Tag: Billions recap
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Billions on Showtime, Season 7 Episode 6: The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt
Respecting Your Adversary by Damianista | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | September 15, 2023 In one of the best opening scenes in Billions, Robert and Charles, as they call each other, meet at an airport in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) in Iceland and set the tone for the episode. This one is all about respecting your adversary.…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 6 Recap: From Russia With Love
Chuck May Have a New Redheaded Ace Up His Sleeve by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 15, 2023 Season 7, Episode 6: ‘The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt’ “The irresistible force meets the immovable object.†This quote should be familiar to Chuck Rhoades. As this week’s episode of “Billions†goes…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 6 Recap: Double Turn
Axe: Hopefully Building Up to Something Colossal by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 15, 2023 I’m conflicted over “The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt.†In many ways, it’s Billions’ best episode of the season yet because it brought back everything the show has been lacking since Axe skipped the country. But it’s also…
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From The Trader’s Desk: Beware the Stealthy Assassin
Billions Season 7 Episode 5 ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ by Lady Trader | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | September 15, 2023 How I lied, went to hide, How I tried to get away from you, now, Am I right, if I fight? That I might just get away from you, now Megalomania – Black Sabbath…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 5 Recap: Prince Starts to Lose Control
Chuck Deals With PR Crisis; Prince Losing Control of Company by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | September 11, 2023 At the top of this week’s episode, Ira (Ben Shenkman) is in a panic. He’s in Chuck’s (Paul Giamatti) office talking about how he was mugged the night before, that someone ran off with his…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 7 Episode 5: The Gulag Archipelago
Revisiting Past Mistakes by Damianista | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | September 9, 2023 The Gulag Archipelago, mentioned by Victor and that titles the episode, is a book written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. I never read it but I am familiar with the author thanks to my Russian literature loving parents’ home library. Solzhenitsyn wrote to…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 5 Recap: A Plan Starts to Form
Half the Traders at Prince Cap Became Involved in a Plot Against Their Boss. They Just Didn’t Know It. by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | September 8, 2023 Season 7, Episode 5: ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ Let’s do a little narrative reverse engineering, shall we? Imagine, if you will, that you are a…
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Billions Season 7, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Wait
A Mouthful of Helium by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | September 8, 2023 If you’re feeling restless after five episodes, I assure you you’re not alone. Unfortunately, “The Gulag Archipelago,†like most of the episodes in this final season of Billions, offered very little payoff. The only significant developments came in the form of Taylor…