List of Billions episodes

Billions is an American drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, which premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016.

On May 8, 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season by Showtime, ^[1] which premiered on May 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was postponed and only 7 of the 12 episodes aired in 2020. ^[2] Season 5 resumed on September 5, 2021. ^[3] On October 1, 2020, Showtime renewed the series for a sixth season, ^[4] which premiered on January 23, 2022. ^[5] On February 15, 2022, Showtime renewed the series for a seventh and final season, which premiered on August 13, 2023. ^[6]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	12		January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)	April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
2	12		February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)	May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)
3	12		March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)
4	12		March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17)	June 9, 2019 (2019-06-09)
5	12	7	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14)
		5	September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)	October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03)
6	12		January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23)	April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10)
7	12		August 13, 2023 (2023-08-13)	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Neil Burger	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Andrew Ross Sorkin	January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)	0.904 [7]
Bobby "Axe" Axelrod is a charismatic 9/11 survivor who heads up Axe Capital ("Axe Cap"), a hedge fund based in Connecticut. Ari Spyros of the SEC asks Chuck Rhoades, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to investigate him. Because of his philanthropy Axe has public support and is a bit of a folk hero, making Rhoades cautious to take Axe on. In addition, Chuck's wife, Wendy, works as a motivational coach/psychiatrist at Axe Cap, and the prospect of Chuck investigating her boss causes tension between them. Chuck brings up the idea of getting a new job to Wendy, who rebuffs the notion, and the two argue. Chuck confesses that if he brings up a lawsuit against Bobby Axelrod, that there may be a conflict of interest given her employment as Axe Capital's personal psychiatrist. Chuck shares his concerns regarding Axelrod with Bryan Connerty, the Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney. Kate Sacker, an AUSA, informs both Chuck and Bryan that the "Norton Place", a home valued at $83 million dollars is up for sale, and Bobby Axelrod has his sights on it. Chuck decides to bait Axe into buying the house [8] to turn public favor against him. Skip Wolkowski, a friend of Chuck’s father, is being sent to jail by Chuck for insider trading. Chuck Sr. arranges a meeting between Skip and his son, to ask for a more lenient punishment, but Chuck refuses to relent. Meanwhile, Axe realizes that an old friend, Dan Margolis, is cooperating with the FBI. Axe and his fixer, Hall, move to frame another trader, Steven Birch, for Axe's wrongdoing. Axe and Chuck finally meet face-to-face at an investment conference. Axe buys the house, making the front page of the New York Post . Chuck learns that Skip chose to commit suicide rather than go to jail. In front of his staff, Chuck doubles-down on his decision and says that it's important they convict white collar criminals with the same severity they would a petty drug dealer. Bryan shows Chuck the news, confirming Bobby Axelrod's purchase of the Norton Place. Hall calls Axe and informs him that Chuck has opened a case file on him and that it could eventually lead to prosecution.
2	2	"Naming Rights"	Neil Burger	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24)	0.950 [9]
The Financial Journal story on Steven Birch is released. Rhoades' office publicly begins investigating Steven Birch's practices, and Bobby is aware he is likely next. During an Axe Capital meeting, the S.E.C appears to interrupt proceedings and demands to interview all employees as well as have complete access to records. However, Axe later reveals that this was just a drill. One of Axe Capital’s top traders, Victor Mateo, expresses anger at the deception. Axe reveals Victor performed especially poorly on the drill. He decides to make an example of him and fires Victor on the spot. Wendy is upset at not being told about the drill, and informs Axe that humiliating Victor publicly was a bad choice. Axe apologises for not informing Wendy of the drill and asks her to fix the matter with Victor. Wendy visits Victor, who is still furious over what Axe did to him. While Victor wants to stand up for himself, Wendy advises him to stand down. She recounts the story of Warren Jaffin, another former employee of Axe Capital. Warren had been blackballed from the entire financial industry, after Axe found out he’d badmouthed him during a job interview. Victor reflects, and decides to drop the matter. Hall tries to blackmail Tara Mohr, one of the employees of the US Attorney's office, brandishing a recording of Tara having sex with another woman. Tara mocks Hall for assuming her sexuality is something he can hang over her head, but Hall fast forwards the tape to show Tara snorting cocaine off the other woman's body, and successfully blackmails Tara into being his informant. FBI Agent Terri McCue informs Chuck of proof regarding Steven Birch having committed insider trading, while Tara eavesdrops. Chuck decides to settle with Birch rather than aim for a conviction, so they can return their focus on Axelrod. In a meeting between the team and Steven Birch, Chuck and Bryan offer a plea deal while Tara continues to eavesdrop and inform Hall. The meeting ends with Birch accepting the plea deal. Axe meets up with Sean Ayles, the curator of the Ellis Eads Hall. He expresses his issue with the building's name. Sean reveals he is very interested in Axe's $100 million donation offer as they are in need of renovations, but he cannot give him what he wants, since the Eads family owns the naming rights to the building in perpetuity. Axe mentions that he is aware the Eads family is in financial troubles and that he expects Sean to convince them to accept his offer of $25 million for the naming rights if he expects to have the $100 million. Axe and Lara return to Ellis Eads Hall to meet with the Eads family. While the youngest member of the Eads family extends his gratitude, Axe rebuffs him and focuses on a different family member, Chad Eads. Axe recounts how they met earlier in life at a country club called The Spoon where Axe used to be a caddy during middle school. Axe shares that he worked there during the summers and used to make only $16 during each round of golf. One day, Chad's grandfather Ellis Eads, had missed a shot while Axe was his caddy. Embarrassed, he blamed Axe’s advice and got him fired. As retribution, today Axe offers the family the $25 million, minus the $16 million, leaving the family members with only $9 million to split among themselves. Having no other option, the Eads family silently accept Bobby’s offer, and leave.
3	3	"YumTime"	Scott Hornbacher	Willie Reale	January 31, 2016 (2016-01-31)	1.282 [10]
June Raichlein, the widow who criticised Lara & Axe during their memorial fund meeting, has just completed a literary work titled "9-12: The Day After." It's a memoir about her life following the tragic death of her husband in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. Lara runs into June and Lilly at the gym and learns of June's book. She places a call to acquire a copy of June’s book before it is released, and just as she suspected, she finds out that it’s extremely negative towards Bobby. Lara has a sit down with Orrin Bach and provides a copy of June's manuscript. Orrin agrees with Lara's assessment that it does not paint Bobby in a positive light, but is uncertain that he can bring a defamation suit as the bulk of what is written about Axe is true. Lara decides to take matters into her own hands. June’s funds quickly dry up, and both her gym and country club membership are cancelled. After her son loses his spot at Stanford, despite strong grades and being a legacy candidate, she realises that Lara is coming after her. Regaining her composure, she meets with Lara at the Axe residence with a "revised" version of her memoir, with the offending parts cut. Lara has June sign a pre-prepared non-disclosure agreement. Lara lets June know she should receive a call soon confirming her son’s admittance to Stanford. June thanks Lara and leaves. Terri receives a tip regarding a case concerning in the Eastern District a broker by the name of Pete Decker, one of the men connected to Bobby Axelrod. Bryan shares this news with Chuck, and the two agree that if Decker, then the Eastern District will be the ones to catch Bobby Axelrod. Chuck orders Lonnie Watley to give up a high-profile case he’d been working on to the Eastern District, in exchange for the case regarding Decker. Lonnie is reluctant, as he’s been working on the case for two years, but agrees. Much to Chuck's distaste, this will also mean that Spyros will be returning to the Southern District, as he is tied to the case. Bryan and Tara lead the arrest on Decker and bring him to Chuck and Spyros. Chuck makes it clear to Decker that his only option is to flip on Axelrod if he wants to be a free man, but Decker refuses. Later, Kate shares that Decker is handling his parents retirement fund, and that it's 8-figures thanks to Decker's trading. Bryan is hesitant to pursue the parents, as it would be in poor taste, but Chuck refutes him. The following day, Chuck approaches Decker at a little league baseball game. Chuck points to Decker’s parents, who are watching their grandchildren play. He tells Decker that since his parents retirement fund benefited from the insider trading that occurred