As Wags told Scooter.. " you lost because you were the good guy" That line stood out for me in this episode.. Its a life lesson... If you wanna play in deep waters Its eat or get eaten.... As Axe boldly claims "I am a MONSTER"
I think scooter is going to use the $100 million dollars to build up a new career in what he's passion about and by doing so he'll become a billionaire again in no time sooner in the orchestra industry he'll be selling out tickets every where making $200 million dollars a year and his cut after taxes probably be $68million dollars a year and in 13 years from now hell be worth $1.010 billion dollars and he will keep performing for another 19 years more he'll probably be richer than Mike Prince of course Mike Prince will probably go into four different lucrative businesses to rebuild his billions dollars back up it won't be $20 billion dollars that is for sure it will probably be $7 billion dollars or $9 billion dollars but he'll never be able to get that $20 billion dollars net worth personally if he does by some miracle reach to a net worth of between $7 to $9 billion dollars he should get on his knees and be thankful he was able to reach that number and live off the interest for the rest of his life
@@sherwinpierre8586 well that’s the problem. Ways is. Talk and talk and talk. Look. I so would not lisen to a fuckin work he says. Plus. Taylor owes me a Toyota ok. %#just saying
Oh no, there didn't need to be more seasons because the story has been told. Remember, this is cable, not network TV. Billions should have wrapped after season 5, if we are being honest. What makes cable so much greater than network TV is the length. Once it stays too long, it becomes a cheesy soap opera. Loved Billions, but glad it has come to an end.
I'm just genuinely disappointed that we won't get to see the revenge prince takes. I didn't see him as evil, they didn't sell me on it. I feel like he'll get together with some of the loose ends over the show and go to take out Axe. Obviously this would go back and forth forever
I was actually rooting for Prince though I knew the finale wouldn't be in his favor. He seemed to have more integrity than than his opposition. Hopefully the scales tip in his favor in a future spin-off.
@@okra3000 Well there are two spinoffs being made. One is called Millions and the other is called Trillions. Maybe we'll see characters from this show in either of those.
@@frankenstein974 Showtime has announced an aggressive plan to expand its veteran drama Billions into a franchise with the planned spin-off series Billions: Miami, Billions: London, Millions and Trillions. The four are working titles and will be executive produced by Billions showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien should they move forward.
this is my feeling exactly. they forcefully made Prince a bad guy just to close the series with Axe. completely destroyed his character arc in season 7, something theyve built since season 4! am disappointed, didnt even finish episode 12.
@@yourtuber2000 I feel the exact same way! The writers kept their Axe fans-based though alienating the Prince fans. They could have ended with both these titans expanding their own realms of dominance separately. Based on occurrences and logic; once Prince rebuilds his finances, he will invade and dominate a realm which surpasses beyond POTUS (Axe and allies will be destroyed as a by-product not the objective) in the "Billions Expanded Universe".
One of the most satisfying finale ever, was rewatching some session one episodes yesterday, I feel like every character in the series has shown tremendous growth especially Axe and Chuck.
@@michaelquinn7710 One can tell, that they truly went out to truly confuse us with what happened a bit earlier on in this season. I would say the writers went above and beyond with devious writing. I loved that seeing Prince get all mad, but at the same time, managed to keep his cool. I was never the greatest fan of the Prince character, but... the way they did it in this season, allowing Axe ( working with Chuck ) to take him down this way. Epic. Just Epic.
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It was a terrible ending. Mike never stood a chance, never got a punch in, there was never any suspense. Everyone was in cahoots from the start and we see that the "good guys" had already won in the first 2 minutes of the episode, no suspense, no complexity - we got the fake 'bad guy' defeated by the fake 'good guy', and nobody except prince ever paid for their shitty behavior. The laziest, LAZIEST fan service finale imaginable.
