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Notes on - Billions: Short Squeeze

  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...

Notes on - Billions: Pilot

  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.  ...