Billions

[WestyCarl]

I really enojoyed the first few series but this last series was a bit meh.

Felt like they'd got to the penultimate espisode slowly telling a story and thought "bugger, we've got to finish this in 1hr and so threw in alot of this is what happened earlier"

Didn't really work for me

[P-Jay]

With the caveat that I don't remember watching a series finale that was everything I wanted it to be, I enjoyed it.

It was all too perfect. Axe did to Prince, what Prince had done to Axe, everyone got to be rich again, and even some minor characters got an 11th hour reprieve, but it worked because some of the dead-end storylines of the series became relevant.

I seem to remember the Admirals Fund being mentioned in the early series, but no, I don't think it really 'works', but then the way Prince took over Axe Cap didn't either.

Edited by P-Jay on Monday 30th October 14:37

[Don Veloci]

Felt a bit like a reset/reboot to me.

Axe back to where he was when it started more or less, Chuck back where we found him, Prince dealt with (But in a position to rebuild). Side characters implying they're off to do other things but who knows.

Best not to overthink how they achieved that ending, it doesn't really stand up but they could run another season any time and it would feel like season one again. Chuck ain't done with billionaires and he'd turn on the biggest fish given the slightest sniff of a case.

Admirals fund? Meh! They had to/chose to write in a win. But it's a bit thin. I know nothing of trading but how tightly are traders accumulated wealth tied into a fund in general? Why would you not be continuously withdrawing a safety net and just reinvesting a little less?

[Paddymcc]

Bit of a meh ending.

Id love to see a spin off show about Chucks father's earlier years.

[jonsp]

Paddymcc said:

Id love to see a spin off show about Chucks father's earlier years.

Might be wrong but I assumed he made his money as a slum landlord - not sure that's a good basis for a series.

[highway]

Corey Stoll plays Prince as a fundamentally alright sort of bloke. The only questionable things he’s shown to have done are getting his wife’s lover taken captive and stealing the self repairing concrete idea.
I don’t think the story has done nearly enough to show him as being dangerously unstable and not suited for office

[popeyewhite]

Apart from a keenness to press the nuclear button? A God complex and enough hubris to fill a stadium?

Great series, dipped a bit in the middle but still some really good writing.