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@@Hammern28 What the HELL are you talking about? There was nothing devious at all. It was obvious from the FIRST EPISODE of the season that Prince was going to lose. And there was no real complexity to his loss - he didn't hurt any of the 'good guys', he didn't force them to make hard decisions, there was nothing bittersweet about their victory, just no real fucking conflict at all. The "good guys" won, and they won completely, and were always going to win, and Prince lost, was always going to lose, and never held the upper hand. The whole point of this show is the 'cat and mouse' aspect. But Mike is never the cat, he's just the mouse and was always going to get caught. It is the exact opposite of clever or 'devious' writing.
I don’t know how to feel about the finale. I feel Bobby could’ve shown Prince a little more grace. Prince could’ve had Bobby arrested and destitute, but he allowed him to keep his billions and ensured his safe passage out of the country. Also the rationale for why they wanted to take down Prince was weak. You can’t destroy a person because of what they might do. The writers didn’t do a good job at making us believe Prince was a villain. Prince lost because he’s a good guy, Bobby won because he understands that when you get another shot to take out your enemy you destroy them.
A man who says, "as president," he is more than willing to launch nuclear bombs preemptively to "enemy" countries of a shared world... maybe that's just patriotic to some; horrifying to everyone else.
This is honestly a very, very bad take. It was clear why he was the bad guy; it was also clear why Prince didn't want to destroy AX in the first place.
In the end, Prince’s own hubris did him in. He didn’t leave Axe destitute out of the kindness of his heart. He did it to show him that he wasn’t worth killing off. He “little bro’d him” so to speak. Also, he still has 100m. He’ll survive.
like said up a very very bad take. The whole point of the personnage of Prince wasn't being an actual vilain without looking like one, if you saw all his actions and not just what he said and looked like you could clearly see why he was a really good written vilain, he even succeed at fooling the public with what i am reading in the comment section here. Now i understand more and more through this why most countries have the politicians that they have. If you become great at pretending you care and look the part no matter what you do people will no see what you are really doing. If you want to understand why Prince was dangerous you should go back at seaon 1 about episode 10 or 11 where Wendy has a session with Axe when they are walking outside. That there is the stark difference between Axe and Prince and why one was dangerous and the other not really.
From the start of the season me and my friends that watch this show agree that is has been beautifully written to go into this season i was expecting nothing short and i have been utterly right. The writing in this has been great. However the plot around prince being a ego maniac that is going to end the world and put us in world war 3 or worst was utter bullshit. It simply made zero fucking sense and was forced down our throat with no evidence of it what so ever he was the exact opposite. And i am someone who loves axes character and would want him to get his revenge but the narrative around it simply made no sense. I am dissapoonted in the direction they went this finals season but the execution was nothing short of what they have given us to this point and that is 10/10. Please like if you agree and if not leave a lengthy in detail comment i would love to hear the other side of my point of view
So sad Axe and Wendy's paths diverged... Their last scene absolutely broke my heart. Maybe it's a good thing they wouldn't be involved romantically, but seeing them separate was painful.
@@nationalcommentreadingasso361 I think they did (in S5) but that was not my point, maybe I didn't express it clearly. I'm much more upset by their partnership being over.
This is the first time I found myself rooting for the "bad guy." I really wanted Mike to best them and become president. It wouldn't have made sense for the protagonist to lose in most writers' eyes. I kinda dislike that.
Me too. They did a crime to win. They manipulated the system. I also lost my faith to the jurisdiction and stock market. I'd never buy any stock moving forward.
Mike wasn't the bad guy, he lost because he was the good guy🤦🏾 and to think that he called a truce
3 месяца назад
@@annamiller6540 No, he was supposed to be the bad guy, they pulled out the high school creative writing trope of having him quote Hitler. See! Look how BAD he is!
Nope, you were all blind and fooled by a very well written vilain. Prince unlike Axe surrounded himself with people who are the opposite of the brutal beast he really is that why he seems like a better person than Axe not because of what he actually did. In term of deads Axe and Prince are on the same level but one show his nature to the world while the other conceal it to take advantage of situations.
