Axe and Rhoades hold a political debate
There are a lot of tough jobs out there.
Construction worker, welder, Donald Trump campaign manager.
Just think about all the nonsense you have to endure as a professional Wife onBillions.
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Say that your less-than-honest hedge-fund husband makes a costly, possibly criminal error at work.
Wendy Rhoades
Let’s start with Wendy Rhoades.
We’re supposed to believe it’s Christmastime, what with all the wreaths and talk of holiday bonuses.
(Sidenote: Being a Greenwich cop might be one of thebestjobs out there.)
Needless to say, he places all the blame on her.
She calls him an untrustworthy, unworthybottom-feeder.
He calls her an immoral crook.
Paul Giamatti even cries.
She takes the audio to Axe, who apologizes for his mistake surprisingly quickly.
Once the $5 million is safely in her account, she informs Bobby that she’s quitting.
Besides, she’s tired of all these gamesthe immature battles played out by the men-children in her life.
It’s easier to just leave it all behind.
Heck, friggin’Connertyis better fleshed out than her.
But the always-game Malin Ackerman still makes the most with what Lara’s given.
And what she’s given is the task to clean after her husband’s mistakes.
With very little lead time, Lara has to put together what amounts to an escape plan.
Fortunately, Axe tells her that they might not be needing to execute the plan just yet.
Lara craves not just status but also stability, a sense that she’s made it.
Had shereallychanged at all?
She was eager to put it in the bank.
That would’ve meant that everything was okay, that they were legitimate.
NEXT: Chuck is downsizing
He also has to let go of his tony brownstone in Park Slope/Brooklyn Heights.
(Which neighborhooddoeshe live in?
So he quickly goes back to his tricks, only this time he’s pettier than ever.
Chuck loudly proclaims that he’s got Axe Capital offices bugged with listening devices.
It worksAxe wins their money back.
But then another problem arises: He’s gets word that Chuck and the feds have bugged his offices.
So he and his man Hall bring in a crew to do a sweep of the place.
Of course, they find nothing, but this only drives Axe more mad.
“Go deeper,” he tells them.
“All the way down.”
They completely rip apart the building.
Floorboards are pulled up.
Walls are town down.
Art is taken apart.
Furniture is completely dismantled.
Even theceilingsare taken apart, with loose wires hanging menacingly from the ceiling like snakes.
And that’s when Chuck Rhoades stridesnay,swaggersinto the room.
Here’s not just there to taunt Bobby, he wants to send a message.
Chuck says he lost Wendy because of Axe.
Axe counters by sayinghe(Axe) lost Wendy because ofChuck.
So they’ve both lost her, and now they’re ready to fight (with words).
They start calling each other names.
I hate regulations, they so dumb!"
NEXT: The final blowout
After growling their civics lessons at each other, they throw down their gauntlets.
“When I take a deal off the table, I leave Nagasaki behind,” Axe snarls.
And that is what you’re looking at right here."
BANK NOTES:
Axe threw a perfectly good suit in the trash.
The look on Lonnie’s face when Connerty tells him to “Give him the real” is priceless.
Shoutout toTinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
As one commenter noted, shoutout to the superb Gene Hackman surveillance/paranoia thrillerThe Conversation.
An abandoned high school football field in the dead of night?
The offer makes sense: Connerty’s efforts at his current position have been thwarted by Rhoades' ego.
It’ll be interesting to see how that plays out next seasonshould he stay or should he go?
Is this series his story, or is it Bobby’s?
Can the show go on with only one of themsort of like howHomelandwent on without Damian Lewis?
All stuff to think about until next season!
