But what makes the…

You Can’t Make an Omelet… by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 19, 2021 Season 5, Episode 10: ‘Liberty’ Eggs will be broken. The question amid all this conniving, though, is whose? Chuck Rhoades is cooking eggs. That’s it. That’s the scene. For three uninterrupted minutes — without dialogue, without music, without…

Business Takes a Back Seat as Axe and Wendy Get Personal by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 19, 2021 As the folk troubadour once said, the times they are certainly changing. The Axe Cap office looks different, as Billions makes the jump into COVID times. After an indeterminate amount of time spent working…

Eggs at Dawn by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 19, 2021 We’ve come to the point in the season where I think I know what the long game is, but given my history covering Billions, I could still be way off. It’s for this reason that I’m glad things aren’t entirely clear on the…