The end, where Prince talks about starting out right…and, if you watch season 5, yes, they did have good intentions. But, clearly the past two years, he has casually gotten worse and worse.
I don’t necessarily disagree but the fact that suddenly the guys who brought him down are now the good guys didn’t wash. Axelrod and Chuck are worse, the list of people they have thrown under the bus is long. @@Peanutbutterb00b5 That sugarcoated drawn out ending was difficult to watch. I expected better given the highs this series has reached.
Spot assessment. .no ifs no buts just accept that it was a blinkin great show ..and yes I would like to what wags does in miami...the others not so much
The ending was meh. Does anyone not remember Prince throwing a printer through Wendy's office window, in the FIRST EPISODE of season 7? That was a huge spoiler IMO; we watched Prince's rapid (unrealistic) accent to the top, so we knew there was going to be an inevitable downfall, hence the printer chucking. Glad Chuck and Wend wound up together, that gave me the warm and fuzzies. IMHO, Breaking Bad will always reign supreme🏆
I felt the same way. I never hated prince and I felt his getback at the end was harsh. The show never made me hate Prince enough to justify what he got at the end.
@@demondbrooks568the hiccup I thought was gonna be waggs turning on behalf of axe and using that self incriminating dirt chuck gave to waggs against him to not only wipe out prince with chucks helps but get chuck fired and imprisoned as well, coming out as the late winner of it all, after disappearing for a whole season after Mike and chuck worked together to get him jn trouble.
Paul always kept me watching...he is by far one of the best actors ive have ever seen. The choice of who played his father was perfect aswell. I love that guy.
I enjoyed that episode as well, very good stuff. I'm glad Prince got DESTROYED like that, absolutely decimated in a bad wau. Chuck and Axe won and were friends at the end, well they were cool at least. I wasn't sure if they were going to go after each other, but they have so much in the past that i'm cool with this ending and the destruction of Prince.
What about all the firemen that lost their pensions?
3 месяца назад
It was a terrible ending. Mike never stood a chance, never got a punch in, there was never any suspense. Everyone was in cahoots from the start and we see that the "good guys" had already won in the first 2 minutes of the episode, no suspense, no complexity - we got the fake 'bad guy' defeated by the fake 'good guy', and nobody except prince ever paid for their shitty behavior. The laziest, LAZIEST fan service finale imaginable. Anyone who liked this ending is seriously a complete simpleton. HURRR DA GUD GUYS WON!!!
Hmm, oddly enough this to me left Prince looking like the good guy who was done wrong and Axe & Co. looking like the dirty ones (which technically & legally they are for what they orchestrated). This absolutely should have ended on a cliff hanger with the re-formation of Axe Cap to enact revenge to de-rail Prince’s election campaign for another final season. I mean fantastic show, but the ending didn’t have the conviction most of the series had.
Very predictable happy ending for the majority. I really wanted Prince to be the victor, because I generally didn't see anything wrong with him. The collective Axe Cap team has done more damage to people over time, than Prince ever did at Prince Cap. I saw Wendy and Rhoades more of a villain than I ever saw Prince. Prince still running for Presidency but ultimately losing, would have been the better ending, not losing all of his hard earned money and profile just because a select few saw him as a 'villain'. Terrible predictable ending.
While I disagree (Mike has done some pretty bad shit...He has his wife's boyfriend captured in international territory, to name just one), but I respect your view of Prince still running for office and not losing his Billions.
The only person with a good reason to take Prince down was Taylor (who did it because of the Hitler comment). Wendy AGAIN breached doctor patient confidentiality, Bobby is still a criminal who gets off the hook just because, Chuck doesn’t get arrested despite him doing some federal crime almost once every season. This hypocrisy argument is BS, especially coming from Bobby and Chuck. While I have a high level of regard for Kate, she and Scooter’s nephew let me down big time. Prince ain’t no hero, but the lot of em should have been in jail before he got taken down.
