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- SHOWTIME
- Jan 23, 2022
- SHOWTIME
- Jan 23, 2022
Summary Hedge fund king Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod (Damian Lewis) comes under investigation by U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti). It’s a high stakes war set in the fast-paced, ego-driven world of high finance where both men are forced to answer the question: What is power worth?
Created By: Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Ross Sorkin
- SHOWTIME
- Jan 23, 2022
- SHOWTIME
- Jan 23, 2022
Billions
Season 6
7 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jan 23, 2022
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
3.4
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Summary Hedge fund king Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod (Damian Lewis) comes under investigation by U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti). It’s a high stakes war set in the fast-paced, ego-driven world of high finance where both men are forced to answer the question: What is power worth?
Created By: Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Even with this refresh, all the familiar “Billions” trappings are still here. ... Having a deep bench of actors who understand the show’s cadences and interests, in whatever season the show happens to be in, always helps.
The Rhoades campaign against a city run by a "cabal of billionaires," and his railing against "plutocrats," provides the sort of hook that, through five episodes anyway, has moved "Billions" from "hold" back into the "strong buy" column.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
3.4
15% Positive
2 Ratings
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15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
69% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
3.4
15% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
69% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Familiar cast members and their attitudes and personalities are great. That, and the anticipation of "What happens now?" were the main reasons to tune in to Season 6. But, now a few episodes in, those reasons are not enough to me to compensate for the writing. Everything so far feels a little forced, even contrived at times. The machine-gun paced banter between Prince and Scooter was an interesting dynamic when they were occasional characters. Now, as full time main characters, it quickly becomes fatiguing... annoying... overused. It starts to feel like an episode of Gilmore Girls, without the endearing quality when it took place between mother and daughter in a silly, sweet sit-com. And the similes... the endless, back to back, machine-gun paced similes. In seasons 1-5, similes were written strategically for humor or emphasis in dramatic situations, and Axe and Wag were the Kings of the Simile, delivered as only they were able. But now it just seems like a lazy writing tool. It feels like there is at least one simile, and sometimes multiples, in almost every scene, and delivered by way too many different characters from whom you would not normally expect them, and often in situations where it is obvious overkill. I was really hoping the new direction for the show would be as engaging and addictive as the "original". Unfortunately, many scenes seem to be more like a pre-rehearsal table reading with casual, almost wooden delivery of lines, but the feel is that it is the fault of the lines, not the actors. I will watch a few more episodes to see if things improve, with fingers tightly crossed.
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SEASON 6
"Billions" (S06, 12 eps, 48-60 min, Showtime) tried to recover from the exit of "Bobby Axelrod" in season 5 as he fled to avoid prosecution. Michael Prince, a billionaire hedge fund rival, is cast to fill the void. Prince mostly helped NY AG Chuck Rhoades to entrap Ax but in the end Prince sort of helped Ax out and Chuck made Prince his next target for that betrayal. In fact, Chuck gets a hair up his butt about all billionaires (sign of the times) with their privilege and skirting rules even laws to get things done. The problem with the writing, the story this season is that it appears the atty general of NY has so much time on his hands that he can pursue this personal vendetta against the boy-scout character of Prince and that just doesn't sit right for us viewers. Prince is a genuine, by the book hedge fund star which stands in stark contrast to Axelrod's more villainous character. Prince is trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to NYC for all the right reasons and Chuck does all he can to thwart him, making the AG the real villain of this. it gets so one-sided by episode 8 that I just couldn't continue. Someone should've stepped in to stop Chuck in his misguided persecution of Prince. It's a shame, this series was really good for five straight seasons, then splat. If there's a seventh season, I'll see if they course correct or continue the poor writing.
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SEASON 6
bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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SEASON 6
Prince replacing Axe was bad enough but elevating his underwhelming sidekick and devaluing Wags is laughable. Also, the diversity play is obvious and takes away from the value. Stopped watching
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SEASON 6
I really wanted to like this season as I used to work in the hedge fund business. The dialog and characters remain excellent and with just a bit of adjustment for hyperbole, almost pitch perfect to form. The thing that just never made sense all season was how Paul Giamatti out of nowhere became a billionaire hater after years of fighting far into the gray actions of Axe Capital. And try as I wanted, it just got worse and worse. Maybe the writers were trying to do a big switch in which Michael Prince is the good guy and Chuck Rhoades is the bad guy? But really, this is jarring and approaches a full “jump the shark” moment. Kinda sad to be candid.
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SEASON 6
Huge drop off in the quality of the show. Perhaps it has just run it’s course. Either way season 6 was a disappointment, and I won’t be watching anymore. Btw the eccentric dialogue has become exhausting!
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SEASON 6