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Billions (TV Series)

Billions

2016

Brian Koppelman (Creator), David Levien (Creator) ...

Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Corey Stoll ...

7.1

2,653

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2016-2023). 7 Seasons. 84 Episodes. Billions tells the lives of two of New York’s most powerful titans: U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund king, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, and the battle between this two powerful NYC figures. Tenacious U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) is locked in an epic battle with ruthlessly brilliant hedge fund king Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod (Lewis) and there is no line both men won’t cross to win. It’s ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[7th Season Review]: Even when 'Billions' is delving into pure prime-time soap melodrama with some plausibility-bending plot twists, it's never not entertaining as hell (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Nina Metz Chicago Tribune	"[7th Season Review]: 'Billions' is not only out of step, it has nothing to say (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Johnny Loftus Decider	"[7th Season Review]: [It] pushes into its seventh and final season with as much quippy verve as ever, a fleet of existing grudges, new and interesting allyships, and the welcome return of Damian Lewis"	POS
United Kingdom	Ed Cumming Telegraph	"[7th Season Review]: It heads towards the finish as a wan and diluted version of what it was (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Steve Greene IndieWire	"[6th Season Review]: The tight season 6 turnaround means that the show can also position itself as a little more timely than usual (...) 'Billions' was never content to rest on its heels"	POS
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"[5th Season Review]: At a time when TV’s baser purpose as a tool for escapism couldn’t be more needed, watching fictional billionaires jockeying for power is a welcome relief from the actual news."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[5th Season Review]: It remains enormously entertaining, making its return more than welcome, even if the show's latest creative bets feel somewhat hedged."	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[5th Season Review]: [It] remains one of the most stylish series on television, filled with first-class production values (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[4th Season Review]: Part of the fun within 'Billions' is seeing with your own eyes just how wild the show can get. Season 4 is still humming like a well-oiled Bentley"	POS
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"[4th Season Review]: It is the perfect pleasure (...) [It] still bursts with crisply tailored dialogue (...) One of the sexiest meat grinders in all of television."	POS
Canada	Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant	"[4th Season Review]: Giamatti and Lewis are at the top of their game as usual, but shifting the characters’ ire to competent (...) adversaries injects a new energy into the proceedings."	POS
United States	Andrew Husband Den of Geek	"[4th Season Review]: The first four episodes (...) implicitly pose a new set of questions (...) Giamatti and Lewis are truly one of television’s most fun-to-watch odd couples at the moment"	POS
United States	Kathryn VanArendonk Vulture	"[4th Season Review]: [It shifts] around enough of its usual architecture to feel fresh, while also continuing to follow most of its original characters and stories."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[4th Season Review]: Its sense of the current political moment is savvy without needing to be especially specific (...) 'Billions' works because the focus remains steadfastly on the characters"	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[3rd Season Review]: Season 3 is a well-oiled machine (...) [It] operates efficiently"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[3rd Season Review]: Despite an ensemble cast that ranks among the best on TV playing characters who are usually colorful and quirky and fun, the ponderous repetitiveness of what the series does with them is all-too-frequently mechanical."	NEU
United States	Sean T. Collins The New York Times	"[3rd Season Review]: There’s a lot going on. But the brilliance of 'Billions' lies in acting like there isn’t, moving at a breakneck speed through every convoluted concept and complex plotline."	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"[3rd Season Review]: The narratives have a wonderful sense of circular, Swiss-like efficiency (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Von Doviak AV Club	"[3rd Season Review]: [The premiere] as a feat of plate-spinning, it’s impressive; as an hour of drama, it’s somewhat lacking on its own terms"	NEU
United Kingdom	Mark Lawson The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Billions' continues to have two signature qualities: one verbal, one visual."	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[2nd Season Review]: With a few new characters of mixed importance and a lower ratio of fresh-to-good storylines, 'Billions' hasn’t advanced in its second season."	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias The New York Times	"[2nd Season Review]: The second season introduces a host of new characters, who each show a lot of promise."	POS
United States	Sean T. Collins The New York Observer	"[2nd Season Review]: It's all about forward momentum, keeping you leaning forward from one scene into the next to see how it all adds up. And it works."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[2nd Season Review]: The Showtime series remains watchable thanks in large part to its central combatants."	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"[1st Season Review]: The first six episodes are so coolly, brilliantly executed (and flat-out fun to watch) (...) The show's other co-creators -Brian Koppelman and David Levien, have delivered a compelling and remarkably original story that is filled with florid, entertaining dialogue"	POS
United States	Maureen Ryan Variety	"[1st Season Review]: 'Billions' is shamelessly entertaining. (...) This is a generally well-crafted soap opera about rich people, one that crackles with energy and insider knowledge of its well-heeled territory and the narcissistic insiders who live there."	POS
United States	Mark Perigard Boston Herald	"[1st Season Review]: The series’ greatest pleasure is seeing Lewis and Giamatti spar with each other, but there just aren’t enough of those moments to make 'Billions' a bargain."	NEU
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[1st Season Review]: Through six episodes, the plotlines focusing on men putting the squeeze on each other in the name of profit or justice have already blended into a blur of well-acted familiarity; only the scenes with [co-star Maggie] Siff come to life."	NEU
United States	Melissa Maerz Entertainment Weekly	"[1st Season Review]: This is a wildly over-the-top but thoroughly entertaining soap opera, and it works because it follows the same philosophy Bobby does: If you want to succeed, you don’t have to be the smartest one in the room. You just have to be shameless."	POS
United States	Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"[1st Season Review]: Like 'Ray Donovan', 'Billions' is addictive, bold, amusing, well-crafted, and rather facile, too."	POS
United States	Robert Rorke New York Post	"[1st Season Review]: Giamatti has one of his best roles (...) At first, Lewis seems miscast as Axelrod (...) Still, Lewis is such a good actor, with a sleek, flinty edge that gives him a believable authority. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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