3 месяца назад
The 'hitler comment' is high school creative writing level of cliched. Couldn't actually show that Prince was uniquely evil so they force a freaking nazi reference in. Pathetic writing.
Unfortunately this is phycologists in our days, especially woman, they are unable to maintain their own emotional intelligence, she was ok, until, she decided that she knows and understands more than others apparently...
i really don't understand people who are saying Prince was a good guy and wasn't a crook like Axe and co. He was in everyway like him and even worse because he hided it very well. Too many people watched this show giving too much attention to what he said and not to what he did. If you look at what he did, you will immediatly see why he was a worse crook than Axe, not caring at all while playing very well like he cares. That is top notch sociopathy.
Why do I feel sad after the way they destroyed Prince that badly Prince left axe with some billions This time around Axe showed Prince no mercy Prince lost his way with his arrogance But he was on hell of a chess player Can't lie it was a good episode 1 thing we learn is after you destroy your enemy never take his people and his castle and use that as your HQ Also completely destroy your enemy to a point where you can expect no attacks Or just try to have no enemies and work on building your self high and higher peacefully
Nothing Prince did to deserve this the level of collusion from people in his inner circle, Wendy, Axe & Chuck are the bad guys in this no matter which way you look at it
@@zap6878 What so you think Axe isn’t cut from the same cloth in that same position, Tell me something if I had a gun and was about to shoot you in the face, if you also had a gun would you try to shoot first In order to same your own life…..?
@@MrBeats44I think what you don't realize is prince acted as though he was the nice guy when he was actually the asshole, Ax was who he was was and never said he wasn't. Prince spied on his employees, used it against them, and his ego was way to huge.
As Chuck once stated: "A lone man who has nothing to lose is the most DANGEROUS!" Imagine that man with access to a hundred million who has the skills to multiple that exponentially and who has morph from someone who having uncanny focus now invest all that into pure revenge! "Beware of the 2nd Act which will be even greater!" - Michael Aquinas Prince
The only ones that had it worse than Prince are the audience. Felt like subvert the expectations for the sake of it 'a la game of thrones'. Man that ending was insulting.
Honestly you could tell on so many levels how rushed this was. Going from prince won last episode to all of a sudden every single loyalist betrayed him out of the blue lol. NOT TO MENTION he could’ve still had wendy jailed
It was totally rushed. From showcasing Mike Prince's quick climb, his pinnacle moment (climax) getting Dunlop on his ticket, we had to have seen the 180° coming (resolution), ergo he wouldn't be running anymore. Lest we forget Prince throwing a printer through Wendy's office window IN THE FIRST EPISODE of season 7?? That was a huge tell also
He couldn't have had Wendy jailed because he got neutralized in episode 9 I think. Are made a trade for the mountain climber that was screwing his wife. Also seeing how Kate was chief counsel at mpc I'm sure she gave Wendy,wags and Taylor a loophole in those findings. Hell Kate even told prince in the finale " I did tell you to fire them". They played on prince's ego and thirst for control
@@ericb8241 didn't you saw the last episode ? You can't screw a multi-billionnaire with a mere 100 millions in your pockets. They would ruin you in lawyer fees and keep going while you bite the dust. That is why the justice's system isn't fair. It is not the person who is right that win but usually the one with the more ressources to loose.
i mean if you were paying attention, you would have noticed this coming. I knew these people were turning on him, i just didnt know when it would be shown. it was obvious and set up in earlier episodes.
In season 5, I remember the interaction of Mike and Bobby, on being a monster. Where Mike said that he suppressed his monster self and something along those lines. Season 7, could have been the perfect opportunity to show how the moster self of Mike price, I believe if Mike chooses to become like Bobby, he will be an absolute carnage. I also wanted a duel of monster version of Bobby and Mike going against each other head on. Kinda dissatisfied with the ending but this was a really good show.