regarding Pepsum Pharmaceuticals, they could be held accountable. Decker yields, agreeing to come in after the weekend to give Chuck what he wants. Bobby acquires a significant percent of the YumTime Bakery and has a sit down with two senior members of the YumTime board, Evelyn Benson and Sherm. The two make it clear that as YumTime belongs to the Bailey Family, that they cannot unseat Hutch Bailey the Third as CEO. Perturbed by Bobby’s approach, Evelyn reaches out to Chuck Sr, her lover and the man who granted her the board member seat at YumTime. Chuck Sr. comes to the conclusion that Axe must be making this play as payback for his son opening a case file on Axe Capital. Meanwhile, Axe invites the Chairman, Jerome Purkheiser to the pizzeria and discusses YumTime's future with him. He stresses to Jerome that overall the management is too short sighted with Hutch at the helm. At the next YumTime board meeting, Axe and Hutch face-off. Hutch accuses Axe of being a carpetbagger, saying he is only interested in pumping and dumping the company to line his own pockets. Chairman Jerome puts forth a motion to remove Hutch as CEO, much to the shock of Evelyn and Hutch, and the motion passes. Immediately after, Jerome pushes another motion to dismiss Evelyn so that Bobby Axelrod may assume her seat on the board. The motion passes and Evelyn storms off, same as Hutch. Chuck Sr. discusses with his son Axelrod's recent play with YumTime. Chuck says that Bobby’s actions in the regard were legal, and he refuses to act in vengeance in the name of family. However, he later confesses to Wendy that he is upset with how Axe attacked his father.
4	4	"Short Squeeze"	James Foley	Young Il Kim	February 7, 2016 (2016-02-07)	0.851 [11]
Axe wakes up in the middle of the night to come to the rescue of Mick Danzig, who the police pickup for walking around outside, visibly drunk carrying an open bottle and an automatic weapon. At the same time, while dropping Chuck off at work, Wendy notices Pete Decker heading into Chuck's office. She asks Chuck about this, but he refuses to comment. Inside, Decker says that the tip for the Pepsum Pharmaceuticals trade came from "Dollar Bill" Stearn, one of Axe Capital's employees and top performers. Kate catches Tara Mohr texting Hall. Chuck is upset over Tara's betrayal but decides to use it to his advantage, and instructs Tara to arrange an in person meeting with Hall. But Hall, sensing something wrong, never shows up. Axe arranges to take some of his high school buddies (Eric, Ike, and Freddie) with him to Quebec to enjoy an impromptu Metallica concert taking place in Quebec. Chuck Sr. learns that Bobby Axelrod is exposed on a short position with respect to a company called Cross-Co. and decides to go after him. Soon after, Wags gets an alert that the companies are recalling shares to initiate a "buyback". Wags notifies Axe, who recognizes that the timing of it all means a "short-squeeze" and that someone must have discovered their position. Determined to still make this work, Axe makes a deal with Ken Malverne, a rival hedge fund manager. He then has a sudden realization and notifies Hall that it is likely Chuck Sr. putting the squeeze on him, who notifies Spyros. Spyros pulls Chuck and hands him information confirming that his father is guilty of trading on insider information. Chuck confronts his father about the insider trading and forces him to sell at a loss. Axe meets up with his old friend Constantine, who appears to be down on his luck. Afterwards, Freddie approaches Bobby and confesses that he had been eavesdropping all day, and had taken a short position on Cross-Co. He is now losing money, and asks Bobby for help. Upset, Axe protects Freddie, but severs ties with him afterwards. Axe, still tender from Freddie's betrayal, meets up with Wags and tells him to sell everything slowly. Wags questions if Axe is out of the game, but Axe just quietly leaves the office.
5	5	"The Good Life"	Neil LaBute	Heidi Schreck	February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14)	1.010 [12]
With Decker's information providing a lead on "Dollar Bill" Stearn, Chuck and his team decide to focus on him. Bryan and Kate find a link between Stearn and Clayton Grunwald, Pepsum Pharmaceuticals' researcher for insider information regarding an experimental product called "Vaccarazine.” The team head to Iowa and interrogate Clayton. Down in Iowa, Chuck meets up with Clayton at his farm. Clayton confesses to meeting Bill. He tells Chuck and his team that his daughter, Christina, needed surgeries and Stearn offered to pay, and so he told Stearn everything he wanted to know about Pepsum Pharmaceuticals. Chuck says he will do everything to help Clayton, and Clayton signs a document confirming that he shared insider information regarding the product with Stearn. Kate learns Bryan is having some money problems when she overhears him on a call about putting a down payment on a place to live. She offers him a loan and to be his guarantor, but Bryan says it'd be against the rules and could cause trouble down the road. Kate says they'll get a waiver and so long as Bryan doesn't default, there shouldn't be any issues. Kate casually brings up his relationship with Terri. Bryan admits that he and Terri are having an affair. Later, while discussing the loan offer, Kate tells Bryan about her dream of becoming POTUS. Following Bobby’s orders from the last episode, Wags confirms with the senior traders that the company is only focused on liquidating at the moment, starting with telecommunications. The traders are dismayed by this news, and as the episode progresses, they fall into disarray. Mike Dimonda asks Chuck to confirm if he is indeed investigating Axe and what he thinks about Axe Capital supposedly shuttering its doors. Chuck dodges the questions, but quickly reveals that this information is distressing to him. Bryan suggests Axe might be quitting for real, but Chuck laughs it off. Wags shares his concerns regarding Axe’s mental state with Wendy and asks her to talk to him. Wendy acquiesces, and visits Axe’s residence. Axe and Wendy have a conversation about where they are in their respective lives, at the end of which Wendy tells Bobby to talk to his investors himself. Bobby agrees, and meets with Raul Gomez, one of his oldest investors, and promises to find a suitable fund to take over their investment. Chuck is upset upon being told about Wendy’s visit to Axe’s house. Bryan notices his reaction, and questions if Chuck should recuse himself from the case due to the clear “conflict of interest.” While Chuck shrugs it off, others have made the same observation as Bryan. Mike Dimonda writes an article on Chuck’s conflict of interest regarding the case, using Lonnie Watley as a source. This angers Chuck, who’s resolve to take Axe down is strengthened. Bobby receives a news alert that "Mundia-Telecommunication Executives have been indicted." This is the same company that Constantine talked to Axe about during his Metallica trip. As Wags reads up on the news, a sudden realisation dawns on him. With Mundia-Tel down, the entire telecommunication market is crashing with them as arrests and scandals are stretching across various countries, but Axe Capital was safe. Axe reappears at the office and Wags congratulates him on his brilliance. Axe admits that he did all this to avoid drawing attention. Wags tells Axe that he believed Axe was actually leaving. Axe admits to Wags that he did consider it, but decided against it because he "fucking loves this place." Just then though, Bryan, Terri, and a team of Feds enter Axe Capital and publicly arrest Bill Stearn in front of the entire company.
6	6	"The Deal"	James Foley	Wes Jones	February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)	1.172 [13]
Wendy finds out about the arrest and immediately goes to Chuck's office to confront him. She is upset and believes that her being away from Axe Capital when the arrest happened would raise suspicions. At Axe Capital, Bobby firmly tells his team that he's upset by the arrest of Stearn, and makes it clear that he plans to fight back. But in the privacy of his office, Axe expresses his concerns to Wendy. Wendy and Chuck finally discuss the arrest issue again, more calmly. Chuck explains again that he is just doing his job, but Wendy asks him to recuse himself. At the US Attorney’s office, Chuck and Bryan sit-down with Stearn and Orrin Bach, who is serving as the defense attorney. Chuck states plainly he wants Stearn to flip on Axe and assist him in arresting the man. Stearn responds "no deal". So, Chuck orders his team to find another weak point on Stearn. Bryan discovers that Stearn has a mistress and second family. Bryan teases Stearn about how he balances his time, but Stearn responds, without emotion and very seriously, that he is a good father and he splits his time fairly between his two children. Bill accepts the reality of the situation though, and reveals that he was prepared for such a play by Chuck. He sends, via text message, a letter to his wife explaining everything ending his marriage and shocking everyone in the room. Axe tells Wags they have a fighting chance if they get a public endorsement from one of the giant prime brokers. Axe suggests they get Lawrence Boyd of Spartan-Ives to say that Axe Capital is a reputable company. Wags finds it unlikely that Boyd will be willing to do it, but Axe orders him to make it so, and Wag agrees to figure something out. Meanwhile, Orrin reports to Axe that "Dollar Bill" Stearn didn’t betray him, despite the strong case against him. Orrin says now is the best time to consider settling, and promises to get a good deal, but Axe refutes the idea. Over a glass of wine, Axe shares Bach’s suggestion with Lara, who agrees with Bach. Bobby is shocked to hear this, but Lara shares that the children were uninvited to a social event, she believes that the family is being harmed. Bobby remains firm though, and leaves for the photo-op with Boyd. However, Boyd flakes on Axe, frustrating him. Axe meets with Hall about their