Axe siphons the cash of each worker into one thing referred to as the Admirals Fund — an invite-only number of the agency’s choicest investments, accessible solely to the outdated Axe Cap internal circle. As soon as Prince is ruined, Axe has Chuck and Amanda (who proves to be a loyal lieutenant in Chuck’s military) announce that the collusion investigation is bogus, and that each one the businesses concerned are within the clear. Since these investments have been secretly stored intact throughout the Admirals Fund, Axe has made all of his as soon as and future workers filthy wealthy.
Even Scooter’s bacon will get saved. Following Prince’s defeat, the person Wags calls one of the best second-in-command he’s ever seen quits the ex-candidate’s make use of to go it on his personal, leaving Mike utterly alone. He now finds himself with $100 million — the very same quantity left to Prince — because of his nephew Philip. The 2 males patch issues up earlier than Scooter leaves to pursue his dream: to develop into an orchestral conductor finally.
All our heroes get that type of emotional ship off. In pair after pair, they make their peace and name it a job nicely completed: Axe and Taylor, Axe and Wendy, Wendy and Taylor, Scooter and Wags, Wags and Axe — and naturally Chuck and Axe, who shake fingers and agree that whereas they could as soon as once more cross swords sooner or later, they’ll do their greatest to maintain it clear within the interim.
The episode — the sequence — ends with Chuck and Wendy consuming dinner with their youngsters. That dinner is served by Bryan Connerty, as soon as Chuck’s Padawan apprentice, cooking at his hibachi restaurant one final time following his reinstatement to the bar as a favor from Chuck and Kate, who’s working for the Southern District of New York as soon as once more. Spouses no extra however higher mates than maybe they’ve ever been, they eat and discuss and snort till the ultimate minimize to black.
“Billions,” a present that consistently references skilled wrestling, has a few of that spectacle’s storytelling strategies down chilly. Watching this finale, I couldn’t assist however really feel that the present went all in on wrestling-style narrative. For 2 seasons, it constructed a monster heel within the type of Mike Prince, analogous to the seemingly undefeatable W.W.E. champion, Roman Reigns. To take him down, two bitter enemies needed to develop into allies — just like the legendary “Mega Powers” story line, wherein the rivals Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage united as one.