Mike was a monster. Always was. He convinced himself he was ethical and above legal reproach and this is what made him dangerous. He was like a wolf in sheep skin and had the potential to cause harm because he truly believed he was benevolent and more importantly he successfully convinced others of it. You could argue that if Mike gave up his self-image of being an ethical actor he would have been able to do more damage but the self-image was paper thin and that's why more and more people joined Wendy in her crusade against him. The fake moral smokescreen allowed him to be a much more effective monster than Axe which is why Axe couldn't take him down alone.
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@@frankalaniz8252 The problem is that Mike never really held the upper hand the whole season, he never really had a chance of winning, there was no cat and mouse. Everyone was always in cahoots and the good guys just effortlessly win. It's pathetic writing.
For all of the people who “didn’t buy Prince as the bad guy”… I think the thing that was most dangerous about him was his absolute self confidence and self righteousness. He’s the type who would sanction a genocide and not lose a minute of sleep over it. I thought that the political fixer (can’t remember his name) got off a bit easy. He seemed to not care about anything but winning. No doubt in his mind at all about Prince or what kind of President he might be.
It's not up to them to decide that before he even did anything wrong or even got elected. If you ask me these people are the bad ones, dangerous even and not far from what is going on right now in politics.
Agree re fixer but Prince was ruthless and had absolute self confidence and Bobby didnt? I remember the "Its you, me and the kuds and everybody else is collateral damage. I als remember Chuck setting up the doctor
Those that didn’t think Prince was “the bad guy” are definitely the gullible ones that will vote for him as President if he were a real person.
3 месяца назад
@@jaybee5315 They did literally nothing to show he was a bad guy. Certainly no worse than Axe, who somehow every dumb simpleton fan of this show thinks is the "good guy".
damn very nice ending the writer did it..not just the story for bobby,but all..rian included.. the time where she told taylor bout just running off from office with backpack standby there,thats the dream.. im sad but impressed as hell the way they did the ending,truly as chuck said,this is bobby axelrod,the one who move the market & that favour isnt easy to get by..truly awesome the way they all pulled it off.. in the end,all character evolved from season 1,2,3 to 7 where their character is truly not as what in the early season was,for me,a very damn good ending for the story & the character..how they all free'd & pursue their own accord..
It's the standard writing trick they use in all heist movies these days. The only way to make the ending work is add in a few of these character fake outs with a flashback to show how they were really in on everything and just pretending.
It was quite disappointing. They deemed Prince to be the bad guy almost instantly (without allowing us to slowly realise he is evil, but again just like almost every titan in that industry). Then it was too many plot twists to just steal his money, it was very forced and Chuck's aversion for billionnaires was set aside for the sake of convenience. The plot twists from earlier seasons are far more believable because simpler. That's what happens when one show wants to double or triple down on its recipe of success instead of understanding what those ingredients were. Very good show overall, but ending on this kind of tainted the rest. This is not a black and white world and forcing us to root for Axelrod while he was believably outplayed (as opposed to Prince) betrays that vision.
I didn’t like the ending. These were a bunch of haters who brought down Prince for what exactly other than their envy of him. And the fact that it took all of all of them to bring down one man is a testament to how great Prince was!
Axe (including Wendy & Wags) allowed a friend to die insuring he cannot testify against Axe in court. During Prince's first season, he paid Taylor to insure she stays whole in contrast to Axe who screwed her on a deal; and this is how she repays him... Taylor is a COWARD and a DISGRACE!