options, and Axe expresses they are losing. Hall says the conflict of interest is the best way to make this go away, but Axe says he'll need time to think about it. Adam DeGiulio goes to Chuck's office, and Chuck questions him if the Attorney General has sent him regarding Axelrod. Adam shares that it is a fundraising season for politicians, and it does not benefit them to appear as if they are on a "crusade" against Wall Street. Adam states that there is concern they could lose this because of the clear “conflict of interest” during appeal if Chuck doesn't recuse himself. Eventually, Chuck succumbs and agrees to make a deal, making Bryan furious. Bobby asks Wendy why she is sticking around when Chuck is doing this to him. Meanwhile, after a conversation with Wendy, Axe decides he will make a deal to save Axe Capital. Meanwhile, Chuck informs Adam that Axelrod has surrendered and there will be a plea deal. Axelrod will lose his firm, admit guilt, and pay a $1.9 billion dollar fine for the criminal activities. Axelrod sits in his office with his team to sign the plea deal check. At the plea deal meeting itself, Chuck and Bobby mock each other, and ultimately negotiations break down. Chuck changes the terms of the deal, saying Axe will not be allowed a family office and must agree to a lifetime ban on trading. Axe immediately tears up the $1.9 billion dollar check and throws it in Chuck's face. When Chuck returns to Wendy he lies to her, saying that the deal fell apart because Axe threw a fit. He says that he is officially recusing himself for Wendy's benefit and the case on Axelrod will go on without him. This turns out to be another lie though, as Chuck tells Bryan to keep him informed on all developments, waving off his concerns.
7	7	"The Punch"	Stephen Gyllenhaal	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	1.051 [14]
One of Axe’s associates, Bruce Layner, drops the Axelrod children home while under influence. The kids mention Bruce had made a lot of negative comments about their families wealth. On hearing about this, Bobby confronts Bruce and promptly knocks the man on the ground. Bruce, while wiping away a bloody nose, tells Axe that the punch he just threw is gonna cost him. Orrin informs Axe he has placed himself, and the firm, in a very bad position if he is charged with even misdemeanour assault. Axe is informed that the police have come into possession of a video recording of the incident and that the authorities plan to arrest Axe soon. Lara promises to get Lilly to say, on the record, that Bruce was drinking before he went out with the kids. However, Lilly disappoints her and refuses to comment on the fight, stating that her husband Keith's business could be affected by the negative press. Back at Axe Capital, Bobby watches the video recording of the fight in his office that the police and press are in possession of. The part about the alcohol accusation has been conveniently cut out, and Bobby pushes to figure out the source so they can get the full unedited footage. Axe goes into a state of deep concentration and tries to recall the day at the pool. He confirms that it was either the girlfriend of Bruce's son, or the girlfriend’s friend who recorded the video. He asks Wags to find the video. He is informed that Mike Dimonda provided them with the video, and he asks to meet Dimonda personally. Over dinner, Bobby asks Dimonda to sit on the story for one day in exchange for a favour, who agrees to Bobby’s terms. Axe and Wags meet with Raul Gomez, who shares his uncertainty regarding the negative press being generated by Bobby’s actions. Raul doesn't want to pull his money from the fund, but says he will if Bobby ends up with even a misdemeanour. Axe’s team finally manages to obtain the full video and upload it to YouTube, where it immediately goes viral. At the Axe residence, Lara, Bobby, and Orrin smile as they watch the full video of Bruce getting knocked down, including the motivations behind the punch. The police drop the matter and Bobby receives confirmation from Raul Gomez that his funds are staying with Axe. Bryan manages to find a lead on Donnie Caan, one of the top traders at Axe Capital, and convinces him to make a deal to be a criminal informant. Donnie is tasked with getting Axe to confirm a source of insider trade information, all while wearing a wire. Chuck is pleased, and he decides to back off. He invites Spyros to his office and motions the man to a meeting happening in a closed windowed cubicle. Spyros freezes up at the sight of seeing Martina Slovis behind the windows having a discussion with Kate Sacker. Chuck tells Spyros that he was aware that Spyros had raped Martina when they were younger. Chuck tells Spyros he will either fall back in line and Chuck will resume his dominant role in their teamwork or else he will blow up his life using Martina. Afterwards, Chuck questions Bryan about the informant, who fills him in on how they tracked down Donnie Caan. Bryan confronts Chuck and tells him that he no longer wants the Axelrod case if Chuck continues to interfere in it. Chuck doesn't approve, but Bryan says he needs to protect his integrity. Chuck says it's not a level playing field and that Axe will do everything to ensure Bryan fails, which is why he should stay involved. He implores Bryan to think on what he said, and leaves the office. Later, Bryan and Donnie meet at night, and Donnie gives Bryan something that he claims will make him happy.
8	8	"Boasts and Rails"	John Dahl	Wes Jones	March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13)	1.093 [15]
Kate comes into possession of the redacted chapter of June’s memoir. She tells Chuck directly that Bobby's back story regarding 9/11 is a lie. The truth of why Axe was not at work in the World Trade Center during 9/11 was because Bobby was going over his severance package at his personal lawyers offices. Bryan states that the former partners believed Axe's trades were illegal and decided to push him out, but their deaths resulted in Bobby's career being saved. Rather than be fired, Bobby took over the firm and re-branded it with his own name. Bryan continues that where Bobby leads people to believe that he helped, like other people did on the streets, with the rescue effort, the reality is that Bobby continued trading while the towers were falling. By the time the markets were open again, Bobby was millions of dollars richer. Chuck is blown away by the revelation and praises Kate. He meets Mike Dimonda to leak the story. Dimonda warns Chuck that if he is being manipulated and the story is fake that he won't be happy with Chuck, but Chuck assures him it's true and is confident his due diligence will prove exactly that. Later, Bobby meets Dimonda outside his home, and Dimonda requests a comment from Bobby on his latest story. Dimonda reveals the full story before Axe about his dark beginnings coming to light. Axe fights back his feelings but is clearly shaken that the story is about to reach the public ear. Terri informs the team that Dimonda's story just dropped. Lara decides to pull the kids out of school so they can avoid hearing it from someone else. Bobby agrees and decides to increase security as well. Bobby enters Axe Capital and heads straight to his office. Wags confirms that they will stand behind him on this and Orrin suggests a defamation suit, but Bobby refuses. He admits to the story being true, and confesses that he saw an opportunity to make $750 million dollars and he knew that the firm and the surviving family members would need the money now more than ever. Bobby gets a call from Hall who informs about a security breach in their company. Axe shouts at everyone at Axe Capital to put their phones down, and states that he is going to turn this place upside down to find their "quisling" and that everyone is on notice. The entire event is eavesdropped by Dale via the wire on Donnie. Over lunch, Chuck tells Bryan it's likely that Donnie will be discovered. Chuck suggests to Bryan to serve up Axe a false mole, but Bryan is hesitant to screw someone innocent over. Chuck says the choice is up to Bryan. Back at Axe Capital, Bobby has his tech guy flag the electronic communications most likely to signal fishy business, and has his IT guy read the emails to him. The IT guy informs Axe that three people have completely wiped their hard drives clean: Channing Feldt, Butch "Pouch" Probert, and Donnie Caan. Axe grills Donnie and the others in one-on-one sessions. Of the three, Donnie handles it the worst, and once that is clear, Bryan in frustration tosses the headphones aside and leaves. Hall meets with Axe and tells him he has discovered their informant. Hall tells Axe not to be upset as, in a "long enough timeline", everyone he knows would betray him eventually. Axe confesses what he is upset about is how he didn't see it coming. Later, Axe calls in Pouch and throws down an SEC file declaring that he knows he is the mole. Pouch is fired before he can deny it and Donnie watches as Pouch packs up his things and leaves. At the same time, Bryan and Chuck meet at a pier. Bryan admits to framing Pouch to maintain Donnie's cover. He has trouble stomaching what he's done. That night, Donnie and Axe park their cars next to each other on an empty road. Donnie tells Axe he knows he had to put on a show, but that it still rattled his nerves. Axe says he needed Rhoades to believe that Donnie had truly flipped. Donnie and Bobby have been working together the entire time. Then the two drive away.
9	9	"Where the F*** is Donnie?"	Susanna White	Peter K. Blake	March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20)	1.127 [16]
10	10	"Quality of Life"	Karyn Kusama	Willie Reale	March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)	1.103 [17]
11	11	"Magical Thinking"	Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck	Story by : Wes Jones & Heidi Schreck Teleplay by : Wes Jones	April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)	1.080 [18]
12	12	"The Conversation"	Michael Cuesta	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)	1.013 [19]

