Billions - Season 5/Part 2 (September 5th/Official Thread)

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Episode 5:
The kidney storyline has an obvious ending unless they really kill him off
The scene with the mom is just destroy anything she gives him.

so he bought the house but where is the family going? He must have over paid for that house. That’s a bigger story if the journalist knows how to spin it

this show is getting woke but it feels so phony. Your two main characters are the 1% stop trying to relate

episode 6:
Slacker really slept with that greasy guy come on

Chuck

The helicopter scene is . I’m pretty sure there are heavy post 9/11 laws and you can’t fly personal aircrafts through the city. The government definitely has records of the helicopter flying

I didn’t care for the c plot with spiros

This season is a hot mess and convoluted. Just hang it up and call this thing a sitcom. Slacker sleeping with the handyman, Spiro and his Mensa test, Wendy and the artist, Wags and his random religion cult son, Axe turning into the Norman Bates of Wall Street

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

They got Axe on his weird creepo shyt smh and the roof shyt was dumb. First place you put somebody is on the damn roof!

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Which one? The lawyer or the public relations rep?

The lawyer. She’s the worst type of female to me. Straight wench.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

The lawyer. She’s the worst type of female to me. Straight wench.

Both are black girls lost.

and there isn’t much diversity on this show period now that I’m starting to nitpick.

 

[KalKal]

Not to keep crapping on this show, but I'm rewatching the Sopranos pilot right now in order to test out HBOMax. I just paused after Chris says the line "Louis Brasi sleeps with the fishes."


See, even mobsters that watch The Godfather 100s of times don't ALWAYS get every quote 100% perfect 100% of the time. That's just how it is in the real world. But on Billions, it seems like every main character has an obsessive compulsive perfect recall of every line from every movie considered "important" to people in their world.

And that's not even a new thing, this show has always been like that.

But something that does seem kind of new is that the show seems to be starting to use some of the side characters to deliver "lessons". For example, "Watch as Taylor gives you a lesson on how to make money for your firm, AND be environmentally responsible!" I almost wonder if the writers are thinking "Hmmm...maybe some business school will use this clip in a class someday! We're so important!!".

 

[Roid Jones]

The writing on this show has gone to shyt

 

[KalKal]

The writing on this show has gone to shyt

I might go back to watch some earlier season's episodes to compare. I'm not sure if the writing has actually gotten worse, or if it was always shaky and I just never really paid attention until it started to bother me.

 

[KING WILL]

Just finished S1. Good show

 

[gho3st]

The writing on this show has gone to shyt

Don’t think the writing has gotten worse. Just that you’re getting tired of the show .

I think the show is missing Malik Ackerman and Connerty.

It also doesn’t have strong adversaries like the general this season too.

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

i gave up on this show during the second episode of this season. i never thought the day would come of me giving up on this show


succession better not fail me

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

@surf Did you watch this episode yet??
I think Billions is on the way to redeeming itself in my eyes

The Limitless Pill

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I might go back to watch some earlier season's episodes to compare. I'm not sure if the writing has actually gotten worse, or if it was always shaky and I just never really paid attention until it started to bother me.

It’s not just you- the first 3 series are far superior in terms of acting, writing and storyline. The protagonist-antagonist were more clearly defined. The introduction of other supporting characters.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

The Warriors reference - “the warriors were an unaffiliated mixed race street gang in the 1970s” a billionaire defining a street gang in such a proper tone @MartyMcFly @surf @humminbird

he was talking about this

 

[humminbird]

not a bad ep
when the black guy thought the warriors was a real historical event

the pill almost had me going online for a stack but then the ending with taylor was funny too. I guess the limitless pill stilll doesn't exisrt.

I would fire that guy though he messed axe up two weeks in a row but he did fire him before so it makes sense he's so incompetent.

the yale kids acting all righteous. sit your asses down I actually was on chuck's side for that scene.

 

[3rdLetter]

I started binge watching Billions a few weeks ago and finally caught up. I liked it at the beginning but going into S4 it seemed like a chore to watch. Characters talking in movie/music references and metaphors all the time started getting corny and was just generally unrealistic. It felt like Family Guy.