@@brandonflint6636 Nobody can tell Prince was the bad guy, he showed tremendous character in every way, noble enough to be a Real US President the greater good
Based on past data and facts, Prince is capable of recuperating at a much faster rate than Axe and will find a way to go bigger and much more beyond the Office of POTUS. Unlike Axe, Prince does not dwell on revenge, just moving forward and bulldozing like the Juggernaut anyone who stands in his way (like how he removed Chuck from his Office). 💪👍💯
Prince was a ruthless businessman, but I never understood the level of hatred generated towards him by Wendy, Wags & especially Taylor. Didn't seem logical & rational. The writers did a poor job trying to make Prince a villian. Disappointing ending to an excellent series
I get why some people think Prince was a good guy. Was he? Prince would do whatever it takes to get what he wants and wants you to think he is the down home humble guy. Axe will do whatever it takes and be honest about doing so. Which one is the bad guy (or both?) depends on viewers viewpoint. The series finale was sublime for me in that it wrapped up so many character issues going back seasons. Two issues that stood out to me: Chuck finally got his dad’s approval (issue for a lot of men). And I just loved that Wendy and Chuck could sit at a table with kids and just laugh (having a great time). The whole series don’t think there ever was a scene where both genuinely laughed in each other’s company. Wendy had to leave Axe Global - it was the only way she could have relationships with the two men in her life - Axe and Chuck - without conflict due to being in the middle of the two’s battles.
Succession is a really good show as well. I would love to see Chuck and Axe team up in a battle vs Logan Roy. Logan Roy is an absolute power house beast. Anyone who watches succession even a little bit knows that. It would be awesome to see them all in the same show trying to get the better of each other. Logan is such a beast, to the point that i'm not even sure they would want to go up against him at first, but ultimately both of their big egos would allow them to mess with the Roy Empire, which will very likely leave permanent marks. That said, they're both two of my favorite shows, and I wish they would do that, but obviously they won't. Instead they have spin offs of billions coming up which should also be really good.
Great characters, Dudley MaFee, Dollar Bill Stearns, Victor Demateo, Michael Wagner, Scooter, Phillip, Taylor, Wendy, on and on all added to the magic of Billions.
I have to say this whole last season bothered me because this is what's wrong with our country right now. This guy didn't break the law. The ones who did break the law were the ones who swore to uphold the law. Not to mention they were all complicit in insider trading. Basically what this show is saying that you have no constitional rights if you don't fall in line with certain people. Chuck should be behind bars for good because through the seasons he hurt countless innocent people. It it all boiled down to he didn't like billionaires, but it's OK his daddy was rich and broke the law on a regular basis. A fitting end to this would have been for that new prosecutor in chuck's office to show up with the feds and take them all into custody. That would have sent the message that the Justice system is still in place and criminal behavior will be punished.
Game of Thrones levels of embarrassment with the last several seasons of the show. And then they got rich by insider trading and wiping out the investors in the hedge fund? Not only are the investors bankrupt but so are the show runners' ethics and ability to make a coherent or believable series finale.
Like Emperor Palpatine, it takes an alliance of the entire rebel forces working together to take down Prince!
3 месяца назад
Yeah, ignore the fact that Axe had done worse than Prince ever did, committed serious felonies and faced zero consequences for his actions. But tell me more about he's the "good guy" in this
I love this show so much. One of the goats of tv shows. I love all the actors but especially Paul and Maggie. I would love for there to be a spinoff, show with chuck and Wendy. Or for them 2 do something else together in the future. Sad to see it finish but an amazing show.
I never could see prince as a bad guy. And how could the company go broke if the stocks went down some? Even if a stock went down because of the rumors it would not go down more than 30 percent especially since there was no official news. Prince still have 100 million, they made it look like he had nothing at first.
Because Prince was a really well written vilain everything about him seem good except his actual actions but most people are fooled and don't actually look at what people do just what they seem to be doing. That is why you never saw him as a the bad guy he really was. From 10 of billions to 100 millions is worse than being broke, he is litteraly at the level of Wags or his right hand. 100 millions open doors but not just the kind you would want. Even at 350 millions Axe and his wife admit it wasn't enough. if you want to know why they treated him like he had nothing, watch again all the episodes of billions and watch everytimes Wag was badly treated and try to think if they could do that at Axe. Never. 100 millions is nothing at that level, nothing at all. it is little leverage if you want to live in a state like Indiana but if you want to play the World game, you are no one, you have no leverage, no POWER. Imagine for a moment if your net worth went from 10 miilions to 100 000...you would lose almost all your connections, almost everything you have, you lifestyle would be like night and day. You would still have a roof, a car, food on the table but that is about it.
