Billions

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Season 6
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 17, 2016
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 6 out of 9
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  1. EludiumQ36
    Sep 10, 2022
    4
    "Billions" (S06, 12 eps, 48-60 min, Showtime) tried to recover from the exit of "Bobby Axelrod" in season 5 as he fled to avoid prosecution. Michael Prince, a billionaire hedge fund rival, is cast to fill the void. Prince mostly helped NY AG Chuck Rhoades to entrap Ax but in the end Prince sort of helped Ax out and Chuck made Prince his next target for that betrayal. In fact, Chuck gets a"Billions" (S06, 12 eps, 48-60 min, Showtime) tried to recover from the exit of "Bobby Axelrod" in season 5 as he fled to avoid prosecution. Michael Prince, a billionaire hedge fund rival, is cast to fill the void. Prince mostly helped NY AG Chuck Rhoades to entrap Ax but in the end Prince sort of helped Ax out and Chuck made Prince his next target for that betrayal. In fact, Chuck gets a hair up his butt about all billionaires (sign of the times) with their privilege and skirting rules even laws to get things done. The problem with the writing, the story this season is that it appears the atty general of NY has so much time on his hands that he can pursue this personal vendetta against the boy-scout character of Prince and that just doesn't sit right for us viewers. Prince is a genuine, by the book hedge fund star which stands in stark contrast to Axelrod's more villainous character. Prince is trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to NYC for all the right reasons and Chuck does all he can to thwart him, making the AG the real villain of this. it gets so one-sided by episode 8 that I just couldn't continue. Someone should've stepped in to stop Chuck in his misguided persecution of Prince. It's a shame, this series was really good for five straight seasons, then splat. If there's a seventh season, I'll see if they course correct or continue the poor writing.… Expand
  2. tuffdwg
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    Familiar cast members and their attitudes and personalities are great. That, and the anticipation of "What happens now?" were the main reasons to tune in to Season 6. But, now a few episodes in, those reasons are not enough to me to compensate for the writing. Everything so far feels a little forced, even contrived at times. The machine-gun paced banter between Prince and Scooter wasFamiliar cast members and their attitudes and personalities are great. That, and the anticipation of "What happens now?" were the main reasons to tune in to Season 6. But, now a few episodes in, those reasons are not enough to me to compensate for the writing. Everything so far feels a little forced, even contrived at times. The machine-gun paced banter between Prince and Scooter was an interesting dynamic when they were occasional characters. Now, as full time main characters, it quickly becomes fatiguing... annoying... overused. It starts to feel like an episode of Gilmore Girls, without the endearing quality when it took place between mother and daughter in a silly, sweet sit-com. And the similes... the endless, back to back, machine-gun paced similes. In seasons 1-5, similes were written strategically for humor or emphasis in dramatic situations, and Axe and Wag were the Kings of the Simile, delivered as only they were able. But now it just seems like a lazy writing tool. It feels like there is at least one simile, and sometimes multiples, in almost every scene, and delivered by way too many different characters from whom you would not normally expect them, and often in situations where it is obvious overkill. I was really hoping the new direction for the show would be as engaging and addictive as the "original". Unfortunately, many scenes seem to be more like a pre-rehearsal table reading with casual, almost wooden delivery of lines, but the feel is that it is the fault of the lines, not the actors. I will watch a few more episodes to see if things improve, with fingers tightly crossed.… Expand

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  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 24, 2022
    75
    The Rhoades campaign against a city run by a "cabal of billionaires," and his railing against "plutocrats," provides the sort of hook that, through five episodes anyway, has moved "Billions" from "hold" back into the "strong buy" column.
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  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Jan 24, 2022
    83
    Even with this refresh, all the familiar “Billions” trappings are still here. ... Having a deep bench of actors who understand the show’s cadences and interests, in whatever season the show happens to be in, always helps.
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