Tag: Niko Tanner
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Billions Superlatives “The Chris Rock Test” – May 11, 2020
“No, it’s torture!” by Miles Surrey | The Ringer | May 11, 2020 Ever since HBO’s Succession came into our lives, it’s seemed to exist in a symbiotic relationship with Showtime’s Billions. I can’t recommend one without the other. Both series aim to derive a lot of drama, comedy, and pathos from the misery inherent…
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Next Time on Billions Season 5 Episode 3 – May 10, 2020
Season 5, Episode 3: “Beg, Bribe, Bully” by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | May 10, 2020 Chuck returns to his alma mater to pursue an opportunity. Axe’s big venture is sidelined by a family crisis. Taylor asserts independence with a risky play. Chuck puts Wendy in an awkward position. Episode airs on Sunday, May 17, 2020…
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Behind the Billions Podcast S5E2 “The Chris Rock Test” – May 10, 2020
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at “The Chris Rock Test” by Brian Koppelman and David Levien | The Ringer | May 10, 2020 Before diving into S5E2, “The Chris Rock Test,†‘Billions’ cocreators Brian Koppelman and David Levien discuss some parallels between ‘Billions’ and real-life billionaire behavior as well as how the location manager and prop master…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: New York Times – May 10, 2020
Step Up To The Mike by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | May 10, 2020 Season 5, Episode 2: ‘The Chris Rock Test’ Welcome to the Mike Conference, named with characteristic humility by its founder, decabillionaire Mike Prince. It’s a place for fireside chats that double as vicious duels, for charitable acts that…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Wall Street Journal – May 11, 2020
Chess and Ayahuasca by Paul Vigna | Wall Street Journal | May 11, 2020 There is a scene in Sunday’s episode of “Billions†in which guests at an exclusive conference are playing chess against a grandmaster (a cameo from real-world grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura). Tables are set up with boards, each person maneuvering and machinating while…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Forbes – May 10, 2020
Axe Finally Met His Match by Dana Feldman | Forbes | May 10, 2020 Not one to back down from a challenge, Axe finally takes Mike Prince up on his offer for a fireside chat at his annual charity conference but things for Axe Cappers do not go well…at all. In “The Chris Rock Test 
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Billions Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Entertainment Weekly – May 10, 2020
Axe’s New Foe Beats Him At His Own Game by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | May 10, 2020 In the season premiere of Billions, Axe meets the man he believes to be his latest adversary. I say “believes to be” because for Axe, everyone is his enemy. He’ll never be happy nor satisfied with…
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Billions Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Vulture – May 10, 2020
Dark Passenger by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | May 10, 2020 Who is more abhorrent? The guy who imperiously proclaims to be a “monster,†the guy who hides his monstrous qualities behind a façade of bogus humility, or the guy claiming to keep his monster at bay with a code? This is a question that…