They just couldn't do that, for one he wasn't an integral part of the show like Axe and Chuck so he was more expendable. Most people wanted to see Prince beat badly, you're the minority.
Better than expected. Hopefully they come back with a spin off. Season 6 was going down the drain Season 7 builds up when they brought Axe back. His character makes the show entertaining and addictive.
I'm glad Axe got a good ending, and was able to get his revenge on Prince. Prince got destroyed by Chuck and Axe worse than Axe was destroyed before, a lot worse. Prince is just done.
I'm a little late but here's my thoughts on the finale: 1- I'm a little disappointed because season 6 was a disaster and when they announced that axe will be back at season 7 I was excited but unfortunately this season wasn't that good either. 2- I think the majority agrees with me that the whole idea of Mike being the bad guy and everyone need to protect America from him was ridiculous not only that but they failed BADLY of selling us that he is a monster and deserves to be destroyed like that and that deep enemies like axe and chuck will work together just to end him. 3- after the almost perfect first 5 sessions they kind of destroyed everything they built in this last to seasons on terms of characters development like there is no way Wendy will forgive chuck just like that and have sympathy for him after what he did to her at season 5 and no way axe will forgive Taylor just like that like nothing happened and also the thing that disappointed me the most was after that perfect building of the relationship between axe and Wendy they show it like it wasn't that big deal and the two just moved on like that without a logical reasons. For me there was only to ways to finish Wendy's part of the series its either she finally finishes what she and axe started and the last scene of the series will be as they both walks out of the company holding hands or something like that or she chooses herself and keep the part with axe open and her last scene will be entering her new company with everyone welcoming her and she is happy and thrilled. This finale didn't make sense to me at least and was kind of disappointing.
This ending was definitely more about satisfying fans than landing a strong overall narrative. The way they took down Prince doesn't seem realistic. Not only all the crimes comitted, but by everyone admitting everything to Prince and meeting all together the way they did, it leaves the team open to an easy lawsuit. It was more Shakesperean in it's execution, but Prince didn't feel like an iconic villain. They kept cutting away from exactly why Prince was bad for Presidency other than "nukes are bad and he would nuke", as if we didn't see him constantly be diplomatic (like attempting to broker peace when he thought he won). Not to say it isn't good to have grey characters, but they clearly wanted us to root for team Chuck and Axe over Prince for the sake of the actors/characters tenure and emotional attachment from the audience. I thought they we're ultimately trying to say "Capitalists should never become Politicians", or "the worst isn't the monster, but the monster who thinks he isn't", but it didn't land. Still better than Game of Thrones for sure though.
Agreed. They created an arc of hate without really portraying prince as the villain. Ambitions to become president and bring down a few people on the way wasn't enough for me to root for the good guys.
Axe said it when they first introduced Prince. Just as Chuck said... Axe knows he's a monster and doesn't hide that fact.... Prince is the worst kind Monster. He believes he's morally and personally above everyone else when he's probably the most Power hungry of all. He's addicted to the Power and ultimately becomes his downfall.
As fan of the show when it was 1st announced until the end I was 99.7% satisfied with the ending!!!! The .3 is divide into 3 things. .1 - I wanted Prince to end up with barely any Millions let alone $100. .2 - Spyros who has been annoying from the beginning, ended up gaining a Fortune even though he literally tried to warn Prince & lastly .3 I wanted Wendy & Axe to become a couple which in theory they way they left it could still happen or should she could end back up with Chuck! The Show literally came full circle if you think about it!!!🤴🏽✌
Really well done!! Will miss as this series and especially Axe !!!
