Billions

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 Finished watching the first three seasons of the TV series Billions.

Billions
 ​is the perfectly addictive and entertaining mix of legal, finance, and psychological drama. Think Suits meets The Wolf of Wall Street: the two main characters are a US Attorney (the equivalent of an Assistant Solicitor General here in the Philippines) and a billionaire hedge fund mogul. They are both shady antiheroes with oversized egos. They are both stubborn, vindictive, and morally gray, and at the same time devoted husbands fiercely loyal to their respective wives. They are mirror images, but operating from opposing camps
Billions does not pretend to be an intelligent show. While they may spew off legal and finance jargons left and right, it just wants to entertain you with its witty dialogue (chock-full of sneaky pop culture references), supporting characters as interesting as the leads, and a soundtrack so apt and fitting to the complex moods of our two antiheroes (ranging from Metallica to Frank Sinatra).
Billions Seasons 1 to 5 are currently on Netflix.

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