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Billions – Season 4, Episode 2 Arousal Template

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Billions – Season 4, Episode 2

Arousal Template

Aired Mar 24, 2019

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Axe, still focused on wrecking Taylor and their new company, hits it off with a venture capitalist; Chuck sets his sights on a new position; Wendy asks Chuck to make a change.

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Damian Lewis

Bobby "Axe" Axelrod

Paul Giamatti

Chuck Rhoades

Maggie Siff

Wendy Rhoades

Malin Akerman

Lara Axelrod

Toby Leonard Moore

Bryan Connerty

David Costabile

Mike "Wags" Wagner

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

03/25/2019

B

Chuck is back into Axe's orbit, this time without the knives out. In an episode that's all about power plays, it's a reminder that no bridge is ever truly burned in this world...

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Sarene Leeds

New York Magazine/Vulture

03/25/2019

I loved watching Taylor outsmart everyone in this episode, but given that it's only the beginning of the season, this kind of a major victory so early on makes me wary - and intrigued - for what's to come next.

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Kyle Fowle

Entertainment Weekly

03/25/2019

B

"Arousal Template," perhaps more than any other episode, explores the way sex and power are intertwined, especially in this world of high finance and dirty politics.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

04/01/2019

What's most remarkable about this series is that the transactions don't make a lick of damn sense, but it hardly matters.

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Comfortably Smug

Decider

04/01/2019

7/10

There was a lot to savor in this episode but something that really stuck with me was how completely enjoyable it was watching Chuck and Axe work together to screw Panay over so they can both get what they want.

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Elena Nicolaou

Refinery29

03/25/2019

If ever there were a sexy episode of Billions, it would be this one.

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Synopsis

Axe, still focused on wrecking Taylor and their new company, hits it off with a venture capitalist; Chuck sets his sights on a new position; Wendy asks Chuck to make a change.

Executive Producer: Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Ross Sorkin
Screenwriter: Andrew Ross Sorkin, David Levien, Brian Koppelman
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Special Interest, Entertainment, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 24, 2019