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"Risk Management"	Reed Morano	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)(online) February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)(Showtime)	0.753 [20]
14	2	"Dead Cat Bounce"	Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden	Wes Jones	February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)	0.512 [21]
15	3	"Optimal Play"	Alex Gibney	Willie Reale	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	0.851 [22]
16	4	"The Oath"	Noah Emmerich	Adam R. Perlman	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	0.981 [23]
17	5	"Currency"	Steph Green	Brian Chamberlayne	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	0.857 [24]
18	6	"Indian Four"	Adam Arkin	Alice O'Neill	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	0.922 [25]
19	7	"Victory Lap"	John Singleton	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Alice O'Neill	April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)	0.903 [26]
20	8	"The Kingmaker"	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Adam R. Perlman	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)	1.029 [27]
21	9	"Sic Transit Imperium"	Colin Bucksey	Wes Jones	April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16)	0.847 [28]
22	10	"With or Without You"	Ed Bianchi	Willie Reale	April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)	0.912 [29]
23	11	"Golden Frog Time"	Karyn Kusama	Story by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Brian Chamberlayne Teleplay by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)	0.974 [30]
24	12	"Ball in Hand"	Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Adam R. Perlman	May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)	1.019 [31]

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	1	"Tie Goes to the Runner"	Colin Bucksey	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	0.928 [32]
Chuck meets the new U.S. Attorney General, who informs him of his policy to lay off Wall Street crime. Chuck relents and informs Sacker, the new Chief of Crim. Axe is out of prison, but is separated from Lara. Dake, now U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District, is prosecuting the case with Connerty, and have frozen all of Axe's capital, which leaves Taylor, now Chief Investment Officer of Axe Capital in a bad position. Taylor informs all the employees that they must come up with ideas for an "idea meeting" where the top hedge fund managers meet to discuss strategy, and Axe needs an idea to dazzle them all. Spyros is the new Head of Compliance at Axe Capital. Lara comes in with Steven Birch to check on the assets at Axe Capital, leaving Axe frustrated at the state of his marriage. To unfreeze Axe's capital, he must give up his licence to trade, temporarily, an idea he's very uncomfortable with, as he doesn't know where that puts him regarding the firm. He eventually relents, just as Taylor realizes a good play regarding smart chip technology, and subs in for Axe at the idea's dinner. Chuck's friendship with Ira falls apart, as Ira informs him he'll never speak to him again. Chuck also sours his relationship with his father, Rhoades Sr., who tries to get Jack Foley to back someone else for Governor, but fails. Chuck gives an IOU to Dake in exchange for Dake's exclusion of Wendy in the discovery of trades regarding Ice Juice. Lara informs Axe she won't be coming after the money, but warns him not to lose it.
26	2	"The Wrong Maria Gonzalez"	Noah Emmerich	Adam R. Perlman	April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)	0.839 [33]
With Axe's license to trade suspended, he tries to find creative ways to do so anyway, by contacting previous employees with their own shops. Dake and Connerty get a judge known for favouring the free market, and Chuck can't risk the case like this and pulls in favours in order to get the judge changed. Meanwhile, due to a freak Tsunami in Brazil, Axe's investments are looking down for the day, something Taylor can't have, seeing as Axe has already cordoned off $2 billion, a move seen as lack of confidence in Taylor, but Wags sees through it as a way for Axe to be able to trade by proxy. Meanwhile, Connerty is having his own issues as after confronting Victor Mateo's maid, Maria Gonzalez, who spiked her Ice Juice and drank it on video, Victor realizes she's been compromised, and Axe directs the new replacements for Hall to get rid of her, by having her arrested by ICE, and expediting her deportation. The new AG is not sympathetic to Dake's issues, and refuses to help. Taylor gains the confidence to make a risky play, which Axe respects, and concedes the $2 billion to their control, which they then inform Axe that they'll give to certain outside investors, allowing Axe to trade using them anyway.
27	3	"A Generation Too Late"	Colin Bucksey	Wes Taylor	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	0.849 [34]
Axe approaches Ira, now broke and humiliated, with an offer that if he testifies against Chuck and drop the civil suits, he'll pay him $30 million. After initially refusing, Ira, having to deal with the shame of having to postpone proposing to his girlfriend, accepts the deal. In a meeting to inform Connerty and Dake of his change of heart, he half-blurts out that Chuck and his father are involved as well, before being interrupted by Dake. An argument ensues between Dake and Connerty, with Connerty wanting to know why Dake is trying to cover for Chuck. Meanwhile, Taylor has decided to hire Quant traders at the firm, a decision everyone wrestles with, as they see themselves being slowly pushed out. After several interviews with prominent quants, Taylor realizes that even Wags has been plotting against them by planting a quant whose algorithm merely gave data to support any trades done, to avoid any suspicion of insider trading. Taylor realizes that finding a quant won't do, and decides to create one from within Axe Capital, one that they will oversee. Axe makes a visit to failed hedge fund manager, Michael Panay, and convinces him to be his proxy trader, and sets him up with his oldest client, the NYPD's pension-fund manager, who gets a cut from the trade.
28	4	"Hell of a Ride"	John Dahl	Randall Green	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)	0.722 [35]
29	5	"Flaw in the Death Star"	Matt Shakman	Willie Reale & Adam R. Perlman	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	0.874 [36]
30	6	"The Third Ortolan"	John Dahl	Alice O'Neill	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	0.773 [37]
31	7	"Not You, Mr. Dake"	Michael Morris	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06)	0.984 [38]
32	8	"All the Wilburys"	Mike Binder	Story by : Randall Green & Alice O'Neill Teleplay by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien	May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)	0.965 [39]
33	9	"Icebreaker"	Stacie Passon	Adam R. Perlman & Willie Reale	May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)	0.952 [40]
Bobby Axelrod gets new info of Grigor Andolov's past dealings. In the office, someone steals Dollar Bill's lucky dollar attached to his trading desk ahead of comp. Kate is having conscience problems as she is being forced to prosecute an innocent man. Axe asks Spartan-Ives for help in his capital raise. Taylor shares an investment plan with Grigor's assistant and purposefully tanks the meeting. Grigor agrees to invest in Axe Cap if Axe can give him an in-person meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury, Todd Krakow. Meanwhile, Connerty gets a job in the FBI after being fired by Chuck. After meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury Grigor tries to force Krakow to give in to him before Axe intervenes. Wags finally catches Rudy as the one who stole Dollar Bill's lucky dollar. Axe talks with Wendy and confronts her about the guilt that she's lately feeling regarding the money she earns, which has caused her to sell her Maserati and start donating to charity. Axe tells her an incident that happened more than a decade ago, which caused his guilt about earning a lot of money to go away. In the end, Grigor visits Axe Cap to sign the deal and tells Axe a story followed by a question that Axe does not know the answer to.
34	10	"Redemption"	Jake Polonsky	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Matt Fennell	May 27, 2018 (2018-05-27)	0.775 [41]
35	11	"Kompenso"	Jessica Yu	Adam R. Perlman	June 3, 2018 (2018-06-03)	0.900 [42]
Axe determines his employees' worth at the year-end "comp" meetings, at the dismay of Taylor. Chuck advances his plan against Jock by building a case with the Attorney General of New York, Alvin Epstein. Chuck helps rebuild his relationship with Ira by moving against his unfaithful wife by securing his friend's financial and married life. Taylor and Axe argue over Taylor's place and worth at the firm, further alienating Taylor from Axe Capital.
36	12	"Elmsley Count"	Colin Bucksey	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)	0.938 [43]
Axe dominates a capital raise event, but is betrayed by Taylor, who takes most of the pledges for themselves after secretly building the foundations of their own investment firm. Taylor approaches Wendy to jump ship, but she remains loyal to Axe. Chuck looks to strike the final blow against Jock, but is betrayed by Sacker and Epstein. It is revealed that Connerty and Dake decided to expose Chuck's plan to Jock. Chuck is fired and Connerty replaces him. The episode ends with Chuck, Axe, and Wendy sitting at the dinner table at the Rhodes residence, plotting their revenge against Jock and Taylor.

