Billions

[C_Larence]

Only clip I've ever seen from it was Paul Giamatti making an omelette in real time. Didn't grab me.

[Ignatius_S]

Billions S7 drops in the UK on Saturday...




...on Paramount+ FFS



One episode per week so I may just wait until they're all available and take in that and Your Honor and then cancel. Meh, £6.99 per month isnae bad really, better than forking out for a couple of boxsets. Might have to start a Paramount+ recommendations thread.

It's also on Sky Atlantic and Now Tv.

Your AppleTV thread was/is great, so you should do a Paramount+ one! However, I would definitely recommend Yellowstone - that's coming to Channel 5 (not sure about the spin-offs though).

*edit* On Sky, I think the first airing was 04.00 this morning and it's on this evening, so looks like Paramount+ gets it a little earlier!

[Ignatius_S]

Hopefully, watching the first episode later - hoping for a good send-off.

That said, last season there were a lot of complaints of it suddenly being woke, mainly from people who seemed to feel that it had 'suddenly' become anti-billionaires.

[Hat FM]

interesting (is it?) thats it on both now tv and paramount plus. hope that sort of thing continues as i don't want to pay for paramount.

[Ignatius_S]

interesting (is it?) thats it on both now tv and paramount plus. hope that sort of thing continues as i don't want to pay for paramount.

I suspect that the licensing deal Sky has meant that it would be able to show it - also, international sales are often important for shows being renewed and companies like Sky made the final series possible. As mentioned, Channel 5 is now starting to show Yellowstone.

Sky and Paramount have a strategic partnership - people who subscribe to Sky Cinema get Paramount+ for free and recently, it's been possible to access most of the same content through Now Cinema.

Disney is also working with Sky and interesting, in the Uk, you still can only watch the first ten seasons of Modern Family on Disney+... but Sky has the final season on demand! I recently re-watched the show and found this out the hard way!

[Blue Jam]

"I am the buck!" Mike Prince is headed for a massive fall isn't he? Let's hope so.

Oh Chuck, don't pretend you're not enjoying the chafing of that ankle tag immensely.

Great to have this back.

[Blue Jam]

Watching this on a laptop and noted that Now TV have ditched their pointless app which means you can now use Virtual Desktop to watch their content in VR, yaaaaay!

[Ignatius_S]

I have been joying the new season a lot - rather liked the flash forward opening. How did we get there???

Nice to be seeing some familar faces again. When Taylor insisted on recruiting new traders, I thought there wasn't going to be any prizes for guessing one in particular.

Some nice humour and particularly enjoyed Chuck's dad recounting his experience with the first wife of a golf club owner. I thought to myself, 'isn't that owned by?' and yes, it was!

[Hat FM]

Fairly bored by this. Is Damien Lewis going to pop up at the end and save the day somehow and at the same time sacrificing his freedom? time will tell. what they should have done is taken a year out when Lewis quit and asked him if he felt the same way a year later. The idea that anyone would vote for Prince to be president is laughable.

[Mr_Simnock]

Fairly bored by this. Is Damien Lewis going to pop up at the end and save the day somehow and at the same time sacrificing his freedom? time will tell. what they should have done is taken a year out when Lewis quit and asked him if he felt the same way a year later. The idea that anyone would vote for Prince to be president is laughable.

I thought Lewis's comeback was funny, something to do with Axe helping with the finance for ceratin weapons to Ukraine on behalf of a government, as if any gov would need a disreputable exiled former finance grifter, billionare or not, to organise the finances of weapons transfers lol. The main issue's with passing on anything to Ukraine for use in the war are mainly political, and do you want certain technology used in this war etc.

[Blue Jam]

I did enjoy that blatant bit of product placement with Axe's drinks cabinet in episode 2. An attempt to make Unicum ("from Budapest!") and Brennivin ("from Reykjavik!") look like exotic tipples billionaires drink? I've tried both, neither are especially posh. Perhaps about as posh as Jagermeister.

EDIT: Becherovka as well, not tried that one. Also sounds a bit like Jagermeister and can be had for about £20 for 70cl:

https://productplacementblog.com/tv-series/unicum-liqueur-becherovka-and-brennivin-aquavit-in-billions-s07e02-original-sin-2023/


^{"Unicum" huhuhuhuh}

[bgmnts]

A billionaire who willingly drinks Unicum for pleasure would make me think there is such a thing as a psychotic tastebud.