3 месяца назад
It was a terrible ending. Mike never stood a chance, never got a punch in, there was never any suspense. Everyone was in cahoots from the start and we see that the "good guys" had already won in the first 2 minutes of the episode, no suspense, no complexity - we got the fake 'bad guy' defeated by the fake 'good guy', and nobody except prince ever paid for their shitty behavior. The laziest, LAZIEST fan service finale imaginable.
They all thought Prince was crazy because when he was asked 'If it becomes absolutely clear that an enemy is about to attack, would you fire first? He said yes... He didn't say he'd use nukes to solve every problem... I think we should have had another season... Prince becomes president and they have to take him down.
I dont think it repeats itself, axe learned huge lessons so did chuck. Sometimes there are people who are such formidable adversaries, they are better working together than against each other. Ntm the connection of wendy.
Axe and Chuck are corrupt as fuck and were willing to destroy anyone in their way. They destroyed towns, families, individuals to try and one up each other. Prince was never the villian these two pos were.
Billions was one of my favorite shows for years until Axe left. Then in a marketing stunt Showtime exaggerated how Big Bobby Alxeord was back for the season finale - he was in like 10 minutes worth of scenes. Huge bait and switch.
Unlike... Game of Thrones The Blacklist Succession Dexter (Twice) & Person of Interest Billions stuck the landing Now we can enjoy our Boxsets! TV companies, take note!!
The writers do NOT understand M&A. MPC is a subsidiary of Michael Prince Umbrella. This entire saga ended with the dissolving of MPC only. Prince is still a billionaire titan if the writers actually understand business structuring in the world of PE.
Yes you are right but we both know that everything is simplify in those tv series for the sake of the story. By this same stake you agree than when Axe left for Switzerland he was still a billionnaire titan too even without the money of Mike prince ! There is just a need to simplify those thing to make a story.
@@zhulacarter2458 If Axe stayed in USA, he will be jailed and his assets seized by Chuck. He had to sell to Prince for $2B and flee to Switzerland (a country with no extradition treaty with USA).
@@ultramarkusomega In real life, you and i both know that is BS. No american billionaire would ever have to go through this in real life. But simplification to make a good story and a later come back. There would be a deal cut and he will continues with his life in the USA still a billionaire. That is what the USA has always done.
Such an innocent time. When conspiracy between major US companies and foreign interests were a secret and not just on the chopping block by Major Donors.
I can't believe the season is over in America. I think episode 4 or 5 is on tomorrow night. From what I'm getting from this recap it seems that they basically stole Mike's money. He will no doubt report them to the authorities.
I am not happy with this ending. They character assassinated Prince just to bring back Axe. a guy who has been good from season 5 cannot just come and be bad in season 7. that, i did not get sold. The season was rushed, how Axe came back, its like pieces being forced to fit together.
Billions was a great show right up until the end, but the series finale was simply terrible, and it was all the worse because by the end of the next-to-last episode you could see it coming. Things had taken a dire turn and all seemed lost; it was obvious that in the finale the day would be miraculously saved. I just hoped they’d do it well, but no such luck. They turned it into a fairy tale, and the trite happily-ever-afters just kept coming. It was not only cliché but also hypocritical: the supposed heroes used stock market manipulation to bring about the financial ruin of the supposed villain. That’s illegal; it’s what Chuck was so self-righteous about prosecuting in the first six seasons. It would also have hurt a lot of other people. The storytellers were either so clueless that they didn’t realize that there would be collateral damage or, more likely, so cynical that they thought no one would notice if they kept things moving fast enough. One reason people like Dickens is that in the end the bad guys always suffer condign punishment for their villainy, but the creators of Billions were no Dickenses. You might say that they were Shakespeares, though, because Prince’s downfall was like the humiliation of Malvolio at the end of Twelfth Night, mean-spirited, borderline sadistic, souring what to that point had been an enjoyable show. Add another title to the list of failed series finales: Seinfeld; The Sopranos; Billions.
Great show but the Final was anticlimactic...you could see it coming a mile away months ago and even when Axe went off the show, you knew he'd come back and get even.
