Category: Review
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The Moral Lines Dividing the Dueling Parties in Billions Have Grown Compellingly Murky – March 25, 2018
“A Wicked, Decadent Comedy About Our Impending Apocalypse” by Chuck Brown | Slant Magazine | March 25, 2018 With Billions, co-creators and showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien utilize a narrative structure that recalls Michael Mann’s Heat. Opposing worlds are contrasted in both, showing how similarly obsessive methods can serve conflicting ends that ultimately complement…
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Billions Season 3 Hums Behind the Scenes as Characters Grapple With Political Earthquake – March 25, 2018
“When There’s a Seismic Event, Alliances Shift and Loyalties are Tested” by Cynthia Littleton | Variety | March 25, 2018 When “Billions†begins its third season tonight on Showtime, viewers will find Chuck Rhoades, Bobby Axelrod and the rest of the gang digging out from the upheaval inflicted by Rhoades’ machinations at the end of…
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Tight Writing, Intriguing Payoffs as Billions Begins New Season on Showtime – March 25, 2018
“Irresistible Characters, Addictive Story Lines and Great Writing” by Stephen Spignesi | New Haven Register | March 25, 2018 SPOILERS – READ AT YOUR OWN RISK Major changes are afoot when Showtime’s financial intrigue series “Billions†returns for its third season March 25 at 10 p.m. with the episode “The Tie Goes to the Runner. 
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Billions Season 3: TV Review – March 24, 2018
“TV’s Most Successful Penis-Free Depiction of Non-Stop Penis-Measuring” by Daniel Feinberg | Hollywood Reporter | March 24, 2018 Showtime’s wonderfully acted, frequently repetitive game of Manhattan cat-and-mouse doesn’t take another qualitative leap in its third season, but the drama remains high. Skippable pre-credit filler on many shows, the “Previously on…” recap montage is mandatory viewing…
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What Billions Does Better Than Anybody Else – March 23, 2018
What Sets Billions Apart from a Lesser Show: The Performances & Characters by Wenlei Ma | NT News | March 23, 2018 IF YOU’VE seen Wall Street or The Wolf of Wall Street, then you know the world of New York high finance is full of bros forever engaged in some kind of pissing contest. And…
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Billions is Still TV’s Most Addictive Show – March 23, 2018
…And its Sharpest Critique of Donald Trump by Steven Hyden | Uproxx | March 23, 2018 What defines a great TV show? Acting, writing, cinematography — everybody knows you’re supposed to say those things, and each is undoubtedly important. But, on a practical level, what truly matters to the average viewer? I propose a simple metric: How…
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Billions Season 3 Finally Shows Real-World Consequences for What Its Bad People Do – March 23, 2018
“Billions Has Never Been Subtle” by Liam Mathews | TV Guide  | March 23, 2018 Warning: There are light spoilers for Billions Season 3 ahead. In its first two seasons, Billions — Showtime’s elevated soap opera about a crooked hedge fund billionaire and the U.S. Attorney determined to bring him down — was almost exclusively…
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Your Spoiler-Filled Preview of the New Season of Billions – March 23, 2018
Axelroad and Rhoades Take a Break, Sort Of by James Tarmy | Bloomberg | March 23, 2018 For filmmakers who want to dramatize the finance industry, one of Wall Street’s main appeals is that most people don’t understand how it works. In The Big Short, actress Margot Robbie explains subprime mortgages while sipping champagne in a…