Devil's piss.

[Blue Jam]

A kinky sex tape scandal? I guess Chuck's your man...

[Blue Jam]

Yessssssss

Spoiler alert

RICK HOFFMAN!

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[Ignatius_S]

Yessssssss

Spoiler alert

RICK HOFFMAN!

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I know! So awesome! Something I've been really enjoying is the vibe of this send-off season is 'we're getting the band together.... and all the support acts as well'.

[Ignatius_S]

A kinky sex tape scandal? I guess Chuck's your man...

Actually, I was kinda hoping for him to explain with lots of rhetoric why it can't be considered kinky.

The ending of the episode got me wondering though - usually, I would think that Chuck had some sort of ulterior motive but this time, wasn't sure if his actions were genuinely helping a friend.

[Blue Jam]

Just watched S07E09. Gawd Mike Prince is a c**t. Looking forward to him getting another comeuppance immensely.

Also I have a major style crush on Wendy Rhoades. The hair, the make-up, the minimalist jewellery.

[Mr_Simnock]

Just watched S07E09.

Is that the one with him dealing with Wags, Wendy Rhoades and finance C3P0 at the end? That was a great episode.

[Blue Jam]

Is that the one with him dealing with Wags, Wendy Rhoades and finance C3P0 at the end? That was a great episode.

Yes, and yes it was. Looking forward to Mike Prince getting an almighty comeuppance now.

[thr0b]

Burned through the nine episodes so far this weekend. Man, it's such a good show.

Wags going into bat for Wendy is always good - his purest love.

And...it's Billions. Can we be absolutely sure Prince won't come out on top?

[Blue Jam]

And...it's Billions. Can we be absolutely sure Prince won't come out on top?

Spoiler alert

Wasn't there a flashforward in S07E01 hinting that his Presidential bid wasn't a success, and that Wendy may have been the one who poleaxed it?

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[thr0b]

Spoiler alert

Wasn't there a flashforward in S07E01 hinting that his Presidential bid isn't going to be a success?

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Context is everything. We've been mislead before.

[Ignatius_S]

Rather late watching the last episode - loved it! And I finally twigged where I recognised Wendy's therapist from - The Morning Show!

Very much enjoyed Chuck Snr's intervention and tales of Depravity Island. I so much want a spin-off series with three of the characters (working title: Pop, Ira and the Doc).

Adored the scenes with Wags and Chuck. The speech about Wendy was beautifully delivered (natch) and really reflects their long-term friendship, which has been nicely emphasised this season.

With regards about where leaves us either the finale, historically, this point in the season has not been a great place to be on top as there's been some sort of reversal of fortunes by the end.

Also, I can't help feeling that Prince may be being played by Wendy. With checking out the company, would she really have gone to Rian? If she really wanted it to be checked out, I think Wendy would have asked someone that she has more of a history with. Plus, Kim seemed strangely confident in giving Rian a hard no when she approached him to make the pitch. In any case, I suspect by Wendy asking Rian she knew it would get to Prince.

[Mr_Simnock]

Forgot to mention me laughing when they did there own 'Bohemian Grove' bit, bean a while since I used read up on all that muck and it was good to now seeing it being shown as a bit of a has been.

[thr0b]

Wags clearly loves Wendy in a very siblingy way. She's probably the only woman he truly respects.

Anyway, episode 10 puts everyone in play. Clearly they're all going to fall in some way, but this was a great episode.

[Mr_Simnock]

Agree, another good one, this series has been absolute gold, one of the best TV shows I've ever seen.

[Ignatius_S]

Looks like Prince needs a new desk sign - or at least, edit the one he has.

[thr0b]

Episode 11 -

But anyway. Clearly Big twist incoming. That was great fun.

[Blue Jam]

Could have sworn this last series was 13 episodes but no, finale up now! Going in...

[thr0b]

That finale was fantastic stuff. Have to say, it ended exactly as it should. Some growth, some reverting to type (or accepting they at least would do so.)

Quite a surprising end to the Chuck/Wendy/Axe relationship triangle as well. I was firmly expecting it to go in completely the opposite direction.

Next up - a bunch of spin-offs, including Wags In Miami.

Which is not a joke.