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Admirals Fund is available to stream now via Paramount+ with Showtime.
It will make its Showtime debut on Sunday, October 29, at 8 p.m. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the warmest and fuzziest episode ofBillionsever!
With many of the same finance bros ready and willing to do his bidding.
GuessBillionsis saying theres hope for humanity after all.
Taylor hacks into Michael Prince Capitalsrisk-management algorithm(thanks, Winston!)
and reprograms it to zig when its supposed to zag.
Philip then merely follows his bosss orders by deploying all capital and insisting that the algorithm do its work.
Even though Ari Spyros finds the heavy concentration in the natural-gas sector to be a bit sus.
Wouldnt you know it?
Victor and Dollar Bill panic while Zen Philip mumbles false assurances about how the algo will self-correct.
All Kate needs to do is return to SDNY and lose the designer dresses.
But, hey, this time Chuck promises not to micromanage!
If that wasnt warm and fuzzy enough, Kate also gets a lesson in the power of friendship.
Instead of making an enemy out of Bryan Connerty, she took herold colleagues adviceand went the friend route.
With Chucks financial help (shh!)
and Kates support, Connerty had his law license reinstated seven years ahead of schedule.
Though dont count on him quitting his hibachi job yet.
This is no hack Prince has even been locked out of his own account.
Time to blow off the president and bolt back to New York.
A moment that makeswaymore sense with, you know, context than it did 11 episodes ago.
Pretty darn satisfying, right?
Oh, were just getting warmed up.
Yep, she was on Team Axe-Chuck all along.
Fortunately for Bradford, hes not out of a job for long.
Turns out the collusion was just a vicious rumor, so, uh, case closed!
Which means all the positions MPC sold off are going to rebound as in, through the roof.
To paraphrase the greatCosmo Brown, At last, Scooter can start suffering and conduct that symphony.
Turns out it was dear old Dad who leaked the stories about the natural-gas companies to the press.
But thats not what makes this scene the best of the episode.
In Indiana, thats like being a billionaire!
Axe snarks, reminding Prince that this is exactlywhat he did to him two seasons ago.
Except Prince, the narcissist that he is, can only see a new beginning with this surprise cash.
As he leaves, he offers a dire warning about America and how its built on second acts.
Truest words the man has ever uttered.
Hell start over, because hes no different than Axe or Chuck.
The game never ends for these types of guys.
While Princes billions were being stripped away, Axe ensured that everyone else on his staff became ridiculously wealthy.
Its genuine, its heartfelt, and its ludicrous all at the same time.
There are jokes about aging.
Theres talk of mutual respect.
Theres a Blind Faith comparison.
Theres an understanding that they probably cant work together again.
And then they discuss how neither is the same guy from when they first met.
Right before each of them return to doing exactly what they were up to whenBillionsbegan.
Even Wags is ready to spread his wings elsewhere.
Could that be ahint of whats to come, spinoff-wise?
Axe gives both Wendy and Taylor the hard sell, but neither will be swayed.
The one consolation is that this version of Axe lets Wendy and Taylor go with grace.
He even offers Taylor the old Axe Global office for a philanthropy organization.
Stop making me cry,Billions!
But at least the door is open for something between Axe and Wendy.
Something that isnt intertwined with work.
Nothing could illustrate that sentiment better than our last look at Chuck and Wendy.
Both are finally at peace at least Wendy is with their lives.
Thanks for the wildest of rides,Billions.
Loose Change
Only Ari Spyros would quoteBill and Teds Excellent Adventureand get the line wrong.
But I agree shed make a great Wendy replacement at Axe Global.
