From left: Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff in Season 7 of “Billions.”
Prince fancies himself a compassionate capitalist, but huge sums of money are at stake and said compassion is more a branding opportunity than an actual ideology. Not that he would ever admit that to himself. Which is why he’s convinced he’s just the man to occupy the Oval Office, despite no previous government experience. What could go wrong?In the world of “Billions,” karma is but a figment of the underdog’s imagination. He who accumulates the most — money, power, even enemies — wins.
Because Prince is a phony who must be stopped, a trio of holdovers from Axe’s reign embark on a hush-hush plan of sabotage to save the country,. The takedown crew is made up of Wendy, the firm’s wily in-house psychologist ; Wags, the happily pathetic indulger of vices ; and Taylor, the inscrutible numbers whiz with the buzz-cut .