Billions - Season 3 (March 25th/Trailer/Official Thread)
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steadyrighteous
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Man...
I think I’m done with this show. It carries itself like an A/A+ show but like most shyt on Showtime it’s C+/B- at best.
The White Guy Movie or Ivy League Intro To History/Philosophy references coming from every character, the weirdly overly masculine tone - I can basically see the room full of 45 year old white dudes who write this shyt with every line and every scene.
I just find myself annoyed by it by the 10th minute of every episode.
I remember in season 1 I described it as a show within a show written by Johnny Drama from Entourage, and sure, at times it has gotten slightly more entertaining, but it’s still the same.
In Hip-Hop we’ve got “smart dumb nikkas”, to me, Billions is the “smart dumb nikkas” of shows.
I think I’m done with this show. It carries itself like an A/A+ show but like most shyt on Showtime it’s C+/B- at best.
The White Guy Movie or Ivy League Intro To History/Philosophy references coming from every character, the weirdly overly masculine tone - I can basically see the room full of 45 year old white dudes who write this shyt with every line and every scene.
I just find myself annoyed by it by the 10th minute of every episode.
I remember in season 1 I described it as a show within a show written by Johnny Drama from Entourage, and sure, at times it has gotten slightly more entertaining, but it’s still the same.
In Hip-Hop we’ve got “smart dumb nikkas”, to me, Billions is the “smart dumb nikkas” of shows.
Black Nate Grey
The God Emperor of Mankind
fukking love this show
Show is starting to get boring to me. I've barely paid attention the last 3 or 4 episodes.
I got into this series for Axe and Chuck. I'm not trying to watch some androgynous robot for 30 minutes.
I got into this series for Axe and Chuck. I'm not trying to watch some androgynous robot for 30 minutes.
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ogc163
Superstar
This shyt has jumped the shark
Devilinurear
Veteran
axe got away with it.
Nero Christ
Sniper out now on all digital platforms brev
show has just broken down into
Connerdy is the only likable character and no I'll never root for Taylor either. We need to fast forward to Brian solving all this and putting everyone away but they prolly keep the same shyt up where the powerful/wealthy will just get away wit it and never serve a true punishment
Connerdy is the only likable character and no I'll never root for Taylor either. We need to fast forward to Brian solving all this and putting everyone away but they prolly keep the same shyt up where the powerful/wealthy will just get away wit it and never serve a true punishment
It's what sells.
A decade ago Showtime had Brotherhood, which was almost in the same league as dramas like The Sopranos or The Wire, but they cut it after 3 seasons. They are/were capable of making good shows. Just not good shows that do well ratings. Even Homeland went to shyt after 3 seasons.
steadyrighteous
Veteran
But is it selling?
The last couple of eps pulled in circa 700,000 live viewers which is roughly the same as the last 2 episodes of The Affair did and less than half of a random ep of Shameless.
I don't care about the numbers, I just want something good or interesting, and for as long as these eps are and for as convoluted as a lot of the dialogue is, when it all comes down to it it's 60 mins a week of rich white dudes being dikks and it's boring.
Even the "good" lawyer dude who is switching his attention from Axe to Chuck - I'm not even sure why? I get that Chuck did some off the books shyt to catch Axe, but all of a sudden he's the "moral" backbone of the show when it shoulda been the Mormon-ish dude or, to make it more interesting and nuanced, Condola Rashad's character.
She would have more to lose by going after Chuck because the other guy already had Axe/Axe's lawyer saying he'd make a killing in the for-profit sector, but nobody seems to be chasing Condola's character, so if she was risking it all to get true justice, it would be interesting to see her genuinely risk her career for the right cause.
Instead it's just another white guy in a line of white guy's who has an axe to grind (no pun) but who all have fallback plans if shyt goes belly up (Axe is a billionaire, Chuck is an heir and white lawyer dude has several job offers)
Even the person who loses in the end isn't really gonna lose anything but a shot at their ego. shyt - Axe was with a chick who grinded with him from the bottom and now they're divorced and she's gone and it's like she was never really there. That's just bad writing.
I chalk it up to the same writing dilemma as Power. The writers treated the first season like it was their last and season 2 was their opportunity to go all out. When they got picked up for season 3 they really didn't know what to do.
The whole premise of the show and what made it intriguing was the whole Chuck vs. Axe dynamic. It got muddled this season. And after this episode, that conflict seems to be dead.
Where will the new crisis come from?
As for Axe's wife, she's rich and has 2 kids. If its over its over
everyone loves this show
yeah this epispde has me kinda ready to stop watching this
I cant stand how axe is so sweet for wendy its kinda disgusting... Mafee
VicMackey415
The bay is in the area.
So it all boiled down to saving wendy. McAfee that dude got it bad for wendy. I thought she was bout to give him some at first.
Poor doctor went down for trying to help the law. That dude chuck don't deserve shyt. I hope he's never governor.
What's crazy is it's really chucks and axes in the world moving like this. All the lawyers crooked except connerty. Even baby Clair Huxtable then chose to say fukk the law.
But dam that party at axe house was breezy. House full of ladies drinks and viagra on silver platters. Exactly what I'd be doing if I was billionaire.
Poor doctor went down for trying to help the law. That dude chuck don't deserve shyt. I hope he's never governor.
What's crazy is it's really chucks and axes in the world moving like this. All the lawyers crooked except connerty. Even baby Clair Huxtable then chose to say fukk the law.
But dam that party at axe house was breezy. House full of ladies drinks and viagra on silver platters. Exactly what I'd be doing if I was billionaire.