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Billions

Magical Thinking

  • Episode aired Apr 3, 2016
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 57m
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Damian Lewis and Maggie Siff in Billions (2016)
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Axe loses big on a bad trade and turns to Wendy for help. Lu takes Lara back to the old neighborhood to remind her of their roots. Sacker and Connerty close the investigation just as Chuck f... Read allAxe loses big on a bad trade and turns to Wendy for help. Lu takes Lara back to the old neighborhood to remind her of their roots. Sacker and Connerty close the investigation just as Chuck finds evidence that could salvage the case.Axe loses big on a bad trade and turns to Wendy for help. Lu takes Lara back to the old neighborhood to remind her of their roots. Sacker and Connerty close the investigation just as Chuck finds evidence that could salvage the case.
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  • Directors
    • Anna Boden
    • Ryan Fleck
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    • David Levien
    • Andrew Ross Sorkin
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    • Paul Giamatti
    • Damian Lewis
    • Maggie Siff
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    • Damian Lewis
    • Maggie Siff
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    Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, and Maggie Siff in Billions (2016)
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    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Chuck Rhoadesas Chuck Rhoades
    Damian Lewis
    Damian Lewis
    • Bobby Axelrodas Bobby Axelrod
    Maggie Siff
    Maggie Siff
    • Wendy Rhoadesas Wendy Rhoades
    Malin Akerman
    Malin Akerman
    • Lara Axelrodas Lara Axelrod
    Toby Leonard Moore
    Toby Leonard Moore
    • Bryan Connertyas Bryan Connerty
    David Costabile
    David Costabile
    • Mike 'Wags' Wagneras Mike 'Wags' Wagner
    Condola Rashad
    Condola Rashad
    • Kate Sackeras Kate Sacker
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Chuck Rhoades, Sr.as Chuck Rhoades, Sr.
    Susan Misner
    Susan Misner
    • Terri McCueas Terri McCue
    Ben Shenkman
    Ben Shenkman
    • Iraas Ira
    Kathryn Erbe
    Kathryn Erbe
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    Kate Arrington
    Kate Arrington
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    Louisa Krause
    Louisa Krause
    • Luas Lu
    Frank Harts
    Frank Harts
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    Clara Wong
    Clara Wong
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    Rob Morrow
    Rob Morrow
    • Adam DeGiulioas Adam DeGiulio
    Daniel K. Isaac
    Daniel K. Isaac
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    Dan Soder
    Dan Soder
    • Mafeeas Mafee
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    Axe loses hundreds of millions of dollars on a bad trade and turns to Wendy for help. Chuck sets out on an odyssey to secure powerful allies in the fight against Axe. Lu balks at Lara's suggestion she become the new chef at Axe Capital -- and takes her sister back to the old neighborhood to remind her of their roots. Meanwhile, Sacker and Connerty close down the Axe Capital investigation just as Chuck finds evidence -- right in his own home -- that could salvage the case. —SHOWTIME
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    • Trivia
      Zenobia is mentioned twice (in conversation and on pdf). Zenobia is an actual consulting firm, specializing in industrial/organizational psychology, neurolinguistics programming, personal coaching, and intuitive development, all things for which the fictional Wendy Rhoades is qualified to do. The term itself is based on the 3rd century queen of Palmyra whose reign was exemplified by an intellectually and philosophically multicultural and multi-ethnic society.
    • Goofs
      The notes that Wendy Rhoades typed into her computer from her session with Axelrod state, "Axe cares about all of his guys, bribed cops to get Mick Danzig out of automatic weapons charges...". However, when Chuck reads over the notes, it says, "Made Danzig police problems go away. Bribery. Payoff." A vastly different wording from what was actually written.
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    7/10
    [7.2] The over the top drama
    Episode 11: Continuing on the same path of semi nonsensical stuff, this time with more drama, more "dangerous" things, too much accentuation on personal lives, peripheral matters and dramatizingly dragging to make it to the twelfth episode.
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      • April 3, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • Orangeburg, New York, USA
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      • Stereo
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      • 1.78 : 1

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