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Billions

by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod and 77 others

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his consi

(81 total)

Seasons

Season 1 (28)Billions Season 2 (20)Season 3 (33)

Characters

Brian Koppelman (35)David Levien (33)Paul Giamatti (22)Chuck Rhoades (22)Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (21)Damian Lewis (21)Adam R. Perlman (17)Willie Reale (13)Mike "Wags" Wagner (12)David Costabile (12)

“Legal trouble does not mean you can't fulfill your teleological purpose.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: Law Won't Stop You, Your Identity Is Stronger Than Any Constraint, Clever Ways of Saying Nothing Will Stop You

“You can't have it appear you're illegally meddling, especially when you're illegally meddling.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: Illegal Behavior, Meddling

“Why should I trust you to do anything other than point me to the nearest avocado toast?”

— Adam R. Perlman, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: Don't Trust You, insults, Insulting Someone That Has Not Earned Your Trust Yet

“Impose your will on him until he does what he needs to and repays the debt.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: willpower, Getting What Is Owed To You, Pushing Hard

“Get good at letting go, which is a different kind of freedom.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Freedom In Moving On

“Oliver: That is tampering. Chuck: No. It's finesse.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Cheating Or Strategy?, Grey Ethical Lines, Ethics, Tampering With Evidence, Taking Control of Fate

“Surrendered like a French fucking soldier!”

— Alice O'Neill, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: french, French Soldiers, Things To Say When You Defeat Someone

“A normal person wouldn’t engage in the behavior. A sociopath wouldn’t give a shit. You’re somewhere in between.”

— Wes Jones, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: sociopaths

“Nobody leaves here until you hand me an idea that I can shock the world with in a few days time!”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

“The trap was time.”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Patience, Timing, strategy

“You know those poison-tip arrows that certain tribes use that go through one guy and kill another? This might be like that — golden frog poison. I tried to smoke it once. Shaman jumped across the tent to stop me.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: When Your Drugs Are Actually Poisons

“You know what it takes to find a truffle? A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, carefully trained animal gets the assignment, spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, sniffing out the slightest aroma. And only then the digging begins. And what do you think they’re digging through?Shit. That’s…”

— Adam R. Perlman, Alice O'Neill, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Mushrooms, All Is Shit, What We Value

“Foolishness is right next door to strength.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: Foolishness, Pretending To Be Strong

“I like nightmares. When I wake up, they leave me deeply valuing my reality.”

— Willie Reale, Alice O'Neill, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: nightmares, Wisdom, Reality

“You need me, because I am willing to stare into the abyss beyond conventional morality and do what needs to be done.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Will Do Anything, Screw Ethics

“You were wrong. I’m not human. I am a machine. I’m a fucking Terminator.”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: A God

“If you’re successful enough, people think you can do anything, and then you start to believe it, too. It’s hard not to engage in a little magical thinking when everyone else is looking at you like you’re some combination of Warren Buffet and God above.”

— Wes Jones, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: Magical thinking, Arrogance, Thinking You're A God, Dangers of Success

“Only people with money forget about money.”

— Heidi Schreck, Bryan Connerty, Toby Leonard Moore, imdb.com

Tagged: How The Rich Live, Luxury of Not Thinking About Money, Being Rich

“We will retreat so we can attack when it is to our advantage.”

— Willie Reale, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Patience, strategy, Planning Ahead

“No one quits while they’re ahead. This isn’t France. It’s America.”

— Heidi Schreck, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Quitting, America vs. France