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Bonus shout out to whoever ruined Mary-Louise Parker's face.
It wasn't as bad as poker episode imo, that was corny as shit.
This one was meh, like each scene was like ya ya ok next.
Chuck Rhodes just dropped the fucking hammer on Axe.
Its speaks exactly to what is most wrong with this show, that it can take a reasonable, sophisticated narrative and paint it like a toddler smearing shit on its walls.
Im sure libertarians are suuuuuper psyched with their omnisexual spokesperson as well.
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Originally Posted by sonatine
ENOUGH
i've never watched a minute of billions but it doesn't matter cause your review of every show is the same
i mean, critiquing a show here and there is one thing...
anyway, can't wait to see when your project gets the greenlight
-227 Better Call Saul
+237 Billions
I'll take the chalk. Those odds aren't gonna get any better either
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BCS is great but constantly forcing myself to forget how depressing its going to get is exhausting.
That said the writing and acting is phenomenal.
So honestly we are talking like -860 Saul +625 Billions. And Billions aint no Holly Holm.
Also seriously where in gods name can Billions even go at this point?
Like seriously what else is there? We have a season finale next week and then what, a full season of Law And Order: Billions?
Which btw Id watch because that sounds amazing.
I hear you, I felt that way about Boardwalk Empire when they killed Jimmy in the first season. Although I still think that was a huge mistake, the season progressed and still had the plot develop.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Sanlmar
BCS is great but constantly forcing myself to forget how depressing its going to get is exhausting.
That said the writing and acting is phenomenal.
So honestly we are talking like -860 Saul +625 Billions. And Billions aint no Holly Holm.
Also seriously where in gods name can Billions even go at this point?
Like seriously what else is there? We have a season finale next week and then what, a full season of Law And Order: Billions?
Which btw Id watch because that sounds amazing.
I think they will have it so Giamatti becomes Governor and has more power and may stand more toe-to-toe with Axe or Axe will run an opposing candidate. It's turning into the wire without hoodrats, 90's anonymity techniques, and the worst intro song ever (The Wire). Well, maybe Entourage had a worse one.
I enjoyed the last few episodes. The highlight for me were his never ending VM rants to his wife The best was the message about how good a guy he is because he doesn't fuck hookers like the "russian" billionaires, so get right back home honey. If I were a billionaire that would totally be a go to rant.
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like honestly tho are we actually considering a series end game where Axe, who just used a biological weapon to tank an IPO, is going to run for office?
im not mocking that btw im just saying, what the fuck, billions.
obviously wendy's short is going to be a fly in someones ointment but seriously, what the fuck.
because once you break out of this paradigm and start moving Axe around the board like that, you might as well have him go Full Thaksin and start a media empire devoted to destabilizing the government.
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Originally Posted by sonatine
Well anything before Mike went to the pen that is
I dont see Suits in my future.
not sorry.
ok kinda sorry.
OK so the twist at the end got me thinking, did he actually lose his trust or not? I assume not, unless he is so set on getting Axe he blew that to nail him? Secondly it means he screwed his father as well, big time! I mean who does that to "get a guy".
it seems to be setting up this way. BTW, who stole the laptop for him from the whips and chains asian girl?Quote:
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That was him (Chuck), he paid a guy to steal the Asians laptop because he knew its contents could hurt his run for office. No real line to follow there...
He only initially risked half his trust but his father made the call to invest it all. Chuck knew he had to risk everything to bring him down. You could see when wendy was telling him to get it out of the deal, for 1 second he had a smug look.
True it explains the smug look but when you think about it he dumped 10's of millions, screwed his dad, pissed his wife all to get a financial guy behind bars X years? I mean the rational is weak.
he can get the trust back as damages in a suit.
i think the rub here is supposed to be 'but for there to be a suit, they will have to file charges against his wife' or something which is of course ludicrous.
also his dad is doing just fine, he may just have to peel off a property or two to cover living expenses.
Always one step ahead, thanks.
what I dont understand is how they move forward with any of this investigation without somehow exposing the convo Chuck had with Begosian but I also dont care.
Very true, leaves things open to twists and turns I guess.
When I was watching all the people agree to add that bacteria to their drink I was thinking.. man lots of people involved with this sabotage someone must talk. Only way it could be done I guess.
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It seems like kind of an 'in for a penny in for a pound' thing where it would just make sense to tamper with bottles in the plant or something but honestly, when you look at it objectively, its a very very dumb plan no matter how you cut it.
I think what frustrates me most about this season is that without question it was the best season to date, and it had nothing to do with sweeping character arcs but was 100% because they focused on the underbelly of grey market finance and the motives/methods of the people in charge of taking it down.
Ill say this much, if there is one scene I'm looking forward to, it is Taylor weeping and shaking in handcuffs. I really hope that when the final montage plays, we see her shuffling along the lunch line in an orange jumpsuit.
But we all love they them.
I can see how one side will ultimately go down but cannot help but feel the other side loses too in some grand way, no winners.
Remember when the stock was up and everyone in the room was worth like half a billion dollars and they decided to celebrate with a bottle of whiskey worth less than a taxi from the airport to midtown?
That was hilarious.
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What was odd was how his father commented on what good stuff it was LOL
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What was odd was how his father commented on what good stuff it was LOL
Seriously that's the Entourage element of this show coming through in spades, where they compulsively brand-drop but somehow all the brands are from Maxim not GQ.
Overall it's enjoyable hokum. At times the series dipped below the bar to be net enoyable, but if you stuck with it and didn't enjoy the last episode, then you've reached 11 on the jaded dial.
It's a fucking tv show its all about entertainment....I guess I'm an imbecile cause I don't analyze each episode in-depth like sonatine.
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Next time just ask.
Tine once wrote something to the effect that BCS was well done but depressing. Of course, he didn't say it that simply....
This is how I feel about the Taylor character. Such a tremendous start. I am so fearful that Taylor's arc is just going to be a cartoonish capitalist comeuppance.
That's depressing and shallow from the writing stand point. There was so much promise for depth with this novel character.
You guys miss the point of Sonatines literary criticism. He will review Mr Rogers Neighborhood during the summer reruns and that too would be god.
Some funny stuff here.
If the 4th wall could be broken and Giamatti charged Brian Koppelman with squandering opportunity - that's something I'd watch
Taylor is basically a one-note cautionary tale about libertarianism, thats all.
I hoped for more from her as well btw.
Dollar Bill also sails under a libertarian flag but represents a far more jaded/establishment/predatory evolutionary line, eg her possible future, and it looks a lot like shes comfortable with that outcome, which makes the orange jumpsuit scenario virtually unavoidable.
Personally Id like to see her pull a Micon and flee to Antigua or something.
Im taken aback by how much Im looking forward to the season finale tomorrow.
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I hope Taylor fucks. I don't care whom really.
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I hope Taylor fucks. I don't care whom really.
Speaking of Taylor, why does your avatar pic remind me of a "they"?
Blind read, and no Im not watching the east coast feed just in case this is happening right now, is they accuse Chuck of conspiring with Wendy to short his own stock, and that somehow hamstrings his investigation, and/or the final scene is weasily mcattorney guy slapping cuffs or at least serving Wendy.
Also Wendy is about to get her mortal tits sued off if her convo in Chucks office ends up on record, so ok I guess I see where Season 3 is going now.
THIS IS JUST TERRIBLE WRITING IM SORRY OH MY GOD
Wendy Rhoades to Wags:Quote:
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Sorry pal, but that makes me smileQuote:
put words together
in a sentence
that might give me a sense of what the actual fuck