Prince summons Wendy to the empty MPC offices for what initially appears to be an intense therapy session. Chances are, figuring out what exactly Wendy did here will be a season-long arc as we cut to “Five Months Earlier.” The bottom line is Wendy did something to seriously screw with Prince’s presidential bid, and now Prince is out for her blood. (Prince eschews profanity as part of his wholesome image.) ![]() ![]() It’s the fact that this midwestern nice guy uses the word “fuck” three times in less than a minute. Strangely enough, it’s not Prince’s violence that’s the most disturbing. This necessity is forgiven within the episode’s first few seconds, as we’re treated to a doozy of a cold open: A livid Mike Prince bursting into Mike Prince Capital, looking for Wendy, and throwing what looks like a printer (was it a CPU? I couldn’t tell) into the glass window of the performance coach’s office - WITH WENDY INSIDE.īecause while some angry tyrants just throw ketchup bottles, others throw machinery. But Succession already kind of did that, proving in its own series finale that it was never about “who won?” and “who lost?” Billions, however, that other series about billionaires, has long demonstrated that its narrative too was never about the wins and losses, but how the game is played.Īs with most season premieres, much of “Tower of London” is monopolized by the positioning of players. If there’s any justice in this world - this writer then stops to laugh at herself after typing out such a ridiculous thought - Billions will conclude with every single character facing irrevocable ruin. Wendy Rhoades, Axe’s onetime confidante and apparently the only person in the Billions universe capable of noticing Prince’s budding demagoguery? ![]() In many respects, with this being the final season of the Showtime financial-crime drama, it’s unavoidable that we want to know which one of these megalomaniacs will “win.” Will it be patrician “man of the people” Charles Rhoades Jr., whose quest to put corrupt finance bros behind bars increasingly belies his own power-hungry objectives? Will it be boy-next-door billionaire Mike Prince, whose presidential bid echoes that of another frightening dark-horse candidate? Will it be Billions’ prodigal son Bobby “Axe” Axelrod - newly returned to the series after evading federal charges in the season-five finale? Or will it be Dr. It’s been roughly one year and four months since the season-six finale of Billions - a finale I dubbed “ The Biggest Losers.” And if the seventh season premiere is any indication, my sentiments toward most of the Billions characters haven’t changed much. Photo: Patrick Harbron/SHOWTIME/Patrick Harbron/SHOWTIME
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