Billions

Comment to Steve Sailer:

* Billions quickie review
1- you can watch the premier (free) at the Showtime website though it took me some poking around to find it BUT here it is.
2-Malin Ackerman….very good and precise with a precise hairstyle. Delivers some choice lines. She was born in Sweden.
3-Damien Lewis gives his role a menacing spergy tinge with a choirboys face. Well done!
4- Paul Giamatti the Federal prosecutor- v well done
5- This whole thing is so hi-def it is hyper real. Larger than life. Same as the script. This is hedgie porn.
6- Giamatti’s wife — not gonna spoil this for you. A guilty pleasure.
7- Ripping off Ray Dalio’s operation in Connecticut for Damien Lewis’s hedge fund headquarters. Go look up how much Dalio is worth. “He graduated from Hofstra!” (University) Actually Dalio went to LIU similarly humble.
8-All scenes take place in winter with snow outside the windows. Interesting accent.
9-Observe what the guys wear as far as hoodies and jackets….very slick!
10- A bit like a hedgie version of Mad Men.