Billions season 2 episode 5 is titled “Currency”, after the main play of the episode which happens to be a highly delicate currency play. Currency, the word, when spoken by Damian Lewis manifest as Bobby Axelrod, is also one among the many rhythmic words you’ll hear from him this episode, pronounced in impeccable New York-ese. We probably shouldn’t keep harping on his believability in this role. After all, that’s why they call it acting, right? Where most acting is a well-developed form of impersonation and most non-native accents are a form of ventriloquism, what Damian does with Bobby, in terms of body and language, is something else entirely. Something that is neither simply impersonation nor just ventriloquism.
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Billions on Showtime, Season 2, Episode 5: Currency
How to save a quarter? How to bag a wolf? We learn from the very best in this week’s Billions episode đ
Wags arrives at Axe Capital in his vintage Mercedes in the opening scene of Currency. He looks GOOD for a change. And he has something important to tell Axe but the other does not let him speak because it is not his turn to speak. While Wags was MIA for the last couple of days “learning the Yaqui way, or how to run like the Tarahumara” Axe has been fighting the “Battle of Thermopylae” frequently cited as an example of a patriotic defense where the small Greek army was able to defend its land against the huge Persian army in a three-day battle. Continue reading “Billions on Showtime, Season 2, Episode 5: Currency”
Billions on Showtime, Season 2, Episode 2: Dead Cat Bounce
That is what you get when you try to poach Axeâs most valuable employee, Todd.
Axe starts picking on Toddâs obviously scripted speech at Spartan-Ives âGlobal Thought Leadersâ panel moderated by Lawrence Boyd. While Krakowâs choice of poet is Pindar, Axeâs seems to be Walt Whitman (who can forget the âbarbaric yawpâ scene from Dead Poets Society?). Is it just me or does Wagsâ smile turn to concern as Axe leaves the room saying Krakowâs âparty cocktail tutorâ owes him a refund?
Axe apologizes to Boyd for being a bad boy but Boyd cannot be happier about what just happened. It seems he picked the panel for its entertainment value. The street will talk about this for weeks and whoever was not in the room will make Spartan-Ives their prime broker to be able to attend next year. Axe is not happy about playing âthe bullâ to Boydâs âred sashâ every time. Continue reading “Billions on Showtime, Season 2, Episode 2: Dead Cat Bounce”