Billions operates in a high-stakes world already, but if there’s
one thing it has earned, then it’s our attention. From the outset,
Billions exceeded our expectations and did so right up to the
final moments of a wild first season . With that, we can already
begin to look ahead to Billions season 2.
The Showtime drama was renewed after only two episodes , and
for good reason. Billions was the highest-rated debut for a
Showtime original series, with the network claiming that 6.5
million people sampled the premiere across multiple platforms.
The series’ ratings remained steady at more than a 1 million
viewers per episode, and critical reception was increasingly
more positive as the season went on (it’s sitting at 72 percent
fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, 69 on Metacritic).
With his ties to Wendy eliminated — and Giamatti, now
single, busy rubbing the salt in Axe’s wounds — Season 2
will inevitably find Axe remaking himself, both professionally
and personally. He has nowhere else to go, and he hasn’t
shaken off his bad PR for the 9/11 stunt, or his other messy
conflicts. As for the conflict with the U.S. Attorney’s office,
the “playing dirty” we’ve only seen glimpses of from Axe
this season (mostly, covert surveillance operations) will no
doubt ramp up. They’ll have to, since he now knows Chuck
is willing to play the same game. Chuck’s baiting will push
Axe to stay even more on the offensive, expanding his
operations beyond just tailing Chuck to S&M clubs.
Billions Season 1 pulled us into caring about these
characters, and understanding their self-contradictions and
warped senses of morality, but like the Empire Strikes Back to
its New Hope , Season 2 will show us how far they’re willing
to go to prevail.
Trailer 1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrQkEDRbxk
Trailer 2
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_raEUMLL-ZI
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