Any way to watch 'Billions' without Sky?
Any way to watch 'Billions' without Sky?
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anonymous-user

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77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Hi all,

Is there any where I can watch the 5th (2020) season on Billions?

I cancelled Sky back in early 2019 and Billions was pretty much the only thing I watched on Sky! But I wasn't going to pay £300 a year just to watch Billions.

I've had a look on Netflix and Prime TV and can't see the 5th season available.

(Just to clarify, I'm wanting to pay to watch it, not looking for a dodgy link to some illegal streaming site)

Thanks!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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nowtv.


anonymous-user

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77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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The Spruce Goose said:
nowtv.
Thanks!

anonymous-user

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77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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The Spruce Goose said:
nowtv.
Spoke to soon...

Just checked and Season 5 is not on Now TV!


LordGrover

34,051 posts

235 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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It's not on Sky Atlantic yet - I'd expect it appear on NOW TV 21 October as that's when S5E1 starts on Sky.


anonymous-user

Original Poster:

77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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LordGrover said:
It's not on Sky Atlantic yet - I'd expect it appear on NOW TV 21 October as that's when S5E1 starts on Sky.

Thanks for that.

I just read something about Covid delaying filming for a few months, so maybe that's the issue.

P-Jay

11,250 posts

214 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
LordGrover said:
It's not on Sky Atlantic yet - I'd expect it appear on NOW TV 21 October as that's when S5E1 starts on Sky.

Thanks for that.

I just read something about Covid delaying filming for a few months, so maybe that's the issue.
For whatever reason, Sky didn't broadcast Billions at the same time as the US, if I had to guess it's because Covid did indeed disrupt filming, In the US they've shown the first 7 episodes, but Covid hit before they could film Ep 8-12.

Maybe Sky know they've resumed filming and they'll be able to complete the series as normal, but if they have, they've not announced it.

I've seen Ep1-7, it's probably fair to say it's past it's best, and there are elements of 'Sit-com' about it, now, but it's still fun to watch.

There was a rumour it was going to be cancelled before they even finished series 5, but it's been renewed for series 6

PaulWoof

1,718 posts

178 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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I would just skip season 5 and pretend it doesnt exist. The once great show is dead.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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PaulWoof said:
I would just skip season 5 and pretend it doesnt exist. The once great show is dead.
Well, that is certainly a less than stellar review!

Shame, because seasons 1-4 were brilliant.

normalbloke

8,483 posts

242 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
PaulWoof said:
I would just skip season 5 and pretend it doesnt exist. The once great show is dead.
Well, that is certainly a less than stellar review!

Shame, because seasons 1-4 were brilliant.
Season 1 was brilliant, then they got less exciting as they went on. I don’t think I’ll be investing in season 5.

MYOB

5,092 posts

161 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Can't you buy it on amazon prime?!

P-Jay

11,250 posts

214 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Series 5 is okay.

The 3-way battle between Taylor, Chuck and Axe settles down to an uneasy simmer, but Axe finds a new nemesis, in fact they all do to varying degrees, and they all criss cross, lots of 'My enemy's enemy is my friend' type stuff. Allegiances shift, many knives are thrust into many backs etc.

There's a decent amount of character progression.

Axe goes full-Dick for most of it (so far) he was always ruthless in business, but a decent guy in normal life, less so now.

Chuck, who was verging on the cocky last series, losing most of his swagger again quite quickly, taking it from all sides.

Wendy goes full bitter bh, blames him and confirms his parental guilt when he hasn't really done anything wrong, uses his family against him generally make's his life hell by using every trick in her psychologist book which I'm sure will resonate with a decent amount of PH'ers. She does something similar to Axe actually, she knows what's she's doing, but either doesn't care or uses denial to tell herself she doesn't.

There's some comedic moments, more than you'd have seen in earlier series, but I guess they've always been there.

anonymous-user

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77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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MYOB said:
Can't you buy it on amazon prime?!
Unfortunately not.

LukeBrown66

4,479 posts

69 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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There are ways you can obviously do it away from paying or subscribing to anything, but none that can be revealed on a site like this for obvious reasons.

anonymous-user

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77 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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LukeBrown66 said:
There are ways you can obviously do it away from paying or subscribing to anything, but none that can be revealed on a site like this for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the offer, but I stopped bothering with stuff like that 10+ years ago. Most of the time, trying to watch illegal streams is a waste of time, a hassle, is rubbish quality, or doesn't work properly.

These days I prefer everything to work properly and be easy, and I'm happy to pay for that!

MYOB

5,092 posts

161 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Lord Marylebone said:
Thanks for the offer, but I stopped bothering with stuff like that 10+ years ago. Most of the time, trying to watch illegal streams is a waste of time, a hassle, is rubbish quality, or doesn't work properly.

These days I prefer everything to work properly and be easy, and I'm happy to pay for that!
I'm the same, got fed up with the dodgy sites and I quite happily pay legitimately in the knowledge that it will work flawlessly.

I just checked on Apple TV and series 5 is not available yet. There are some series that I'm waiting on that appears to be delayed, despite already airing on Sky. I would suspect if you sit tight, it will eventually appear on Amazon Prime.

gregpot2000

299 posts

167 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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Torrents.....

hotchy

4,789 posts

149 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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gregpot2000 said:
Torrents.....
He doesnt want any dodgy streaming things though.