Season 4 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
37	1	"Chucky Rhoades's Greatest Game"	Colin Bucksey	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17)	0.843 [44]
38	2	"Arousal Template"	Adam Bernstein	Adam R. Perlman	March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)	0.790 [45]
39	3	"Chickentown"	Neil Burger	Lenore Zion	March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31)	0.824 [46]
40	4	"Overton Window"	Clement Virgo	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07)	0.886 [47]
41	5	"A Proper Sendoff"	Matthew McLoota	Michael Russell Gunn	April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)	0.751 [48]
42	6	"Maximum Recreational Depth"	Jessica Yu	Adam R. Perlman	April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21)	0.680 [49]
43	7	"Infinite Game"	Laurie Collyer	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28)	0.741 [50]
44	8	"Fight Night"	Colin Bucksey	Story by : Lenore Zion Teleplay by : Alice O'Neill	May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)	0.761 [51]
45	9	"American Champion"	Naomi Geraghty	Adam R. Perlman	May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)	0.678 [52]
46	10	"New Year's Day"	Adam Bernstein	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26)	0.729 [53]
47	11	"Lamster"	Matthew McLoota	Adam R. Perlman	June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)	0.782 [54]
48	12	"Extreme Sandbox"	Colin Bucksey	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	June 9, 2019 (2019-06-09)	0.793 [55]

