Tag: Glenn Fleshler

An Act of War by Dana Feldman | Forbes | June 14, 2020 All is not fair in love and war. This is made very clear in the midseason finale of Billions. Of note, tonight’s episode “The Limitless Sh*t” was directed by the one and only David Costabile, better known as Wags. Axe (Damian Lewis)…

Moral Inconvenience by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | June 14, 2020 Season 5, Episode 7: ‘The Limitless Sh*t’ Bobby Axelrod can see the Matrix. Or whatever the moneymaking equivalent of the Matrix would be. After popping a barely legal brain enhancement pill called Vigilantix, provided by Axe Cap’s resident dark-arts practitioner Victor…

Axe Capital on Drugs, a Scandal and a Firing by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | June 14, 2020 A few weeks ago, we questioned whether Showtime’s “Billions” was lionizing Wall Street or satirizing it. We’ve come to a decision. It’s satire. No other answer makes sense. In the midseason finale (directed by David…

Axe’s Anger Makes For an Explosive Mid-Season Finale by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | June 14, 2020 Last week’s episode of Billions ended with Axe creepily stalking Wendy and then suggesting she bring Tanner, the painter he commissioned and her new romantic partner, to a dinner. Any of us could tell this was Axe…

Axe’s Little Helper by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | June 14, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced Billions to shut down seven episodes into its fifth season, may have been a blessing in disguise for the Showtime drama. The parallel national moment of reckoning regarding systemic racism makes it difficult right now to watch a…

Is Anyone Incorruptible? by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | June 14, 2020 I cannot believe this is the last episode of Billions Season 5 that we will see for a while! Since they had to stop shooting mid-March due to Covid-19 crisis – which gets a mention in this episode –  Episode…