What was Mikey Thinking?

  The Deal – Notes Oh, Wendy with hall walking behind her down a sinister basement. That can’t be good. What’s Wendy walking into? Oh… naked Damien Lewis in a hot tub. So… not sinister This joint nudity in their completely platonic friendship is a weird vibe 72 hours earlier OK, Wendy just figured out after leaving the broadway show we saw her entering that Chuck deliberately got her out of the way for the raid Wendy: Did you strike a blow for Justice this day, Mr. Rhoades? Terri: Should I go? Chuck and Wendy: YES!! Wendy’s not wrong, this is going to make her look guilty to the firm Chuck is desperate to defend himself Wendy: It’s my job. Chuck: You’re beautiful and talented, and I’m sure you’ll land on your feet Wendi: Fuck you! That evening, at the Rhoades home Wendy’s sleeping with the kids Axe rousing the troops Chuck wants to seem intimidating SO bad. Axe is doing a good job rallying This is Axe’s St. Crispin’s Day speech Dollar Bill ...

  The Good Life notes Is Axe really selling off everything? He’s bicycling They’re trying to sell us on the whole ‘Axe is giving up finance to relax and live life’ angle Do they really do that light test on chicken eggs Qunitillion to one. Axe is wrong, odds and statistics don’t work like that. I do enjoy a double yolker though And now Axe is trading away his very expensive bike for Tito’s junker. WTF? *** When a guy says sell everything, he gets a chance to take it back. Axe is certainly selling that he’s shutting down Wait, Dollar Bill is a volunteer fireman? How is he possibly making his call percentages? He can’t possibly live in the city then. Or maybe the writers just don’t understand how volunteer firefighting works. It’s been a week that they’ve been investigating Dollar Bill Kate: It’s an enzyme they’ve been testing out in Iowa. Genetically modifies corn so that cows can actually digest without antibiotics… Terri: It makes them shit better. Dollar...

  Short Squeeze notes Greenwich, CT 4 am Drunk and with a rifle.   That’s not great. Ah, he’s shooting at deer This is the guy who was complaining that he’d lost hos mojo The cops would not get there that quickly I like how they baance out Paul Giamatti and Damien Lewis’ names I do believe that Axe got there that quickly though. And that he could buy the guy out of trouble Axe: What drives you doesn’t understand enough It is very frustrating when animals eat your plants Uh oh. Wendy’s spotted Pete Decker and is putting the pieces together Axe successfully wiped the record of the gunfire incident Mick Danzig Chuck is really squeezing Pete’s mom and dad And just like that Pete folds and tells them everything about Axe capital Are those real cheesesteak places that I should know about? Muffee got a competing job offer and went to Axe to tell him about it So we’re getting little vignette scenes of Axe demonstrating the qualities that Decker is des...

  Billions notes  Yeah, that first scene is a lot US Attorney’s office SDNY Kate giving the intro talk to some guy named Michael. Bryan was the one who gave her that speech 18 months ago Chuck is already playing with recommendations for judicial appointments Ari Spyros.   FCC here to introduce Bobby as the antagonist Lots of dry insider trading stuff Would they really introduce a possible crime with a head shot? Meanwhile Bobby is introduced enjoying pizza with his wife and being a good guy.   In contrast to Chuck getting burned and pissed on. It’s not believable that Lara hasn’t ever tried Bobby’s favorite pizza before at this point in their marriage. And now Bobby is saving his childhood pizza place from going under out of altruism.    They’re really leaning against type. And from there to Axe Capital Mick Danzig and Ben Kim And now they’re demonstrating that Bobby is smarter Bobby:   Yale? Ben:   Stanford.  ...