Season 5 (2020–21)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Part 1
49	1	"The New Decas"	Matthew McLoota	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)	0.610 [56]
Taylor returns to Axe Capital, but Chuck has asked them to spy on Axe for him. The Axe Capital employees struggle with integrating with their new coworkers. Chuck Sr. is getting remarried. Chuck and Wendy are fighting, which is only exacerbated by Chuck disappearing after the wedding while their son, Kevin, drank too much. Wendy announces that she and Chuck will be separating, and Taylor informs Axe that they have been asked to work for Chuck. Chuck leads an investigation against cryptocurrency miners that are funded by Axe, but they refuse to turn on their investor. Axe asks Chuck to end the investigation. Axe and Wags meet with a shaman for a spiritual retreat, and then are invited to participate in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair . Axe is annoyed to see Mike Prince, another deca-billionaire hedge fund mogul, who antagonizes him, and then is selected for the cover of the magazine.
50	2	"The Chris Rock Test"	Lee Tamahori	Adam R. Perlman	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	0.633 [57]
Axe goes to a financial retreat "the mike,” hosted by Mike Prince and is one of the keynote speakers. Axe is embarrassed by Mike, who reminds him that he comes from a privileged background. Chuck meets with a therapist and decides to file a restraining order on Wendy to keep her from moving into a new apartment. Axe meets with the Manhattan District Attorney and convinces her to usurp Chuck's position on the cryptocurrency investigation. Wags meets with pharmaceutical companies to allow them to invest in upcoming drugs, but is discouraged. Axe decides to open a bank.
51	3	"Beg, Bribe, Bully"	John Dahl	Ben Mezrich	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)	0.568 [58]
Axe's son gets in trouble at boarding school when he disrupts the local power grid while trying to set up a cryptocurrency mining farm. Taylor tries to divest some of their investors' money away from fossil fuel companies, but is met with resistance from their staff. Axe is informed that he will not be able to start a federal bank, and he attempts to sponsor Nico, a popular artist. Axe blackmails his son's school headmaster to allow his son to stay enrolled. Upon his return, Axe sets up a partnership with several oil companies, causing Taylor to feel that they have lost control and autonomy following the merger. Chuck joins his alma mater, Yale Law School, as a professor.
52	4	"Opportunity Zone"	Laurie Collyer	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Emily Hornsby	May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)	0.625 [59]
Axe attempts to regain popularity by launching a campaign to revitalize Yonkers, New York, but is met with competition from Prince. Chuck convinces his father to also create a proposition for Yonkers revitalization to defeat Axe's efforts. Axe and Taylor have a disagreement over the decision to invest in fossil fuel industries while Taylor's organization within Axe Capital is attempting to divest itself from fossil fuels. Chuck begins teaching at Yale Law School, and while his stern methods are initially resisted, they are later accepted. Axe receives a call from Mike Prince, who comments that he will never leave Yonkers, causing Axe to decide against a planned dinner with the family living in his childhood home.
53	5	"Contract"	Adam Bernstein	Theo Travers	May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31)	0.519 [60]
Axe faced a public relations issue when the family in his childhood home speak with a reporter about him cancelling his meeting with them. Charles Sr. goes into renal failure, and needs a kidney transplant. Wendy spends time with Nico after he begins painting. Chuck begins dating Catherine Brant, a sociology professor at Yale. Axe visits his mother, and becomes enraged when he finds that she has been in contact with his father. Axe buys his childhood home and helps the family move out; he invites Wendy over and recounts the physical abuse he and his mother suffered from his father.
54	6	"The Nordic Model"	Shaz Bennett	Story by : Adam R. Perlman & Stephanie Mickus Teleplay by : Adam R. Perlman & Eli Attie	June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07)	0.647 [61]
Axe continues to struggle with starting his bank, Wendy and Taylor discuss how to get Bobby what he needs. Chuck pursues Axe for tax fraud concerning his art stash after a raid is conducted, and learns he's not a match for his father's needed transplant. Nico is tasked with a job to help solve the art issue. Axe enjoys his new museum.
55	7	"The Limitless Shit"	David Costabile	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Emily Hornsby	June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14)	0.660 [62]
Axe makes big plays with an unconventional source of inspiration. Chuck goes to desperate lengths for family. Tensions rise in Wendy’s relationships. Chuck and Sacker manipulate a past collaborator. Taylor steps up and takes charge.
Part 2
56	8	"Copenhagen"	Matthew McLoota	Adam R. Perlman	September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)	0.192 [63]
Axe sends Wags to dig up dirt on Prince, discovering a weakness that could wreck Prince’s ambitions. A visit to Axe Cap puts Wendy and Tanner at odds. Chuck looks for alternative methods to save his father, but an old mistake threatens to sidetrack him.
57	9	"Implosion"	Neil Burger	Beth Schacter	September 12, 2021 (2021-09-12)	0.392 [64]
As Prince spirals in the wake of a scandal, Axe looks to take his attack to the next level, putting Taylor’s business in the crossfire. Chuck reckons with his father’s mortality. Wendy worries the money may be getting to Tanner.
58	10	"Liberty"	Neil Burger	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Emily Hornsby	September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19)	0.318 [65]
As Axe Cap returns to the office, Axe makes a surprise announcement. Wendy’s divorce becomes complicated when Chuck sticks his nose in the Mase Carb financials. Meanwhile, Axe rings an unexpected ally to get intel on Chuck.
59	11	"Victory Smoke"	Dan Attias	Adam R. Perlman	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	0.331 [66]
With victory in sight for his bank, Axe plots to secure his deposits by poaching from Prince. Chuck, Prince and Sacker wrestle with the personal cost of their plan. Taylor looks to enlist an old foe. Wags prepares for a big day.
60	12	"No Direction Home"	Dan Attias	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03)	0.394 [67]
Chuck finally catches Axe on an illegal cannabis banking deal. Axe prepares to run with an indictment pending, and Wendy asks him to stay and fight but he refuses. Axe is forced to accept Prince’s offer to buy his company on steep discount before his assets are frozen. Axe is a no-show for his surrender and ends up in Switzerland.

