Axe siphons the cash of each worker into one thing known as the Admirals Fund — an invite-only collection of the agency’s choicest investments, obtainable solely to the previous 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 had been secretly stored intact throughout the Admirals Fund, Axe has made all of his as soon as and future staff filthy wealthy.
Even Scooter’s bacon will get saved. Following Prince’s defeat, the person Wags calls the very 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 — due to his nephew Philip. The 2 males patch issues up earlier than Scooter leaves to pursue his dream: to grow to be an orchestral conductor eventually.
All our heroes get that form of emotional ship off. In pair after pair, they make their peace and name it a job nicely executed: Axe and Taylor, Axe and Wendy, Wendy and Taylor, Scooter and Wags, Wags and Axe — and naturally Chuck and Axe, who shake palms and agree that whereas they could as soon as once more cross swords sooner or later, they’ll do their finest to maintain it clear within the interim.
The episode — the collection — ends with Chuck and Wendy consuming dinner with their children. 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 pals than maybe they’ve ever been, they eat and discuss and chuckle till the ultimate minimize to black.
“Billions,” a present that continuously references skilled wrestling, has a few of that spectacle’s storytelling methods 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 grow to be allies — just like the legendary “Mega Powers” story line, through which the rivals Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage united as one.
