Billions - Season 2 (Official Thread/Feb 19th)

[YourMumsRoom]

"Season 3, Season 3, when the f!&k is season 3??"

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

This shyt is so goddamn good just started watching season 1

Thought the dominatrix was a prostitute in the opening series scene but it’s actually his wife

That’s hilarious and sweet

 

[AnonymityX1000]

This shot is so goddamn good just started watching season 1

Thought the dominatrix was a prostitute in the opening series scene but it’s actually his wife

That’s hilarious and sweet

lol @ sweet.
Keep watching only gets better IMO.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

lol @ sweet.
Keep watching only gets better IMO.

I like how everyone has their faults but still somewhat loyal to their spouses

Instead of them just fukking hookers all over the place

 

[OHSNAP!]

This shyt is so goddamn good just started watching season 1

Thought the dominatrix was a prostitute in the opening series scene but it’s actually his wife

That’s hilarious and sweet

Thought it became better n better with each episode, enjoyed S2 even more. Lewis and Giamatti are on another level

 

[OHSNAP!]

I like how everyone has their faults but still somewhat loyal to their spouses

Instead of them just fukking hookers all over the place

All characters here are like that, no clear "villain" type except maybe two dudes in S2S but even those...can't spoil it. Anyway, character writing is hella nuanced

 

[KalKal]

This shyt is so goddamn good just started watching season 1

Thought the dominatrix was a prostitute in the opening series scene but it’s actually his wife

That’s hilarious and sweet

The 2nd season is even better IMO

 

[KalKal]

All characters here are like that, no clear "villain" type except maybe two dudes in S2S but even those...can't spoil it. Anyway, character writing is hella nuanced

I think when the first season started, they thought that Axe was the villain. Then as the story went on I think the writer's probably figured out that he didn't really do anything that would make the audience hate him. I think at first they wanted us to be mad about

Spoiler

Him making profit from stocks crashing on 9/11

but then the audience didn't even care about that because we all just thought of it as him being good at what he did. Plus, it was starting to get annoying how Axe would ALWAYS "win".

So, then they changed the show into a battle between two equal anti-heroes, and it got much better.

 

[pete clemenza]

When is this crack comin' back on

 

[OHSNAP!]

When is this crack comin' back on

March 25th iirc

 

[YourMumsRoom]

I think when the first season started, they thought that Axe was the villain. Then as the story went on I think the writer's probably figured out that he didn't really do anything that would make the audience hate him. I think at first they wanted us to be mad about

Spoiler

Him making profit from stocks crashing on 9/11

but then the audience didn't even care about that because we all just thought of it as him being good at what he did. Plus, it was starting to get annoying how Axe would ALWAYS "win".

So, then they changed the show into a battle between two equal anti-heroes, and it got much better.

Nah, think it was written 'layered' from the start; no clear winners or losers. An ole' head once said to me, 'everybody thinks what they do is for the best, even the man who works at the Gun factory!' Billions wanted to make everyone culpable but equally have valid points of view.

 

[Devilinurear]

I think when the first season started, they thought that Axe was the villain. Then as the story went on I think the writer's probably figured out that he didn't really do anything that would make the audience hate him. I think at first they wanted us to be mad about

Spoiler

Him making profit from stocks crashing on 9/11

but then the audience didn't even care about that because we all just thought of it as him being good at what he did. Plus, it was starting to get annoying how Axe would ALWAYS "win".

So, then they changed the show into a battle between two equal anti-heroes, and it got much better.

Got to stop you there. The show was about rivelery between axe and Chuck. It was only during season 2 did they reveal it was about old money vs new money.

 

[KalKal]

Got to stop you there. The show was about rivelery between axe and Chuck. It was only during season 2 did they reveal it was about old money vs new money.

It was always about the rivalry between Axe and Chuck, but in the first season it was Axe (Bad with redeeming qualities) vs Chuck (Good, but flawed and perverted). Plus, Axe had the Supervillain ability to always be two steps ahead of the government and everyone else.

In the 2nd season, Axe and Chuck are equally anti-heroic/corrupt and equally intelligent.

 

[Devilinurear]

It was always about the rivalry between Axe and Chuck, but in the first season it was Axe (Bad with redeeming qualities) vs Chuck (Good, but flawed and perverted). Plus, Axe had the Supervillain ability to always be two steps ahead of the government and everyone else.

In the 2nd season, Axe and Chuck are equally anti-heroic/corrupt and equally intelligent.

I have to rewatch season 1 but I never got the idea that Chuck was good.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Good points, esp. those philosophies...monologues are FAR away from the real world, lots of times Billions reminds me of an opera/theatre piece

I know this is an old thread, and I'm catching up so I can watch season 3 but I had to document my thoughts real quick. I love this show but the dialog makes EVERYONE seem wayyyy smarter than they'd realistically be. There's no way the US attorney, his psychiatrist wife, Axe, Axes' top employees, the internal affairs guy, etc. are all that smart/strategic and witty.

Hell it's annoying how Chuck's wife is on some Professor X shyt. Someone will say a couple of sentences to her and she'll go, "You didn't eat breakfast today did you? That's because your father used to deny you Cinnamon Toast Crunch when you were 6."