Season 6 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	1	"Cannonade"	Joshua Marston	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23)	0.321 [68]
Chuck is living on a farm and dealing with a noisy neighbor who fires antique canons daily. Prince tries to get what was Axe Capital back on track and decides to conduct business an entirely different way.
62	2	"Lyin' Eyes"	Joshua Marston	Emily Hornsby	January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)	0.330 [69]
Chuck takes up the cause on behalf of city doormen. Prince makes a short play on a sport apparel company his ex-wife is involved with, as part of big plans for the city. Mason butts heads with Rian.
63	3	"STD"	Chloe Domont	Theo Travers	February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)	0.315 [70]
64	4	"Burn Rate"	Chloe Domont	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Lio Sigerson	February 13, 2022 (2022-02-13)	0.219 [71]
65	5	"Rock of Eye"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Eli Attie	February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)	0.374 [72]
66	6	"Hostis Humani Generis"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Beth Schacter	February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)	0.338 [73]
67	7	"Napoleon's Hat"	Shaz Bennett	Emily Hornsby	March 6, 2022 (2022-03-06)	0.374 [74]
68	8	"The Big Ugly"	Sylvain White	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Lio Sigerson	March 13, 2022 (2022-03-13)	0.326 [75]
69	9	"Hindenburg"	Dan Attias	Theo Travers	March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	0.310 [76]
70	10	"Johnny Favorite"	Adam Bernstein	Beth Schacter & Emily Hornsby	March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27)	0.300 [77]
71	11	"Succession"	Darren Grant	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Eli Attie	April 3, 2022 (2022-04-03)	0.319 [78]
72	12	"Cold Storage"	Adam Bernstein	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Beth Schacter	April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10)	0.322 [79]

