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‘Billions’ review: A finance bro runs for president. What could go wrong?
August 11, 2023 12:54PM ET
From left, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Paul Giamatti and Maggie Siff in Season 7 of“ Billions.”. - Mark Seliger/Showtime/TNS
The finance bro drama “Billions” returns for its seventh and final season on Showtime, with a hedge fund manager eyeing a presidential run. That would be the smooth-presenting Michael Prince (Corey Stoll), who took over after his antsier, rougher-around-the-edges predecessor Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) absconded to parts unknown when the walls — and the law — were closing in. 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 wh...