Season 1 episode 8 billions

This episode has it all: Treachery!

Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. When the team behind Billions uses the same song to open and close an episode, listen closely for thematic relevance. Wendy Maggie Siff steps up, looking a little stunned. Well, that history is finally exposed. It gets worse. He never led rescue efforts, as he claimed.

Season 1 episode 8 billions

There are many reasons to watch scripted TV: to laugh, to experience a sense of community with fellow Shonda-land watchers, to have some white noise on in the background when you live by yourself and the loneliness begins to feel so thick and pervasive it follows you around from room to room like an oppressive, ghoulish spectre. Or again: to laugh or whatever. But there is another reason for why we watch TV that remains constant across all other artistic media as well: to see or experience something we never have before. In its 8th episode, Billions is what it is: an average to above average pay cable show. It must be acknowledged, however, that it is pursuing at least two plot lines that A. I have never seen before and just as importantly B. Are pretty interesting. Ad — content continues below. Billions is a better show for having Maggie Siff as Wendy on it. Not because Wendy Rhoades is a once-in-a-lifetime character but rather she is the lynchpin of perhaps one of the more interesting troikas on television right now and a unique to me at least plot line. He hates Bobby Axelrod, of course. He hates corrupt business practices, of course.

Bobby agrees, and meets with Raul Gomez, one of his oldest investors, and promises to find a suitable fund to take over their investment. In a meeting between the team and Steven Birch, Chuck and Bryan offer a plea deal while Tara continues to eavesdrop and inform Hall.

On May 8, , the series was renewed for a fifth season by Showtime, [1] which premiered on May 3, Attorney for the Southern District of New York , to investigate him. Because of his philanthropy Axe has public support and is a bit of a folk hero, making Rhoades cautious to take Axe on. Chuck brings up the idea of getting a new job to Wendy, who rebuffs the notion, and the two argue. Chuck confesses that if he brings up a lawsuit against Bobby Axelrod, that there may be a conflict of interest given her employment as Axe Capital's personal psychiatrist. The Financial Journal story on Steven Birch is released.

Axe receives a tip that throws the US Attorney's case into jeopardy. Connerty faces a dilemma in how to respond, leading to conflict with Chuck. As the investigation intrudes on Lara's priva Read all Axe receives a tip that throws the US Attorney's case into jeopardy. As the investigation intrudes on Lara's private life, a secret from Axe's past surfaces.

Season 1 episode 8 billions

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Episode list. Seasons Years Top-rated. Attorney Chuck Rhoades is tipped to a case of insider trading with links to billionaire hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, setting off a cat and mouse game where the stakes are high and intensely personal. Chuck's probe is temporarily derailed when he has to divert resources to a case against an Axe rival, billionaire Steven Birch.

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Archived from the original on June 21, Prince tries to get what was Axe Capital back on track and decides to conduct business an entirely different way. Taylor and Axe argue over Taylor's place and worth at the firm, further alienating Taylor from Axe Capital. June 9, Chuck states plainly he wants Stearn to flip on Axe and assist him in arresting the man. June 11, Chuck says he has the right to determine which of his attorneys lead investigations in the Southern District. Axe receives a tip that throws the US Attorney's case into jeopardy. Sign in. Rhoades' office publicly begins investigating Steven Birch's practices, and Bobby is aware he is likely next. Create profiles to personalise content. Back at Axe Capital, Bobby has his tech guy flag the electronic communications most likely to signal fishy business, and has his IT guy read the emails to him. He has trouble stomaching what he's done, but Chuck believes he knows the cure.

This episode has it all: Treachery! Existential crises! The Quisling.

Toby Leonard Moore Bryan Connerty. The casting agent really deserves a raise. Archived from the original on April 26, TV Series Finale. The previous seven episodes have been absolutely all over the place. Axe recounts how they met earlier in life at a country club called The Spoon where Axe used to be a caddy during middle school. Wags meets with pharmaceutical companies to allow them to invest in upcoming drugs, but is discouraged. Archived from the original on March 10, Wendy consoles Chuck and says it isn't that simple and that things are changing at Axe Capital, so his hatred of the firm won't last forever. October 1, Then the two drive away. PR Newswire Press release. Not so fast, Chuck! He says that he is officially recusing himself for Wendy's benefit and the case on Axelrod will go on without him. Retrieved May 29,