Season 7 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [80]	Directed by	Written by  [81]	Original air date  [80]	U.S. viewers (millions)
73	1	"Tower of London"	Darren Grant	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	August 13, 2023 (2023-08-13)	0.226 [82]
Dave plans to use her indictment of Chuck to gain access to employees of Michael Prince and build a criminal case against him; however, Chuck dislikes not knowing her plans and other restrictions and plants a news story that portrays him as a heroic crusader for the common man stopped by a corrupt system. Michael puts Taylor and Phillip in charge of Michael Prince Capital to prepare for his 2024 presidential run, and they bring Dollar Bill back as a portfolio manager. Concerned that Prince will be a despot if elected president, Wendy, Taylor, and Wags meet with Axe to enlist his aid in stopping Michael.
74	2	"Original Sin"	John Dahl	Emily Hornsby	August 20, 2023 (2023-08-20)	0.186 [82]
Wendy, Taylor and Wags meet with Bobby Axelrod to try to convince him to help them stop Mike Prince's presidential run; however, Bobby refuses and suggests that instead they join him to create a new investment firm in Europe. They refuse and return to the United States. By giving him a new pair of cowboy boots Chuck convinces the incarcerated former attorney general Jock Jeffcoat to record a video saying he wrongfully fired Chuck. This along with Chuck's successful media campaign convinces the president to reinstate him as the United States Attorney for SDNY. Michael Prince tries to convince Bradford Luke, a political consultant, to manage his campaign and Bradford asks for details of Prince's personal life and marriage. Bradford also advises Prince to boost his political chances by making extremely profitable but ethical investments. Victor finds such an investment in a telehealth company, but Bradford warns him of an imminent lawsuit and Victor has to blackmail a doctor to avoid a scandal for Prince.
75	3	"Winston Dick Energy"	Darren Grant	Mae Smith	August 27, 2023 (2023-08-27)	0.234 [82]
Chuck lacks the confidence to try new cases until he gets a pep talk from Kareem Abdul Jabbar and accepts a case proposed by his employee, Amanda Torre. Chuck also begins prosecuting a case related to a Michael Prince super PAC, although he knows it's a trap set by Prince. Wendy finds out that the employees of Michael Prince Capital have been seeing another psychiatrist, Dr. Meyer, and begins seeing her for therapy herself. Winston quits Michael Prince Capital and begins marketing stock trading software to other investment firms. Wags, who has been doubting himself since colleagues mocked him for working for a politician now, blackmails Winston into signing over the software to Prince Capital.
76	4	"Hurricane Rosie"	John Dahl	Lio Sigerson	September 3, 2023 (2023-09-03)	0.205 [82]
Wendy and Wags individually attempt to damage Michael Prince's presidential campaign. Wendy encourages Prince to allow Scooter to conduct a classical orchestra despite Bradford's advice that it will alienate voters. Wags bribes a scientist to downgrade a hurricane from category 5 to 4 so that an insurance company Prince is invested in can avoid a huge payout. When both of their plans fail they agree to work together in the future rather than acting on their own. After Dr. Mayer drops all her other patients at Prince Capital Wendy begins seeing her over concerns that stopping Prince will damage the other employees of Prince Capital. Prince's private jet is used to flee the country without his knowledge by an NFT scammer whose rich father has several business deals with Prince. Chuck intends to prosecute Prince for a variety of charges related to this, but Prince orders the plane to return to the United States and shows up to escort the fugitive off the plane himself in front of reporters, minimizing the damage to his reputation.
77	5	"The Gulag Archipelago"	Naomi Geraghty	Amadou Diallo	September 10, 2023 (2023-09-10)	0.184 [82]
Ira's phone, which contains sex videos of him and his wife, is stolen. Chuck helps him get it back even though in the process he has to agree that Dave will be first chair in any prosecutions of Michael Prince. Chuck does this because he has decided to emphasize his personal relationships over his career. Taylor orchestrates a trade that will require Prince's approval while he and Scooter are unavailable to convince him to allow someone else to approve trades over $500 million in the future. Prince agrees to allow Wags to approve such trades, giving Wags, Taylor (who officially joins the effort to sabotage Prince's campaign), and Wendy another potential way to disrupt Prince's presidential run. Kate visits Bryan Connerty, who is now out of jail, to make sure he won't disrupt her own political campaign and he suggests that she get him his law license back and they become allies.
78	6	"The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt"	Shaz Bennett	Eli Attie	September 17, 2023 (2023-09-17)	0.275 [82]
79	7	"DMV"	Rose Beth Johnson-Brown	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)	0.247 [82]
80	8	"The Owl"	Daniel Gray Longino	Aiyana Kim White	October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)	N/A
81	9	"Game Theory Optimal"	Shaz Bennett	Beth Schacter	October 8, 2023 (2023-10-08)	0.201 [82]
82	10	"Enemies List"	Daniel Gray Longino	Eli Attie	October 15, 2023 (2023-10-15)	0.196 [82]
83	11	"Axe Global"	Sylvain White	Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Beth Schacter	October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)	0.249 [82]
84	12	"Admirals Fund"	Neil Burger	Brian Koppelman & David Levien	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)	0.251 [82]

Ratings

Billions : U.S. viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	904	950	1282	851	1010	1172	1051	1093	1127	1103	1080	1013	1098
	2	753	512	851	981	857	922	903	1029	847	912	974	1019	880
	3	928	839	849	722	874	773	984	965	952	775	900	938	875
	4	843	790	824	886	751	680	741	761	678	729	782	793	772
	5	610	633	568	625	519	647	660	192	392	318	331	394	491
	6	321	330	315	219	374	338	374	326	310	300	319	322	321
	7	226	186	234	205	184	275	247	TBD	201	196	249	251	223

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research ^[83]

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    For the second season, see "Billions: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. May 9, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

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    For the third season, see "Billions: Season Three Ratings". TV Series Finale. June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

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    For the fourth season, see "Billions: Season Four Ratings". TV Series Finale. June 11, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

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    For the fifth season, see "Billions: Season Five Ratings". TV Series Finale. May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

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    For the sixth season, see "Billions: Season Six Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Billions at IMDb